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Victor Dorean Forman (Born December 26, 1996), better known by his stage name VicSoValid, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host. Raised in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Forman began his stand-up comedy journey at clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Early Life & Family
Forman was born in Willingboro, New Jersey. His mother, Pamela Scott-Forman, worked in their local town municipality and his father, Victor T. Forman, worked for Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) Company. Being the youngest of five and the only boy, he had plenty of strong female role models in his life growing up. Though raised in his hometown Pennsauken, New Jersey, Forman attended high school at Camden County Technical School in Sicklerville, New Jersey, where his academy was Pre-Engineering. During his years at high school, he was on the varsity swim, cross country, track, and robotics teams. He has said that during high school, he gained much comedic inspiration from Kevin Hart and began considering it for his future. Forman graduated 7th in his class of 2015. Following high school, Forman enrolled at the University of Delaware where he studied Mathematics and joined Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. At university, he put together his first stand-up comedy show for his peers at their student center. He graduated class of 2019.

Career
Forman began doing stand-up at open mics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in early 2020. During the day he was a substitute teacher at a local high school. It was then when the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 began, and he could no longer practice his comedy on stage until further notice. He took his personality to TikTok for exposure. Forman first publicly appeared on the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel as a participant on Season 2 of the series "Date Drop." Soon after, he appeared on Complex YouTube channel as a contestant and won on their game show "TopGen."