Demerick Ferm, better known by his stage name Demrick, formerly known as Young De, is a rapper from

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, now living in

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. He has collaborated with

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and

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. He is a protege of B-Real of Cypress Hill and Xzibit with whom he formed

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Life and career

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

His career started in 2005 when he met Kurupt in Philadelphia, who urged him and his group Tangled Thoughts to move to California. They did, and released an album with Kurupt, ''Philly 2 Cali'', in 2007. In 2008, Demrick released his solo debut mixtape, ''Audio Hustlaz, Vol. 1'', which was presented by

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. B-Real contributed to the mixtape as a producer and featured on several tracks. Later that year, Demrick released the ''Homeland Security'' mixtape, a collaboration with Shady/Interscope's artist

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. ''Homeland Security'' was hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and featured tracks with

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, Crooked I and Freeway, among others. Demrick was featured on B-Real's first solo debut album, ''

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'' (2009), appearing on 5 of the 15 songs, including the single "Don't Ya Dare Laugh", and toured overseas with B-Real. In the middle of 2009, Demrick appeared on DJ Muggs' '' Soul Assassins: Intermission'' album, and the success of that song led him to spend two years touring with Xzibit. In 2010 Cypress Hill released '' Rise Up'', their eighth studio album. Demrick was featured on the single "It Ain't Nothin" and 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 another mixtape, ''De Is for Demrick''.

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

In 2011, Xzibit and Demrick released two digital singles, "Man on the Moon" and "What It Is". Videos were shot by director Matt Alonzo and led to rotation on MTV. In mid-2011, Demrick released an EP, ''Neva Look Back'', produced by

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. Demrick released his fourth mixtape, ''#Heads Up'', in 2011. It included the singles "Money & Weed" and "Burn Out" (produced by

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). In October 2013 Demrick released an album with the hip hop group

, alongside Xzibit and B-Real.

Discography

Albums

*''Losing Focus'' (with Cali Cleve) (2015) *''Collect Call'' (2016) *''Came a Long Way'' (2018) *''No Wasting Time'' (2019) *''The Plot'' (2020) *''Payday'' (2021)

Collaborative albums

*Stoney Point (with

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and Cali Cleve) (2015) *Loud Pack: Extracts (with Scoop Deville) (2015) *One Week Notice (with

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, Audio Push,

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, Reezy,

, and Kato) (2018) *Stoney Point 2 (with DJ Hoppa) (2018) *Stoney Point 3 (with DJ Hoppa) (2021)

Mixtapes

*'
"tangledthoughts/"
' (Tangled Thoughts - T.H.O. (Tha Free Mixtape)) *
Audio Hustlaz, Vol. 1"
' (Presented by

) *
"Homeland Security"
''(with Cashis) (2008) *
"De Is for Demrick"
' (with DJ Fingaz, produced by 21 the Producer) *
" Neva LOOK Back"
'(Produced entirely by

) *
"#HeadsUP"
'(Features by Brevi and Xzibit) *
"All The Wrong Things"
' (produced by The Makerz)(2012) *''All the Wrong Things 2'' (2013) *''Serial Killers, Vol. 1'' (with

as Serial Killers) (2013) *''WingsUP - EP'' (2013) *''The Murder Show'' (with Xzibit & B-Real as Serial Killers) (2015) *''Blaze With Us'' (with

) (2016) *''Day of the Dead'' (with Xzibit & B-Real as Serial Killers) (2018) *''Blaze With Us 2'' (with Dizzy Wright) (2020) *''Summer of Sam'' (with Xzibit & B-Real as Serial Killers) (2020) *''Championship Rounds - EP'' (with Mike & Keys) (2021) *''First & Jefferson EP'' (with

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) (2025)

Featured singles

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" (with

) *"Blaze of Glory" *"Man on the Moon" (with Xzibit)
What It Is"
(with Xzibit)

Guest appearances

In popular culture

In December 2023, Demrick's single, "Lights", was broadcast from radio stations in ''

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'' during the

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's first season of its fifth chapter.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Demrick 1981 births American male rappers Rappers from Los Angeles Rappers from Philadelphia Underground rappers Living people West Coast hip-hop musicians 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Serial Killers (musical group) members