Derek B

English DJ, rapper and producer.
Born in 1966, Bow, London, England, died 14 November 2009.
He started out as a DJ when he was 15 as part of a mobile unit touring London clubs. He then moved into radio working for pirate stations including KISS FM and LWR before beginning his own WBLS station. In 1985 he also co-founded the Blackmarket record shop in Soho with Steve Jervier. In 1987 he took a job at Simon Harris’ Music Of Life label as an A&R man and recorded the track “Rock the Beat”. Subsequently he released two more tracks which charted: “We Got the Juice” and “Good Groove” reaching #16.

He was managed by Steve Proctor.

Boland, Derek B., Tuff Audio