While growing up, in Kansas City Missouri as a child Edric Fernell Barr loved Old School R&B. His mother would always blast r&b around the house. Listening to artist like Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Pattie Labelle, Lionel Richie, Earth Wind and Fire and many more r&b artists. Him, his mother and siblings were always singing around the house. He fell in love with soul music at a very young age. His life changed when he was introduced to James Anderson who was a very talented musician who played the keyboard and guitar by ear. Edric told him he was a singer and they started linking up. They were both naturals and worked great together. they started to collab and make music together almost every day after school. Edric would mostly sing and write the music, but It was all short lived.
Edric moved to Las Vegas in 2005 and stop pursuing music. After living in Vegas for 14 years, getting married and having two sons he moved his family to California in December 2019. The coronavirus landed a few months later and during that shut down something sparked Edric back into pursuing his music again. He started researching and watching YouTube videos on how to create his own beats and record his own vocals using GarageBand and began creating his music at home. Music has always been his passion and he wants to show his sons that they can be great at anything if they just go for it and don't stop.
After a life-changing event on October 17, 2021 Contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Edric dropped his first single “I Like The Way”. 48 hours later he dropped his second single “Let’s Get It On”. Edric coined himself “The Emperor of R&B” and wants his musical gifts to transcend genre boundaries to make him a household name.
Edric moved to Las Vegas in 2005 and stop pursuing music. After living in Vegas for 14 years, getting married and having two sons he moved his family to California in December 2019. The coronavirus landed a few months later and during that shut down something sparked Edric back into pursuing his music again. He started researching and watching YouTube videos on how to create his own beats and record his own vocals using GarageBand and began creating his music at home. Music has always been his passion and he wants to show his sons that they can be great at anything if they just go for it and don't stop.
After a life-changing event on October 17, 2021 Contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Edric dropped his first single “I Like The Way”. 48 hours later he dropped his second single “Let’s Get It On”. Edric coined himself “The Emperor of R&B” and wants his musical gifts to transcend genre boundaries to make him a household name.