About Singer, rapper, producer, violinist, visual artist.

The name Cain Culto refers to the shadowy, fratricidal Old Testament character of Cain, and the Spanish word for worship ‘Culto’.

Born Andrew Padilla, Culto was raised in a Colombian-Nicaraguan household, growing up between Florida and Kentucky within the evangelical church.

Culto spent his youth hiding his queerness, trying to conform to his surroundings — a familiar tale of religious trauma many queer people experience — and it became untenable. He ended his acclaimed Christian band ‘Ecclesia’, and broke from the church, reemerging as Cain Culto.

He describes his music as being “for anyone that can relate to the feeling of being rejected, being ostracized, being misunderstood.”

A skilled singer, rapper, producer, and visual artist, Culto’s ambitious vision produces some of the boldest and most fearless alternative music around. Bringing together spirituality, satire, controversy, and undeniable pop magic — Culto exists as a riposte to mass-produced, milquetoast culture.