Ghostemane

Ghostemane
Birth Name	Eric Whitney
Birth Date	April 15th, 1991
Genres	Trap metal • doom metal • hip hop • hardcore punk • noise • black metal
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, rapper
Years Active	2010–present
Social Media
Facebook	ghostemaneofficial
Instagram	ghostemane ericghoste

Eric Whitney, professionally known as Ghostemane, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He is the current fiancé of Poppy.

Early Life

Whitney was born on April 15^th, 1991 in Lake Worth, Florida. When Whitney was a teenager, he had been interested in hardcore punk music and performed in several bands such as Nemesis and Seven Serpents. During his time with Nemesis, a bandmate of Whitney's had introduced him to Memphis rap, sparking his interest in rap.

Musical Career

In 2015, Whitney moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his musical career. He had been associated with various musical groups such as Schemaposse and $uicideboy$. In 2018, he released an album titled N/O/I/S/E which was influenced by industrial rock, nu metal, Metallica, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails.

Relationship with Poppy

Poppy had met Ghostemane at the Reading Leeds Festival in Leeds, United Kingdom on August 24^th, 2019. They had performed on the same stage on the same day.

In November 2019, Poppy and Ghostemane frequently posted pictures of each other on their Instagram stories. On November 27^th, 2019, Ghostemane posted a picture of him and Poppy holding hands. On December 3^rd, 2019, he confirmed with several Poppy fans in Instagram direct messages that he and Poppy were dating.

Currently, they frequently post activities with each other on their Instagram stories.

He has made two appearances in Poppy's YouTube videos. He first makes a cameo in "DIY Magazine Look with Poppy", appearing in a photo from the DIY Magazine photoshoot that is shown in the video, although his face is hidden. He later guest-starred in "My Fiancé Does My Makeup", where he applies one of his favorite tour makeup looks on Poppy.

Poppy would later go on to direct the music videos for Ghostemane's 2020 singles "Lazaretto" and "Hydrochloride".

He is featured on Poppy's song "Screammm" from her noise album Music to Scream To, credited under his noise side project GASM, and would later co-produce her single "I Won't Be Home for Christmas". Poppy also contributed vocals to the intro track "Intro.Destitute" from Ghostemane's album ANTI-ICON.

Engagement

On July 8^th, 2020, Ghostemane proposed to Poppy after 9 months of dating. This was preceded by mass fan speculation that the two were engaged following Poppy posting an image to her Instagram story of a unique ring on her ring finger. Poppy confirmed the following day on Twitter that she and Ghostemane were engaged. The wedding date has yet to be announced.

Gallery

The Ghostemane gallery can be found here.

Trivia

• Poppy has attended one of his live concerts.
  • Allegedly, Titanic Sinclair (Poppy's former director and boyfriend) attended the same concert and began harassing Ghostemane.
• He attended Poppy's album release party for I Disagree.
• During a 2020 Reddit AMA, Poppy was asked if she liked black metal, to which she responded "I like ghostemane."
• His cats Kiki and Damian are Pi's adoptive siblings.
• He taught Poppy how to ride a motorcycle.