Derek Minor co-founded the hip-hop record label Reflection Music Group with Doc Watson, and signed to Reach Records in a joint venture between the two labels in 2011.
10 Facts About Derek Minor
Derek Minor partnered with Entertainment One to release his fifth album, Empire, that debuted at No 6 on the Billboard Rap Albums chart and No 1 on the Top Christian chart.
Derek Minor's mother helped him by buying him production equipment, and by the time he entered college, Johnson was in a rap duo and got a job to pay for studio time.
Derek Minor graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in Recording Industry Management.
Derek Minor pursued music, women and money until '"the season of death"' shook up his life.
On June 6,2013, Minor released a lyric video for a single from Minorville, "Dear Mr Christian" featuring Dee-1 and Lecrae, followed by an actual release of the single the next day.
On March 18,2014, Rapzilla announced that Derek Minor had parted ways with Reach Records, as his two-album contract with Reach had expired.
On October 22,2014, it was announced that Derek Minor had signed a distribution deal with Entertainment One.
That same month, Derek Minor embarked on the Rock and Worship Roadshow with Steven Curtis Chapman, Francesca Battistelli, Rend Collective, Passion and others.
In mid-2017, Derek Minor premiered the stand-alone single "Fresh Prince" on HipHopSince1987.