History

Mercurial rarely goes by his given name, preferring the tongue-in-cheek nickname of “Mouse” given to him by his older brother Francis. The young virtuoso attends Tulane on an arts scholarship and is currently working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Music.

Relationships

Family

• Allen Fernandez: Mercurial’s father, used to be a pastor before he died from lung cancer last year at age fifty-five.

• Brielle Fernandez: Mercurial’s mother. Forty-seven years old.

• Francis Levois: Founding member of the RidaHoodz, cousin of Dontell, and older brother to Mercurial. Recently released from the Farm. His pull and leadership has suffered from his absence. He hopes to regain it. Twenty-six years old.

• Clarence Levois: Maternal uncle of Dontell Levois and Francis Levois. Runs a salvage yard/auto repair shop in the lower Ninth Ward that serves as the illicit chop-shop for the RidaHoodz. Looks out for his other nephew Mercurial Fernandez, asking him to draw car designs for his shop. Little brother to Brielle and forty-five years old.

• Dontell Levois: Mercurial’s cousin.

Friends

• Tim “Tiny Tim” Romero: Mercurial’s childhood friend who also happens to be a fellow inmate at Orleans Parish Prison.

Acquaintances

• Bentley Downs: Alec Down’s daughter. Bored college graduate and perennial daddy’s girl who still lives with her father. She recently decided it would be “fun” to try being a talent agent, which her father has indulged and paid the licensing fee for. Mercurial’s first music agent.

Discography

Ballad of the Legless Fuckwit
Legless in Louisiana
Cici
Villains (Villars)
Bye Flippy
Dreadlocks and Balloons
Chop Shop Crunch
The Farm
Bless Your Heart