We’re looking forward to introducing you to RIIIVER JORDAN. Check out our conversation below.
RIIIVER , we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
I am being called to stand bigger and taller in the world. I am no longer behind the scenes or always in a group when I must show up and/or show out. To walk in at a new level and strength in the world. I am being called to show up more for myself and within my purpose and all that I aspire to be. Since I have evolved so has the world I experience, So more of what I want and dreamed of once is happening now or on the way. This next level requires me to live boldy in who I am and what i want to do and that was once something I was scared of because of everything I had gone through and given up. Now I know it was all preparation. Nerves come, but I find ways to get excited now about every part.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I am the artist and performer RIIIVER JORDAN (River Jordan). Since I was named by my mother after the river in the Bible it is only fitting I become that at an even bigger level (that and the power in the number 3). She said the River Jordan reminded her of “Hope”. I hope the music and every aspect of the legacy I build and become brings hope, joy, and confidence to the world. Those are parts of RIIIVER JORDAN you can find in the music and anything I partner with. I was discovered in Los Angeles, CA by Nick Cannon. I had been living in my car during a tough time while still pursuing my dream. What was so special was that during this time NO ONE KNEW! I was able to work in service and hustle while maintaining a positive attitude while in survivor mode. This allowed me to realize who and what I needed to become to be the type of Artist I looked up to. This also allowed me to connect to people from all walks of life due to the experience I was having. Once I began to live in my truth and my dream I made sure to connect and partner with places that sought to help the homeless and give back. That was the first area I wanted to help as my life changed. I spent the first few months in partnerships and places in communities from los Angeles to Phoenix speaking and giving anyway I could. As an artist on the rise I want my music to move the world and my voice to be one of love in all aspects. Felt, Heard, and Healing. I just released my first EP on all streaming platforms. This is such an accomplishment for so many reasons, one of the first being that as a baby I was in a death defying car accident that left me changed for life. So much so the brain surgery left a scar that rainbows across my head. So much so that the doctors thought I would be able to do the simple things in regards to walking, speaking, or being “normal”. Guess I am Superhuman because now I get to become one of the greats. With a fresh EP out “Departing The Moon” all about becoming and leaving the old narratives and world behind, it welcomes something special for the summer…my summer single “MOVE” which I anticipate to make the world move this summer. In the meantime I have a song out with Michigan local Artist and Producer RE-PLXY called “Star Child” available everywhere you can stream music. Time to bring love and fun back to music. In a “healing the world at the same time” type of way. Stay tuned for new music this summer and fall!
Okay, so here’s a deep one: What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
the relationship that shaped me the most was the one with myself. I also mean that in the sense of my mother and father. My mother raised me in the earliest parts of my journey alone or with a step-father figure. i felt protective over my mother at a young age and she was filled with nurture, intelligence, and strength that I picked up from her in a a different eway than a boy with both parents still together or his father raising him. The relationship with my father also shaped me because there was a part of me i always missed and yearned for at one point or another. I didn’t realize it was the desire for a better relationship with my father. Its just something a boy needs to become a man, or at least what they say men should be or become. I went out into the world with so much love to give yet also what felt like a hole or something was missing. So while over loving and giving to much of myself I didnt have my boundaries set up. I had to journey through life finding what felt like pieces of myself to fill a hole that was created from this relationship I had with myself. Though the journey cost me alot I became the strongest person I knew. I had to. I learned later i needed to become I would need to be that strong and becoming for me to be River, Jordan not just the person but the business, the Artist, the performer. The way the boy me saw himself compared to how I see me now and the man Im becoming is a is a 180. Filling myself with myself. And having fun and living while doing so, because so much of the journey has been learning through studying, discipline, and the trials of tribulation.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
There was a time I almost gave up. It was after being in my car and even after spending time with my adopted LA family. The night before I was planning to come back to Michigan I was putting away my laptop when amongst the 50,000 emails (many spam) I responded to a random email marked “Do you know someone that needs a vacation from the hustle?” and to my surprise I received a phone-call the next day that changed my life. It also gave hope to so many people around me and in my world at that time. The boy that was working at the gym from 5am to Noon then hiking to Sunset to serve and bartend from 4pm to 2am everyday for 14 months had received a true moment of pause. This is where i began to remember my dream AND me.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Where are smart people getting it totally wrong today?
No one person knows everything and even as knowledge and we grow don’t forget the magic all around us. The things that cannot be articulated in words or mere coincidence. Logic needs spirit to give it more power. Power beyond our own measure.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
Though I have slipped a few times or stayed in some ways or places too long, I am doing what I was born to do.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://WWW.BLUPRINC.COM
- Instagram: https://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/RIIIVERJORDAN
- Twitter: https://x.com/RIIIVERJORDAN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thbluprinc
- Youtube: https://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/RIIIVERJORDAN
Image Credits
BTS PHOTOS – Trev Yarash
BTS PHOTOS – The Blue Prints
RIV & RE-PLXY -Miel Filmed It
On Fire – Tatko Productions
