Eric Rollin is a professional emcee/songwriter, educator, mentor and audio engineer, is a native of Columbus, Ohio and graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School. Embracing entrepreneurship since a youth, he is now the founder of the Columbus Chicken and Beer Festival, co-founder, manager, and singer/songwriter for the national band Mistar Anderson, owner and operator of Works Of Freedom Ohio LLC, Program Director of nonprofit Use Your Ears Foundation, and co-founder of the local music initiative "The Break" (free style hip-hop open-mic night in Columbus, Ohio).
He is also a member and advocate of various non-profit organizations dedicated to community music development. For the past 16 years, he has been writing music professionally for various entities and empowering youth by encouraging the use of positive and creative outward expression as a tool to increase socialization skills, individual success, and to overcome trauma and behavioral and emotional challenges. His passion for improving community by inspiring individual works of freedom makes him a great leader and role model for today's youth. If you take a close look, he is influencing the next generation to change the world and speak truth to power.
Eric Rollin has opened for artists like Nappy Roots, Boyz II Men, G Love & Special Sauce, Brother Ali, Funky Knuckles, Mickey Hart, Cory Henry, The Seratones, Digable Planets, Mobb Deep, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway and more.