Demrick

Demrick
File:Young De in Paris, 2008.jpg
Background information
Birth name	Demerick Ferm
Also known as	Demrick Young De
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter
Associated acts	B-Real, Kurupt, Xzibit, Soul Assassins, Cypress Hill, Cashis, Swollen Members
Website	iamdemrick.com

Demerick Ferm, better known by his stage name Demrick, formerly known as Young De, is a recording artist/songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is 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 of Cypress Hill and Xzibit.

Life and career

2005-2010: Audio Hustlaz, Vol. 1, and Smoke N Mirrors

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 released an album with Kurupt titled as Philly 2 Cali in 2007.

In 2008, Demrick released his solo debut mixtape titled Audio Hustlaz, Vol. 1, which 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/Interscope’s artist Cashis. 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 first solo debut album, Smoke N Mirrors (2009), making appearances 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' Soul Assassins: Intermission album, which landed 2,000,000 hits on YouTube for its first 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 as De Is for Demrick.

2011-present: Urban Ammo, #HeadsUP, All The Wrong Things & Serial Killers

In 2011, Xzibit and Demrick created a music catalog for the company Extreme Music/Sony ATV titled as Urban Ammo. From that catalog, they chose two digital singles, including "Man on the Moon" and "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, which was produced solely by Scoop DeVille. The EP had three singles "What’s Good", "Ready 2 Go" and "What’s Good (Remix)".

Demrick released his fourth early mixtape #Heads Up, which was released in 2011. The 17-song project includes the singles "Money & Weed" and "Burn Out" (produced by Jim Jonsin).

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album
2009	"Don't You Dare Laugh"	B-Real, Xzibit	Smoke N Mirrors
	"6 Minutes"	B-Real, Tekneek
	"10 Steps Behind"
	"Dr. Hyphenstein"	B-Real, Snoop Dogg, Trace Midas
	"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"
2012	"Medicated"	Cypress Hill, Rusko	Cypress X Rusko
2013	"The Pain"	Cashis, Sara Shine	The County Hound 2

Discography

Albums

• Losing Focus (with Cali Cleve) (2015)

Collaborative albums

• Stoney Point (with DJ Hoppa and Cali Cleve) (2015)
• Loud Pack: Extracts (with Scoop Deville) (2015)

Mixtapes

• "tangledthoughts/" (Tangled Thoughts - T.H.O. (Tha Free Mixtape))
• Audio Hustlaz, Vol. 1" (Presented by DJ Skee)
• "Homeland Secutity" (with Cashis) (2008)
• "De Is for Demrick" (with DJ Fingaz, produced by 21 the Producer)
• " Neva LOOK Back" [1](Produced entirely by Scoop DeVille)
• "#HeadsUP" [2](Features by Brevi and Xzibit)
• All the Wrong Things (2012)
• All the Wrong Things 2 (2013)
• Serial Killers, Vol. 1 (with Xzibit & B-Real as Serial Killers) (2013)
• WingsUP - EP (2013)
• The Murder Show (with Xzibit & B-Real as Serial Killers) (2015)

Featured singles

• "It Ain't Nothin'" (with Cypress Hill)
• "Blaze of Glory"
• "Man on the Moon" (with Xzibit)
• "What It Is" (with Xzibit)

Music videos

• Can't Move Me (Cashis)
• In God's Hands (Cashis)
• Don't You Dare Laugh (B-Real)
• Figure It Out (Xzibit, Myketsro)
• Streets Don't Love You Back (B-Real)
• Blaze of Glory
• All Out War
• Running Around
• It Ain't Nothin' (Cypress Hill)
• Man on the Moon (Xzibit)
• What It Is (Xzibit)
• What's Good (Scoop DeVille, Brevi)
• She's a Freak
• Ready to Go (Scoop DeVille, Xzibit, Brevi)
• What's Good (Remix) (Scoop DeVille, Cliqou Nico, Brevi)
• Money & Weed
• Burn Out
• Money & Weed, Pt. 2
• My Religion
• Space Island
• Make Way

External links

• Demrick on Facebook
• Demrick on Twitter