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buzzz worthy. . .   Nashville, TN (September 28, 2016) - Derek Minor teams with BJ the Chicago Kid for “ Until I’m Gone ,” the third single from Minor’s sixth album, Reflection , out on Minor’s Reflection Music Group/eOne Music on October 14, and now available for pre-order on iTunes , Google Play and Amazon . The music video premieres Wednesday on BILLBOARD .   On the song, Derek Minor raps about remembering his roots and being thankful for his success. He rhymes, “This for my people that struggle to pay off they light bill / In they heart man they wonder if Christ real / Or the next meal / I can tell you how that life feel.” BJ the Chicago Kid lends his infectious soulful voice on the chorus.   The clip directed by Will Thomas features throwback video of Minor rapping when he was a young teen, as well as new footage filmed in New York and Tennessee. “We wanted to convey that down to earth feeling,” Minor says. “No matter how high I go, I got to sta...

buzzz worthy. . . Nashville, TN (July 20, 2016) – Today, award-winning hip-hop artist  Derek Minor  debuted the video for his new single “Free” via his blog,  www.derekminor.com/blog . The recent murders of  several African-Americans by law enforcement including the killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, struck a deep chord inside of Minor. This motivated him to write and produce "Free," which addresses the violence and disparities in our culture based on race. “Free,” written, produced, and mastered by Minor within just three hours, conveys the anguish he feels inside, pondering the pain and fear of these experiences and troubling times. The music video for "Free," which was conceptualized by Minor and directed by Patrick Tohill, was filmed a few days later. Minor is inspired by his audience to bring about change. He writes music for people and for God and strives to be as authentic as he can and believes that’s how change can start. When talking a...