Name Derek DeGrate | Role Songwriter | |
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Albums The Other Brother, Moving Forward, The Other Brother Part Two Similar People Dalvin DeGrate, DeVante Swing, Joel Hailey, Jodeci, Swing Mob | ||
JODECI DeVante and Dalvin other brother (New song)
Derek DeGrate (born July 9, 1970, in Hampton, Virginia) is a and gospel recording artist and songwriter. He has been involved in the music industry since age 13. DeGrate began writing songs, performing (including singing, playing bass guitar, drums and keyboards ) at age 7. He has one son. DeGrate was born into a musical family. His father; Donald DeGrate Sr. is a gospel artist, and his two brothers are members of the multi platinum group-Jodeci, "DeVante Swing" (Donald DeGrate Jr.) and "Mr. Dalvin" (Dalvin DeGrate) and are multi talented musicians, producers and writers as well.
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Discography and musical accomplishments
1991: DeGrate wrote and performed Bass guitar melody for the movie soundtrack Strictly Business. Starring Halle Berry The bass guitar melody was featured on the song "Let's fly" which was performed by Jodeci. DeGrate also was credited on JODECI's "Diary of a mad band" album, which a Bass Guitar melody was written by DeGrate and featured on the song "fun 2 nite", recorded by Jodeci.
1992-1993: DeGrate wrote a song for the major record label Homeland Records/Word Records(now a part of Epic Records) the song is titled "paid when he died". It was recorded by Don DeGrate and Strong tower, which trio DeGrate was also a member of. The group was nominated for the "horizon music award", which is one of Gospel's largest ceremonies (taken place at the national quartet convention) the group was featured on a few of the Bill Gaither homecoming series" videos. The most popular video is "revival" of the Bill and Gloria Gaither video series, which the group performed "sold out", which DeGrate is featured. The performance aired worldwide and continues to air on TBN (Trinity broadcasting network)
1993-1994: DeGrate wrote four songs for the Homeland/Word Records label and signed a publishing deal with Centergy music group of Nashville Tennessee. The songs were recorded by Don DeGrate and Strong Tower and entered into the top 20 national charts of the "Singing News magazine" and the "U.S. Gospel News Magazine". This year the group was again invited to perform at Bill Gaither's Homecoming series video recording. The group performed "I Just Wanna Testify". DeGrate and the group performed live in Indianapolis, Indiana, at "Praise Gathering", an event produced and hosted by Bill Gaither. The event had a live audience of more than 20,000 people and was seen on television by more than 30 million people.
1995: DeGrate signed another publishing Deal with Zion music group and wrote five songs for Don DeGrate and Strong Tower which were recorded on the "Transformed" album. The song "Wait on an Answer" became a Top 20 hit and gained worldwide recognition.
2002: DeGrate released his first solo album "The Other Brother" which was released by his own label; DuffStuff Records. The album landed an exclusive interview and review by Gospelflava.com and by Linda Hobbs of Vibe magazine
2009: DeGrate released a follow-up album "The Other Brother Part Two", which was released by his own label, Duffstuff Records. The album is featured in USA Today and Singersroom
2016: DeGrate released his third solo album "Moving Forward", which is released by his own label, DuffStuff Records.