The Boykinz performing for Alzheimer’s awareness campaign

FORT WORTH, Texas — Nytere, Anale, Alona and Kylan make up the nation music group The Boykinz. They are the newest sensation on TikTok mixing pop, rock and hip-hop of their music, and so they’re coming to Cowtown.

“We will be in town to help HSC at Fort Worth with the awareness of their health and aging brain study,” mentioned 26-year-old Anale Boykins. 

Bill Picket Rodeo organizers invited the sisters to Cowtown Coliseum after partnering with HSC Fort Worth on preventing Alzheimer’s. It’s additionally a part of their Black History Month celebrations.  

According to The Alzheimer Association, in Texas alone, there are 400,000 folks aged 65 and older residing with Alzheimer’s. Nearly 12% of individuals 45 years and older expertise an early onset of the illness. Texas has a statewide schooling and awareness plan in place about care and remedy.  

“We want to bring awareness to how Alzheimer’s impacts Black families,” Anale Boykins mentioned.

The Boykinz made nationwide headlines after nation music star Shania Twain stunned them with a Nashville invitation on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Much of their publicity has been on social media, with greater than 64 million views on Tik Tok alone. Still, they by no means thought their affect would attain one of many greatest stars ever in nation music.

“Shania Twain is not in front of us right now. It was crazy,” Nytere Boykins mentioned. 

“It was an honor just to meet them,” mentioned Anale Boykins.

The Boykinz should not solely vocalists, however they’ve additionally realized to play devices and have written unique music to carry out as properly. The women credit score their success all to their mother and father, who’re entrepreneurs.

“Our parents formed a group out of us,” Kylan Boykins mentioned. “They closed down their business to strictly focus on our careers, and we have been homeschooled ever since.”

As younger rising nation music stars, the 4 sisters hope to encourage folks with their expertise and music. Their purpose whereas on stage is to attempt to get folks listening to their lyrics to neglect about all of their troubles and considerations and simply have the best time of their lives. 

“We want them to have fun, get up out of their seats, have fun and be happy, like, enjoy the present moment you’re in right now,” Alona Boykins mentioned.

The Boykinz have huge desires of turning into Grammy nominees sooner or later. They imagine in themselves much more now that Twain desires them on stage in Nashville, which is one thing they by no means imagined even after engaged on their craft for the previous 10 years. 

The Boykinz will carry out Saturday night throughout the Feb. 18 presentation of the Bill Pickett Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.