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Derick Michael Brown (born July 26, 1990), better known as his rap name 2Tech, is an American rapper who dreamed of becoming the youngest, spiritual, hip-hop artist. Inspired by Tupac Shakur, Nas, and DMX, 2Tech took a shot at his dream.

Biography

Childhood Memories

Born in Los Angeles, California, he lived one year of his life in Los Angeles. Derick moved out to Northtown, Las Vegas on 21st street when he was one-year old. As a young child, he attended to a near by preschool and elementary. When Derick was 7, him and his family moved to Henderson, Las Vegas and he attended Roberta C. Cartwright Elementary School, a year-around school.

In 1999, he made it to the fourth grade. He met, his first rapping partner, DJ. Him and DJ called themselves "Cali-Dawgs" because they were both from California. Derick wasn't known as 2Tech at the time, he called himself "Lil Dawgie D." Both DJ and Derick dreamed of being rap stars and wrote many lyrics at the age of 9.

By the year of 2001, Derick moved out of the elementary life and began the life of a junior highschool student. He attended Silvestri Junior High School from 2001-2004. Him and DJ continued to do rap music but as the year went on, Derick slowed down on the music and continued doing other activites such as drawing, skateboarding, and school. Derick Brown got sentenced on a 3-day suspension from Silvestri over a fight that he got into in the seventh grade. Derick participated in alot of after school activities such as the art club, basketball, etc. Derick's eighth grade year rolled around and he began a little bit of writing again, but he never took it to the heart.

After his last year at Silvestri Junior High School, Derick had started his life in highschool.

The Birth of 2Tech

2Tech was givin to Derick when he was in the by two of his friends, GRich and Jinx Lane, because he was way too technical with what he was saying and what he was doing. Everytime Derick got into an argument, he always went way too technical with the conversation and the situation.

At this time, he attended Liberty High School as a ninth grader (freshman). Derick tried out for Liberty's basketball team and made the squad. Derick was 14 when he began his real rap career. He started writing songs but didn't have a place to record at. He walked around daily with folded sheets of paper jammed in his pocket and a pen/pencil. Derick realized that he finally needed a rap name so he can be credited for his music.

He went through various of rap names such as The Realest, D-Nyce, Lil D, and Baby Smoke.

He decided to take rapping to the heart again, in the summer of 2004 after hearing his cousin's demo CD called The Manish.

His ninth grade year went on and nobody gave him much respect and didn't think he would make it far in the music industry. He was constantly writing to get better. He wrote at home, in class, at his basketball games, etc. Derick was so anxious to make his lyrics better and wasn't stopping for anything untill he achieved the goal he desired. About mid-way through the year, he met his other rapping partner GRich. Ever since then, Derick and GRich been making lyrics together.

His tenth grade year came back around and he was still continuing to rap. He began working on a mixtape, but he didn't have a spot to record at. Because of this, Derick put down the pencil and pad and quitted rapping. Once again, he tried out for the basketball team and made the team with his partner GRich. Around this time, GRich and his other basketball teammate, Jinx Lane, had gave him the name 2Tech. Still with nothing to record in, 2Tech continued to write lyrics for the future.

By the end of his tenth grade year, GRich gave him Cool Edit Pro to record on and used a headset to record into.

Around the summer of 2006, 2Tech recorded and released his first two singles called Hang Like That and Praise. By having his Myspace, he was able to put his songs out there to let everyone hear his lyrics. Thinking about the outcome of what he did, that was a bad idea. People were making fun of 2Tech and his songs because of how wack his voice sounded, but this never stopped 2Tech from doing what he wanted to do.

By his 11th grade year at Liberty High School, he continued his rap career with the headset and the same program. After some time, he released his other two singles: Uh-Oh and Check Yourself. These singles increased 2Tech's respect greatly. Even though some people thought he was nice at it, he still thought he had a long way to go before he actually can make his career. After some time, 2Tech put down the pencil and pad and started freestyling his tracks.

After releasing a couple of his freestyle tracks, he began writing again. By winter, 2Tech was given a studio microphone to rap into instead of a headset. After he recieved this, he began releasing many more new singles.