Experience

Rolling Stone Culture Council
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Rolling Stone Culture Council

  • Jul 2021 - Present


Darick Books

• Founder

  • May 2019 - Present

  Milwaukee, WI www.darickbooks.com


DDS MediaWorks, Elevator Muzik Group, The 21st Century Shakespears Publishing
• Owner/Founder

  • Jan 2009 - Present


Music Composer / Producer

• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Milwaukee, WI



DDS MediaWorks LLC./Elevator Muzik Group/The 21st Century Shakespears Publishing

• Darick DDS Spears | Born Milwaukee, WI Producer/Artist/Writer/Author/Entrepreneur

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  Greater Milwaukee Area Following the successful reception of Darick DDS Spears’s 2014 The World Is Yourz album, the man spent the year playing shows around the Midwest, New York, and even L.A. "The World is Yourz," received praise from Lifehack.org, calling it one of the "25 Best albums to Listen to for Productivity.” In this album DDS writes about true life experiences, including relationships, motivation and community issues. When Darick decided it was time to start recording his second album, he found the… Show more Following the successful reception of Darick DDS Spears’s 2014 The World Is Yourz album, the man spent the year playing shows around the Midwest, New York, and even L.A. "The World is Yourz," received praise from Lifehack.org, calling it one of the "25 Best albums to Listen to for Productivity.” In this album DDS writes about true life experiences, including relationships, motivation and community issues. When Darick decided it was time to start recording his second album, he found the songs that shared some emotional states and community narrative threads. In June 2015, Darick released the a powerful social EP album called The One Love Project which was recognized on The Grammy Ballad. He dedicated this album for the people. Inspired by what's going on in the world today: police brutality, crime, injustice, religion. The One Love Project’s first song Cop Killuz, has been nominated for a Global Peace Award in Hip Hop June 2016. In Sept 2016 he was nominated for 2 IMEA Awards as a solo artist for Hip Hop Artist of the Year & and Hip Hop Song of the Year from his 2016 album release called Breathe. Darick has won a couple of awards as well as being nominated for a series of Musical Awards. In September 2016 he received a nomination for the two IMEA awards namely Hip Hop Artist of the Year & and Hip Hop Song of the Year from his 2016 album “Breathe”. In 2017, he won a Global Music Award for his single “Paranoid,” from his album “And I Don’t Need No Hooks For This.” This album went on to be nominated for 5 Josie Awards. Apart from being a music artist Darick is also a producer, a writer, and a performer. Darick has written an Amazon Best Seller “The Diary of a Stay-at-Home Dad: My Journal Behind Bars” among other titles. He also has other titles in the pipeline, all available on Amazon and worldwide. Show less