Young De

Demerick Ferm better known by his stage name Demrick, formally known as Young De, is a recording artist / songwriter currently residing in Los Angeles, California. His description of his style is "both raw and soulful". "The songs I write are about my life, friends, family and people I've met along the way, most of my inspiration comes from my everyday experiences." He is best known for his collaborations with high profile artists such as Xzibit, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, B-Real and Cypress Hill. He is also recognized as a protege of B-Real and Xzibit. Life & Career edit: 2005-2010: Audio Hustlaz Vol 1 and Smoke N Mirrors edit: The beginning of his career started in 2005 when he met Kurupt in Philadelphia. At the time he was in a group called Tangled Thoughts and Kurupt urged them to move to California. They took him up on the suggestion and in 2007 they released an album with Kurupt titled "Philly 2 Cali". In 2008 Demrick released his solo debut mixtape titled "Audio Hustlaz Vol. 1", it was presented by DJ Skee. B-Real contributed to the mixtape as a producer and featured on several tracks. Later that year Demrick released the "Homeland Security" mixtape which was a collaboration project with Shady/Interscopes' artist Ca$his. Homeland Security was hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and featured tracks with Royce Da 5'9, Crooked I and Freeway among others. Demrick was also featured on B-Real's 2009 solo album "Smoke N Mirrors", appearing on 5 of the 15 songs including the single Don't Ya Dare Laugh. With that album B-Real and Demrick spent a lot of time touring overseas. In the middle of 09', Demrick's appearance on DJ Muggs "Souls Assassins Intermissions" albumlanded 2,000,000+ hits on YouTube for it's 1st single Figure It Out. Due to the success of that song he has spent the past 2 years touring with Xzibit. In 2010 Cypress Hill released their 8th studio album titled "Rise Up" on EMI's Priority Records. Demrick was featured on the street single It Ain't Nothin . The video for this single received rotation on all television outlets and landed him on Last Call with Carson Daly. He also went on tour with Cypress, performing at festivals like Rock am Ring and Rockin Rio. At the end of the year Demrick teamed up with DJ Fingaz, for yet another mixtape titled "De is for Demrick". 2011-Present: Urban Ammo, Neva Look Back, #Heads Up edit: In 2011 Xzibit and Demrick created a music catalog for the company Extreme Music/Sony ATV titled "Urban Ammo". From that catalog they chose two digital singles; Man On The Moon & What It Is. These videos were shot by director Matt Alonzo and led to rotation on MTV. In mid-2011, Demrick released an EP titled "Neva Look Back" produced solely by Scoop DeVille. The EP had three singles What's Good, Ready 2 Go & What's Good Remix. Demrick just released his early 2012 mixtape "#Heads Up". The 17 song project includes the singles Money & Weed & Burn Out (Produced By Jim Jonsin). Guest appearances edit: Year Song Artist(s) Album 2009 "Don't You Dare Laugh" B-Real, Xzibit Smoke n Mirrors 2009 "6 Minutes" B-Real,Tekneek Smoke n Mirrors 2009 "10 Steps Behind" B-Real,Tekneek Smoke n Mirrors 2009 "Dr. Hyphenstein" B-Real, Snoop Dogg, Trace Midas Smoke n Mirrors 2009 "Figure It Out" Soul Assassins Soul Assassins: Intermission, (Presented by DJ Muggs) 2010 "It Ain't Nothin", (Writers credits) Cypress Hill Rise Up (Via Capitol Records) 2011 "What It Is" Xzibit Urban Ammo 2, Xtreme Music/Sony Singles 2011 "Man on the Moon" Xzibit Urban Ammo 2, Xtreme Music/Sony Singles 2012 "Medicated Cypress Hill, Rusko Cypress X Rusko EP

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