Unemployed (Mixtape), composed by Acro The Artist, is a compilation tape recorded in the years 2015 and 2016. All 10 songs on the album where once released briefly when Acro The Artist, formally known as C Minor, would release a new E.P. every month in 2015. In 2016, after serving 5 years with the United States Navy as a Construction Electrician, he was honorably discharged from the military and continued his education in video production and media. During that time, he decided to leave behind music and focus more on visual art. Acro The Artist spent only one year at the Art Institute of L.A. in Santa Monica in 2017 where he learned to enhance his directing and filming on set. That same year, the school shut down due to a shortage in funds. So by the end of the school year, he left the Art Institute and began working in the professional field in sales for a moving company, “Meathead Movers” and shortly after, personal training. While personal training, he found a new passion and obsession, calisthenics. Calisthenics is the art of working out, with only bodyweight. With a strong street dance background, Acro The Artist found that he was able to manipulate dance moves on a pull up bar and later named it, “Bar Jamming”. He soon took his skills to Venice Beach, Ca where he was able to learn new skills, train from the best, and meet new people who he now considers family.  After a year of personal training at a local Oxnard gym, in 2019 he managed Anytime Fitness in Oxnard for four months before deciding it was not the job or life he expected. A few months later, August 2019, he packed up everything he owned into his car and booked it to Venice Beach to train daily. He began living in his car and even caught a break a couple months later to live with a friend. It wasn’t long until Acro received a message from a local Oxnard producer and engineer, Edgar Jeknavorian, also known as, Jekno. It was October of 2019 and Jekno messaged Acro on instagram about his beats. During this time Acro was only freestyle bar jamming, no longer recording music as an artist. So Jekno also continues to mention that he has a home studio to record at for any collaborations. They teamed up and scheduled sessions after sessions and by December 2019, after three years of putting music on hold, Acro and Jekno released their first single together, “WindoW”. A smooth boom bap with a popular sound and catchy hook. They continued working and building together and are now working on an Album planning to drop in December of 2020 entitled, “The Adventures of Acro The Artist” Vol One. Whats so unique about this project is how Acro is releasing a new music video every month for the year 2020 and each song will be on the Album releasing in December 2020. So as he prepares to finish that journey, he’s releasing this throwback tape to get everyone up to speed on where he left off as an artist with a voice. When listening, and for those who know him now, it’s almost like he predicted his own life and the state of the country and society since the beginning. This mixtape will definitely give you a better idea of who Acro The Artist is as an artist, entertainer, and human being. Listen close to this political, lyrical roller coaster, Unemployed, by Acro The Artist, Re-Mastered by Jekno.   

Track List: 

Unemployed 
Two Cents
Everybody Get Down
Popularity Contest
Thats Whats Up
Obvious ft. Jonny Hughes
Boots On
Dolla Dolla Bill
Good Day
If Money Didn’t Exist 

Producer(s)
Acro The Artist
Jekno
Pete Rock
J. Cole
Salaam Remi
James Miskel
Franko 


LINKS: 

Patreon.com/acrotheartist

Acro The Artist: IG/TilTok @acrotheartist
Jekno: IG @__Jekno

Project Funded by: 

Phyllis Traylor, Marvin Lee, Jonathon Hughes, Sammy Lopez,  Winfred Forrest, Alicia Pearson, Byron Bucao, Drumanji Green, Andres Vargas, James Rieger, Carlo Provencio, Daniel Lemus, Patricia Kanish Newsome, Michael Martinez.

Two Cents(2015)

That's Whats Up (2015)

Popularity Contest (2015)

Obvious (2015)

Good Day(2015)

Everybody Get Down (2015)

Dolla Dolla Bill (2015)

Boots On (2015)

If Money Didn't Exist (2020)

Instagram/TikTok @acrotheartist

Raised in San Antonio, TX, Curtis Lee, now Acro The Artist, knew at a early age he wanted to pursue entertainment. Growing up he was heavily influenced by Michael Jackson. While playing the baritone in high school. He started his producing career by writing sheet music for his high school band to play at football games. In 2011 he joined the US Navy and spent five years stationed at Port Hueneme, CA. In 2016 he honorably resigned from the navy and began his journey within entertainment. In 2018, Acro discovered his love for calisthenics and fitness. Combining it with his talent of music and dance. He then created the name and new style of dance, Bar Jamming. Bar jamming is the ability to manipulate dance moves on a portable pull-up. In calisthenics they refer to this as bar dancing or air walking. With all skills involved, the name Acro The Artist couldn’t be more fitting. Acro is currently living in Ventura County where he records his music on a weekly basis with producer Jekno, out of Oxnard, CA. You can catch Acro quite often training on the weekends at Venice Beach. With all things considered, Acro is ready to impact the world in a positive way with his unique skills and talent. He would directly like to help foster kids by giving them a new outlet to handle stressful situations and life’s troubles. Stay tuned as Acro The Artist continues to impact the entertainment industry and the community one city at a time.