Occupation American musician | Name Eric Fingaz" | |
Born June 24, 1968 (age 55) ( 1968-06-24 ) Washington, D.C | ||
Eric "88 Fingaz" Parham (born June 24, 1977) is an American music producer, songwriter, and keyboardist. Parham began his career at twelve years old as the band leader for Groove Unlimited, a Washington D.C. go-go band. At age sixteen, Parham joined the group, Icee Hott; the first go-go band to land a major recording deal. In 2003, Parham collaborated with Neo-Soul artist YahZarah on her second album, Blackstar. Parham produced the album's lead single "Wishing," which aired on MTV, BET and several other video programs.
In 2004 Parham was co-producer and co-arranger of Jazz musician Roy Ayers' Mahogany Vibe album.
Later, Parham was one of six producers and or/writers of R&B's Alyson Williams' It's About Time album on Warner Bros. Records, specifically producing and co-writing the track "tomorrow".[3][4] After producing Ayers, Betty Wright, Tony Terry, and Grammy Award-winning Erykah Badu, Parham created and progressed a new Pop/R&B style, slowly crafting a production sound called Choc Pop - hard-hitting drums and Pop melodies mixed with Euro tones. Parham made the genre of music popular in 2007, while hired by Dallas Austin of D.A.R.P. (Dallas Austin Recording Projects), as a studio producer in Atlanta, Georgia. It was during that time, Parham showcased Choc Pop, while working with R&B artists Blaque, Raheem DeVaughn, Bobby Valentino, T-Boz, Diosa Stevens and Jennifer Hudson.
Most recently Eric hooked up with Diosa and developed her project and now she has a major release with The Alliance Group. He also teamed up with MIA Entertainment Group Owner/Producer Minelva “Mimie” Acosta, Producer Santiago Almodovar aka” Majesty, and Executive Producer Aziz Choukri for the Production/Creation/Birth of Reality Show “The Hot Boys of Atlanta” which is presently being shopped for production as we speak. Eric is also Producing all the music for his Partner Minelva "Mimie" Acosta, owner of MIA Ent. Group New Reality Show "Who's Got The Flavor Now" which is already creating buzz via the TV Networks.
Eric now has a new single, “Party Life” by Artist Lucky Harmon playing on major radio stations and digital radio charts. He also has music placements with Ronnie Devoe and Shamarie Devoe. Eric has also placed a song with Bobby V. on his new project. Eric has most recently produced the album for Artist/Writer Kief Brown called "Welcome to AtLAX." Let's not forget the beautiful and talented Artist Serayah who's working on her project for TV SHOW "Empire" as Eric "88 Fingaz" Parham Produced her smash hit "Keep Up" written by Kief Brown.