Getting to Know: Eric Armani

Eric Armani is an artist from Atlanta Georgia. Close Friends with the founders of Creative Culture. Making himself known in the Spanish music genre with tracks like “ Sigo llorando (Cover)”, “ Letugo” and “ Soloinnade “. I got some great info from Eric and excited to learn and hear more from him in the near future. Let’s get to know him a little more below!

Growing up what are some things you did for fun?

Growing up I was athletic, so I spent the majority of my free time playing a variety of sports for fun and competitively. I also really enjoyed listening to music and getting lost in nature.

What was your first experience with music?

My first experience with music was when I was at a friend’s house who coincidentally made music at the time. This friend is still my friend to this day. I remember telling him I wanted to try recording some shit and him telling me that he had his own recording mic at home. So he ended up inviting me to his crib to record a song and I fell in the with making music ever since.

Who are your musical influences?

My biggest influences are 12kunai, Tyfontaine, Cashbently, Bad Bunny, and Sofaygo. They all influenced my confidence to really use my vocal range and find my sound. I enjoy listening to them and taking aspects of their music and then, applying it to my shit. That helped me develop pretty well.

What inspired you when writing the cover for “sigo llorando”?

Tbh I just really really like Cashbently’s corridos tumbados, I just thought it would be a good idea to record a cover of one of his corridos and it so happened I knew all the lyrics to sigo llorando.

What made you transition from Rapping to Spanish music?

What made me the transition was wanting to connect with my roots. I’m Puerto Rican and African American but I never got to connect with my Puerto Rican culture growing up. I felt like I could connect deeper with music, on top of that I felt like being a rapper just wasn’t what I wanted to do. I lost the spark to create rap after a while. I feel with Spanish music I can express myself creatively better.

What do you think is the state of the music industry today and where do you that it will go in the future?

I feel the state of the music industry is in a weird place, I feel like we’re in the era of fast-food music. There is so many new artists but there’s not a lot of timeless music because the barrier to entry is so low. At the same time, there are so many new sub-genres and new sounds that pop up so there are endless amounts of music to listen to. I really don’t know where I think it will go in the future it’ll be interesting to see tho because there are so many endless possibilities.

What is the most powerful song you have ever heard?

The most powerful song that I’ve heard was Slob on My Knob from 3 Six Mafia. It’s so powerful because it talks about reproduction and I think that’s very important for society. Their inspirational song gave me the confidence to get women and make moves.

Tell us about any new songs or projects you have coming out.

I have a lot of songs in the vault I’m not a big project person but I got some corridos, reggaeton songs, pop songs, etc… I record all the time so just look out for the new shit no cap.

Who are some artists you wish you could work with?

I really wanna work with Cashbently, Bad Bunny, Cuco, Nawfside Beezy, Tyfontaine, and Sofaygo, Frank Ocean, Kanye, Jean Dawson, and honestly I wanna work with a lot more because they all have music I can see myself hopping on. It also would be really cool to work in person with some of these artists just to see their creative process.

Would you rather have telekinesis (the ability to move things with your mind) or telepathy (the ability to read minds)?

I would rather have the ability to read minds so telepathy because I would like to hear people’s opinions and how they really feel. A lot of people including myself are really good at hiding how they feel so, you’ll never know what people’s intentions are from looking at them. If I could read minds I’d be able to filter out the real and the fake and that’s very important to me.

Do you believe we live in a simulation?

I believe that we are in a simulation to a certain extent. I feel like the simulation we live in creates a lot of robots, and people that are scared to become different or scared to be different. Also, in my opinion, i think that there are people controlling the simulation. I think they know what they are doing, and they create fear to make people stay stuck in the simulation. What’s so unique about our simulation is that the people that think outside the box and those who don’t conform to the simulation are able to experience things that the people stuck in a simulation aren’t.

Anything else you want the audience to know about you?

No, not really I pretty much told you, guys, everything.