BIO FOR HIP-HOP-ARTIST

With a poem published as early as 11 years young, Derrick “DC” Caldwell is what our generation would deem “an old soul,” nonetheless, a soul to be reckoned with. He was introduced to music early in his childhood, inspired by his mother who would walk around the house playing the flute. There was also an artist, Chuck Mangione, a horn player who created music that DC got the sheet music too as soon as he got his own horn. Young DC continued to open his eyes to the inspiration around him.

As for DC’s developing of his own craft, it began in his 20^th year of life…leading to the release of his first mix tape “DC is Black Dynamite” in the winter of 2010.  Before the release of his first single off of the mix tape “Chocolate TY,” DC struggled to get people to really feel his music. He has always stayed true to getting people to really feel music and what he has to say, rather than just playing a track.  The song “Chocolate TY” came from a personal place and the amount of feeling DC put in the song is the same amount of feeling he got from his listeners: “It’s not just about the music. It’s about the feeling you give people.”

Now confident enough for the whole world to hear his music, DC is ready for his tracks to be played everywhere. He’s always believed that people never truly listen to the music, merely just the songs. There’s something in every melody, every beat, there’s a message in every song, even not the most popular ones, but according to DC people unfortunately don’t always pay attention. He wants people to pay attention to what he has to say: “I had a revelation that I wanted to create music and touch people and comfort them in any situation. Whatever you’re feeling I want to accompany that feeling. No matter how anyone is feeling…they can play my music.”

In fact, the key to his very own sanity, DC claims that music is therapeutic. Through music, he releases his feelings and claims it even allows him to release things and even people that may not need to be in his life at this point in time. At the end of the day, DC wants to deliver a message to the world. What exactly that message is, he’s not really sure yet. Maybe that’s something for the world to decide.

Exactly who is DC you ask: “A returned soul in a young man’s body. Entity produced from the inner depths of God himself. Creativity. Originality. Authenticity. Love. Respect.”