Eric Hunter was born November 26, 1979 to the proud parents of Ivory Joe Hunter and Dorothy Hunter. Eric Hunter is one of three siblings, an older brother and sister. At the age of seven years old Eric Hunter sang in the church choir and played the drums. From his youth until now as an adult he still plays the drums for the church. Eric Hunter attended Bossier Parish Community College for a major of Communication Media sound & recording 2019-2021 and now attending the same college for Multimedia Specialist 2022-2023. For the past ten years he has played and still playing for various bands around the shreveport,La area. Two of those bands are the 5KG band ( Floyd Grisby) and the other is Quest ( Mill Kenndy). Eric Hunter then decided to become a Southern Soul Blues artist, Also he is a songwriter, singer, and producer from Shreveport,La. Eric Hunter stage name is Mr. Don't Leave and that name came from his first hit single Don't Leave. Everyone started calling him Mr. Don't Leave when they first heard this song. Eric Hunter has also started on building a production company and is the CEO of E N Luv productions. He also has a fiancee of three years who is a partner in his production company. He has obtained his GED in 2016 and he also played semi profootball for the Port City Jaguars in his younger adult hood. Eric Hunter is striving to become a Southern Soul Artist, it has been a dream of his for many years. He is very dedicated to being successful in life and would love to leave his footprints here like all of the great blues singers of the world. He has overcame severl obstacles to try and make a better man for himself and his family. Some of his favorite artist are Bobby Womack, Johnny Taylor, Temptations, Dave Hollister and lot's more but for the most part he loves music.