Derek (D.R.) Payne is a native of Brooklyn, New York. This young gifted, singer, song writer, and producer has been on the music scene for many years. He comes from a family of singers and learned from some of the best in the world, namely his Uncles Hilton and Bernard Avery. In the early 70s his uncles would take him to sing on the corners of Bed/Stuy in Brooklyn New York. This is where he learned to fine-tune his musical ear and to harmonize. At the age of 15, he appeared at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem New York on (Show Time at the Apollo). He didn’t place but he received a great ovation from one of the toughest audiences in the world. D.R. came up in the era when Hip Hop music was birthed. At the age of 16 D.R. helped to create one of the first ever Hip Hop singing groups called The Funtasm Four M.C.’s. This is when he began to work on his directorial skills. He was the writer and director for most of the group’s singing rout...