Meet Riiiver Jordan

Today we’d like to introduce you to Riiiver Jordan.

Hi Riiiver, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
It all started when I landed in Lansing, Michigan. Both my Parents went to MSU with my Dad being a Rose-bowl Champion and Mom now a Doctor. As a small-town kid from Michigan, you could say challenges started early for me after a head-on car collision left me unconscious. My parents were told I would never walk or talk like a normal child after the life-threatening car accident at three months old. After brain surgery and plenty of hard work, I defeated the prognosis. At the time, one side of my brain was bigger than the other and I even suffered seizures. Even past the seizures and doubts, we never gave up, I now rock the coolest scar that rainbows across my head like a Crown, As a reminder that I can do anything I set my mind to. Anything is possible, no matter what others may say or think. I spent most of my childhood under the influence of a strict upbringing that molded and disciplined me into the hard-working person I am today. I was always surrounded by music as my Step Father was a Producer for a lot of the big names we see today (Destiny`s Child, Usher, LL Cool J, Raven Symone, and more). With a studio in our house and access to equipment and knowledge, it only excited me more about the performer and artist I dreamed of becoming. I played most sports and even got to wear my Biological Dads Jersey number. He was my hero growing up. He was in my life on and off for awhile as a child but it wasn’t until now that I really got to get to know him, this side of who I am. Having spent my childhood and teenage years seeking to fill this void it wasn’t until now, the perfect time for my Dad to be a part of preparing me for this new chapter. I couldn’t do it without him and my mom. They continue to teach me while I become the artist I want to be.

I would put on full shows and routines for my family to full albums while making my siblings perform with me. I knew I wanted to perform starting at a young age with the dream of being in a group but my focus was school and sports at the time. With extra inspiration and a world of people to prove wrong, I graduated Highschool a year early and went directly into college that summer. After some time in school seeking to receive a degree in Criminal Justice, I made the decision to leave and pursue a career in music. Though met with challenges and usually more than 1 job at once, I was able to gain many successes in the Modeling and Entertainment industry from Miami to Atlanta until finally making it to Los Angeles. My first experience as a solo artist came on April 22, 2017 (Earth Day) I released the video for a cover of James Arthur’s “Say You Won’t Let Go.” This solidified my move to California.

Like many Artist seeking to love and heal the world with Art, I spent much of my life and time in Los Angeles helping others and giving more than I received at the time. Due to such ways of life, I found myself homeless, living in my car with my dog Brady (Named after Tom) for 14 months while no one in the world or my life knew. With the high-end Fitness facility Equinox being a place to work, work out, and shower I was able to peacefully stay afloat. My then second job also helped as I was able to build a kindred bond with a friend and family that took me in. I was finally able to put out a single by Grammy Nominated producer Drew Scott all while living in my car with Brady and working my two jobs. Not long after being taken in, things began shifting in a positive direction as a not so random phone call became the break I needed. It turned into a knock on my car window from entertainer Nick Cannon. After hearing my story and taking me into his studio, He offered me the opportunity to complete my first EP as an artist under his label NCREDIBLE. With a seven songs EP and a New Single out now there is much that has been done but the journey is on the beginning. Currently residing in Phoenix, AZ post Pandemic to help my family, I plan to get bigger and better in all that I am becoming as Artist RIIIVER JORDAN.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
My car accident and always pushing myself was once a struggle, now it’s part of who I am. Being homeless and living out of my car, sleeping in the backseat with my dog was the most life-changing time of my life and reaped man rewards. Having to constantly remind myself how far I`ve come. There are times I have fallen on my face, I have failed, I have lost my way, and wanted to quit or give up then I remember who I am and why I started this, why I love it. Music can be such a hard industry and that can be discouraging at times. When I actually look back, I remember all I have accomplished and come through. It’s really you against you so you have to remember to not let others’ insecurities or doubts affect you.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
My art is love. I know it seems vague but in every aspect of the word. The poetry is pain, pleasure, good, and bad. To be spiritually connected to the world and feel love in a way that it inspires through music across the world. I am a romantic, so my music is also for making love, fixing love, fun in love, or falling. As a man that grew up without a father chasing love and approval amongst other things going on in my family, I experienced what it was to not feel or know love. I went through life-giving all I had because I have hope and faith that I will change the world with my message and music. Bring us together is you will.

Now though I am about love, I am also just as dark in my freedom. There’s the anger and pain in love that tends to come out in my poetry or when I write raps. Inspired by artists across the board from Eminem my favorite rapper to Ed Sheeran and MJ, or Chris Brown and Usher to ZAYN and BSB, Or J.Cole and Bazzi to Beiber I love music. I want to be a universal influence with love in music.

I write music, I dance, and I sing. Because I am a poet, I love to write rap music as well. I am most proud of who I have become through all the challenges placed on my journey. I survived, that is what I am most proud of.

We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
It’s hard to place the word “Luck” with my life now without saying “Miracle” but to some they could be synonymous. Teenage me would have viewed my surviving and meeting certain people and moments “Luck” but now I feel more blessed because even the moments that were tough or mistakes in my life played a part in me meeting the “Lucky” moments. Focus and Passion seem to fit more because in your mistakes and your successes, you choose to keep going and growing or you stop where you are. Choosing either is okay but that drive to become more will continue to take you places that “luck” may not always. Luck is something I’ve had, but it isn’t all that got me here.

Contact Info:

• Website: WWW.BLUPRINC.COM
• Instagram: WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/RIIIVERJORDAN
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Image Credits
Bryce Bouchard Rachelle Owens