10 Questions with King Jerris Eleazer

In this week’s 10 Questions we get to know King Jerris Eleazer, a multi-genre artist from Nigeria

Their song ‘Ice Cream Love (Refix) – Extended Version’ is currently featured on the NAS Spotify playlists

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1. Tell us a little about where you are from

Im from Nigeria in black Africa and I’m doing music currently as an independent artist, having recorded more the thirty releases on my own label – and I see I’m doing great!

2. What inspired King Jerris Eleazer to start playing and making music?

I was eight when my dad bought a cassette recorder with a Bob Marley cassette alongside. That was the first time I met Bob through his songs.

Bob Marley’s lyrics held me spellbound as a toddler, and the image of the suffering masses couldn’t let me go. I had to sing about the life in the ghetto which has very little hope of survival. Deep within I knew I had a call to make music for my ghetto youths and for posterity.

3. Who are King Jerris Eleazer’s biggest musical influences?

My biggest influence is Bob Marley, I can’t imagine doing any song without considering where it connects with my suffering ghetto family.

4. What are your goals in the music industry or as an artist?

My goals are to be heard world-wide, to be remembered when I’m gone, let posterity tell my story about the ghetto youths all over the world and their resilience at surviving. Let the world know that there’s more from the ghettos all around the world.

5. Tell us about your creative process

As a creative exponent, I start making songs from the story, I feel the empathy and compassion then transcribe it into lyrics, getting it arranged isn’t much of a concern as it comes naturally. Then the rhythm flows in from inspiration. Then I sit on my system to produce a vibe.

6. What is your all-time favorite song by another artist and why?

Natural mystic by bob Marley, this song is so special to me since I was ten years old, this song taught my reality of life and led me into reggae music.

7. What is the best advice you have either given or received in terms of music?

Consistency in doing what I believe in is the secret to being elevated. Being associated with like minds is how I got hooked up on the New Artist Spotlight, which saw me doing real great.

8. What is your proudest accomplishment?

Been heard in more than 200 countries is my greatest accomplishment. And I did it with NAS. This happened when I got associated with independent artists of like minds. Then one faithful day I came across the New Artist Spotlight online, joined and got into the community, ever since it’s been great.

9. What’s been your most embarrassing moment so far?

Spotify taking off my song without me knowing why.

I got a message from someone who claimed to be a promoter on Twitter, who promised to increase my stream numbers. I didn’t know how he could do it and didn’t believe he could. He said he’ll do it and make me believe, I said okay and the next day he did something and the song suddenly jumped into 3000 streams, a week later that very song was taken down.

10. Tell us about your lowest and highest points in music so far.

My lowest points was when I haven’t known about the NAS community, and I had to depend on Facebook for promotion.

Then things changed when I joined NAS, and I saw that there’s a way to get things done the right way as an independent artist.