Eric George Lopez, known professionally as ericdoa (stylized in all lowercase), is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known as one of the main artists in the

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/ digicore genres of music.

Career

Lopez was born in

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and is of

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- Puerto Rican descent. As a child, he was given his first guitar by his grandfather, who died from COVID in 2021. Lopez started recording his own music and releasing it on sites such as

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under the name killeric, with his debut EP ''DOA'' being released in 2019. Lopez would change his stage name to Ericdoa in mid-2019 and would release his debut mixtape, ''Public Target'', and his first album, ''COA'', in 2020. Lopez signed with

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in 2021. He released a number of singles throughout 2021 and early 2022, including "Fantasize", "Back N Forth", "Strangers", "Sad4Whattt", "Fool4Love" and "Lifeline"; "Sad4Whattt" was included on the second season soundtrack of the

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drama series ''Euphoria''. Lopez has also frequently collaborated with

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, releasing several singles as well as the EP ''Then I'll Be Happy'' in 2021. Lopez's second album, ''Things with Wings'', was announced for release in May 2022 alongside an international headlining tour. It was later released on May 20, 2022. After a nine-month hiatus, Lopez released a new single titled ">One" (pronounced "greater than one") on March 5, 2023, in collaboration with

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and

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. On September 22, he released the single "Kickstand", his first solo song since the release of ''Things With Wings''; a music video accompanied the track. On November 3, he released another single, "Dancinwithsomebawdy", which also received a music video. On January 19, 2024, he released his third studio album, '' DOA''. In early January 2024, a clip from one of his live streams went viral as a sound on

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, in which he referenced American online streamer

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while improvising the line "Imagine if Ninja got a low taper fade". As a response to the meme, Ninja eventually got his hair cut into a low taper fade and continuously referenced the meme well after its initial virality, calling it "still massive", which in and of itself became a meme of Ninja "dragging" the low taper fade meme. The meme is famous because its popularity didn't fade for over a year. In 2024, Lopez left

. Despite not ever officially stating a reason, he expressed on a podcast how he was unhappy about the label forcing him to make an EP with American musician

. When asked if he would work on another musical project with Glaive, he commented, "But the thing is though I don't want it to be some shit where it's like a corporate like “you guys are gonna make songs because that shit did awesome last time! We can make you guys do the biggest thing in the world!” that shit is so fucking lame". After his departure, Lopez would go on to do a 24/7

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with the goal of making an EP.

Musical style

While frequently described as a leading

and digicore artist, Lopez has stated that he is hesitant to place his music within a specific genre. He stated to

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that "I think for people who aren't very well-versed in music it's just a cushion to fall back on ..Instead of genre-less music, they have something to call it." According to ''The New Yorker'', ericdoa's musical style might be more accurately described as "hyper-rap".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

As Dante Red As Avon Hill 2004

Mixtapes

Single albums

Singles

As lead artist

As Dante Red

References

External links

* {{Official website 2002 births Living people 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American rappers American male pop singers American male singer-songwriters American rappers of Panamanian descent American people of Puerto Rican descent Hyperpop musicians Interscope Records artists Pop rappers Hispanic and Latino American rappers Rappers from Connecticut Record producers from Connecticut Singer-songwriters from Connecticut