Lil Derik

Hailing from the South Side of Saint Louis, Lil Derik is a twenty-seven year old independent hip hop artist. Lil Derik spent his adolescence studying everyone from Rakim, Snoop Dogg, and 2Pac to T.I., OutKast, and Lil Wayne. He started rapping as a freshman in high school and in 2015 formed the music collective “More Than Music” with his friends Tazz B. , Alley 2 Timexxz , and SG Sedii . Since graduating from high school in 2016, Lil Derik has dropped several projects, including his first mixtape, Rather Be Rich Than Famous in anticipation of his first official release on streaming platforms– Huey Vs. Riley: The Mixtape – which debuted in March of 2018. With a style influenced by the likes of J Cole, A$AP Rocky, Nipsey Hussle, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Wiz Khalifa, Lil Derik considers himself a student of the game. Since starting to take music seriously in 2018, Lil Derik has dropped numerous projects including: "The Rotation", “Tales of a 90's Baby” and “Tales of a 90's Baby, Pt. 2”, “Wintertime in the Bay”, “Mean Gene & The People's Champ 1 & 2”, “The Red Tape”, “Pimpin Since 98'”, & “The Players” to name a few. This Curren$y & Larry June method of consistent releases was all leading to his 2025 studio album “Enter The Dragon”, which dropped on January 10th, his 27th birthday. Lil Derik spent four whole years perfecting this album and it is something he considers his best work of art to date!