Erik Francis Schrody, known by the stage names Everlast and Whitey Ford, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter, and former frontman of the hip-hop group House of Pain. His breakthrough as a solo artist came in 1998 with the album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, which blended rock and hip-hop and earned him his first Grammy nomination for the song "What It's Like." The album reached No.

9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the single reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. As of 2023, these remain his highest positions on mainstream charts for an album and a single, respectively.