Roman GianArthur

Roman GianArthur, a singer and guitarist in the Janelle Monae-helmed Wondaland, joined the entire funkadelic crew on their Eephus Tour this summer. The "I-69" singer shares why he thinks their gathering is so exceptional in an exclusive video from the performance trek, "This moment is legendary...

Roman GianArthur performs his funky ode "Like an Egg, a King" during the Eephus Tour in New York City.

Wondaland members Jidenna and Roman GianArthur bring the funk on the Eephus Tour.

Is 'I-69' the highway to heaven? Well, it's something like that. This Roman GianArthur song isn't about an interstate to eternity but it is about two-way streets. Confused? The song's topic is oral sex ostensibly, but it's really a metaphor for relationships and reciprocity 'cause Roman likes to get deep like that.

His name is Roman. Roman GianArthur to be exact, and the budding talent from Wondaland Arts Society is the truth. Need proof? Check out his performance of his original song 'Canopy' for The Boombox's Live Bytes performance series.

If Janelle Monae's Wondaland Arts Society is anything it's eclectic. Reppin' the Atlanta-based crew is Roman GianArthur, the latest featured performer in The Boombox's Live Bytes series.

Roman GianArthur wears his musical influences on his sleeve, unafraid to give props to the artists he loves. No wonder he's putting out 'OK Lady,' a project that features reimaginings of Radiohead and D'Angelo songs blended together to become something familiar but, at the same time, new.

You may not realize it, but if you're a Janelle Monae fan, you're probably a Roman GianArthur fan, too. You've gotten a taste of his work on Ms. Monae's 2010 album, 'The ArchAndroid,' in which he composed and arranged the album's 'Suite Overtures' and contributed to 'Ba Bop Bye Ya.'

Get familiar with the name Roman GianArthur, you're going to be seeing it a lot soon. A member of Janelle Monae's Wondaland Arts Society collective, GianArthur is a singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and producer. But with all of that musical talent he doesn't call himself as musician.