Ellington Lee Ratliff is a musician and actor, born on April 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California.

He is best known as the drummer for the American Pop-Rock band R5, which he joined in 2009. He has also pursued acting and has appeared in several TV shows, including a episode of Victorious and Criminal Minds, as well as Riker Lynch’s short movie Lyft Me Up.

Despite the departure of R5 into THE DRIVER ERA, Ellington has not stopped working with them, collaborating on songs like “Feel You Now”, “San Francisco”, “A Kiss” or “Fade”, and joining the band on tours as the touring drummer.

On December 9, 2020, he started his solo project with the single “EMT”. A couple of months later, on February 24, 2021, he released his second single “Sun To Rise!”, and finally on April 16, 2021 he released his debut 5-track EP, ELLINGTON.