Background
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is the grandson of Jackson 5 songwriter, Bobby Day.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is the grandson of Jackson 5 songwriter, Bobby Day.
Being the captain of his high school football team, Eric was offered a scholarship to pursue a football career at the University of Southern California or to follow his passion in music AKNU and Epic Records Not long after turning down University of Southern California, Bellinger joined the Rhythm & Blues group AKNU (A Kind Never Understood) and was soon signed to Epic Records by two successful executives, Max Gousse and Tommy Mottola. The Writing Camp and After experiencing success recording and touring with AKNU, Eric returned home to work on new music and discovered another passion, songwriting.
Signing a publishing deal with Sony ATV, Eric soon became famous working with major Rhythm & Blues and popular artists such as Chris Brown ("Fine China"), Usher ("Lemme See" featuring Rick Ross), Selena Gomez ("Intuition"), Justin Bieber ("Right Here" featuring Drake) and many more. Also, he has won awards for "Lemme See" such as American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, BMI and iTunes while achieving several Grammies for his contributions to Chris Brown"s album, Fostering Arts-Mind Education