Life & Work with Lotto RPG of Downtown / Eastside

Today we’d like to introduce you to Lotto RPG.

Hi Lotto, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
LottoRPG started as a solo project. I’ve always known how to make music, but at a certain point I felt a pull to create something bigger than just songs and albums and music videos. I am inspired by things like Cirque du soleil, Lord of The Rings, Skyrim, cyberpunk, old Gods, and warlords. I now call what I have created LottoRPG, Wish Blade, or The Legend of The Blade.

From the beginning, this project was about world-building. The characters came first, and then music became the vehicle to bring that world into reality. I wasn’t interested in making isolated tracks. I wanted to build a living myth that could exist in the modern world. Something that could hold or try to transcend the human experience with ritual, strife, memory, conflict, history, fantasy, technology and identity all at the same time.

As the story developed, I began framing it through the Legend of Wish Blade — a figure whose memories I carry. It’s mythology. It’s struggle, purpose, the tension between self and other, Earth, space, past and future, and the idea that there’s something larger moving through all of us. LottoRPG exists in the present day, fully human, navigating Los Angeles like anyone else — but with those memories of Wish Blade and his home planet Nine always surfacing through the music. I’m at the point now where I can not tell Wish Blade’s memories from my own.

I’ve played over 200 shows around LA and far beyond. Sometimes I play solo, sometimes I’m backed by a band. The live shows feel less like performances and more like rituals. Like moments where the world, the story, and the crowd all meet in the same place. I’ve been told my shows are like massive fever dreams. We’re here spreading the word of LottoRPG and The Legend of the Blade. We’re building maps, character indexes, and biographies on our website lottorpg.com. The momentum keeps building, and we currently have four albums set for release in 2026.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
This music journey has been the opposite of a smooth road—more like ravine after ravine, filled with ice and sludge, stretching for thousands of miles. Every day has introduced a new obstacle. I’ve faced nearly every struggle a musician can encounter: struggling to pay rent, balancing work with touring, band members quitting, addiction, death, equipment failures, flakes, lies, miscommunication, sickness, and exhaustion. None of it is abstract. None of this is random. All of it is reflected in the albums and music videos. I am being tested.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I continue The Legend of the Blade by preserving the history of the Nine War—a conflict that most records have tried to erase. My work exists to keep those events alive through sound and performance. Every song is a fragment recovered from that time.

I specialize in high-impact live rituals. I specialize in tearing up the stage. The stage isn’t a platform, it’s a battlefield where I relive my memories from Planet Nine. The music is loud, physical, and immersive, designed to feel like something breaking through rather than being performed. You don’t watch LottoRPG, you’re supposed to participate in it.

What I’m most proud of is refusing to dilute the signal. I’m proud of the albums I have released and the 200 shows I have played. I’m proud that I don’t separate music from story, performance from identity, or Planet Nine from Planet Earth. But I am most proud of The Bladians, our fans. LottoRPG is not a project—it’s evidence that something survived. What sets me apart is commitment. I will die for this.

What were you like growing up?
I was born in a quite desolate place in the Andromeda Galaxy. It was cold outside but I’ve always liked the cold. Most of my early years were spent observing and seeking out new places and friends. I saw places where gemstones rain down from the sky, tornados made of glass, and places where the air is so hot it is like molten lava tearing molecules apart. Environments like these shaped my personality. I’ve always been interested in traveling and learning about different places, adjusting myself to the customs of where I end up. I’ve always tried to stay true to myself and be genuine to others.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.lottorpg.com
• Instagram: @LottoRPG
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lottorpg
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lottorpg
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CRob8DqTnKS5AuAO8GLyZ?si=gzfbFuZgSLuFDVFqICcMew

Image Credits
Rich Hayden
Jovanny Jovel
Angelica Juarez
Venom Verbatim