Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Octavio Herrera aka OCTAVIO is a 21-year-old artist making a unique concoction of hip-hop and indie music. At the age of 5, he moved to Louisville, KY, learning English in 6 months. At 14, he taught himself how to play his dad’s abandoned guitar by watching YouTube videos. One boring summer, he discovered he could freestyle rap and his best friend egged him on to start writing for real.
Art runs through Octavio’s veins; when he’s not coming up with rhymes and melodies, he’s painting his worldview onto a canvas, creating dark and surreal visual art. In many ways, Octavio’s just a normal teenager in America, but he sees his world through the lens of a Mexican kid who just wants to be able to get a job in the U.S. - the job of sharing his music with the world.