My mom always called me Dee as a kid, so when she wanted me to come in she would scream Dee through the window and the drug dealers would start saying...my name is d-nice although I hate to admit it...and I hated it...but the name stuck with me over the years..when I was a barber that was my name..I never was a rapper. When I joined the military at first I was depressed so I picked up the pen and started writing! I never knew that it would grow this far, you can google me and I have accomplished a lot as an underground artist.

yes I hit up open mic nights on a weekly basis in Californias Bay Area,I am also planing my very first solo concert and we are also shooting my very first professional music video. I have had people come up to me and cry because my lyrics have touched them in such a special way..that means a lot to me. I love to connect with my fans.

I think the internet has leveled the playing field, because I am an independent label owner and I do all of the work with the help of my partner, and the internet has been a huge asset. I have 25 videos on youtube with over 500,000 views. the first hip hop magazine I was ever published in, I got the cover..none of this would be possible without the internet!!

only if the conditions were right..I am also a songwriter and I would not sign away my publishing rights..most artist have slave deals and are not seeing any real money, please do not let the videos fool you!! I have a great career and full benefits so music is my second job..if I was to get a great deal fine...but its not my driving force..my family is straight.

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Dee-Nyce was Born in Brooklyn east New York, I was the youngest out of six kids. I have 3 sisters and 2 Brothers, my oldest brother died from SIDS before I was born. I was raised by my mother and sisters. I didn't meet my dad until I was 27yrs old. As a child I lived the basic life of playing sports running the streets being a normal kid. Growing up in Brooklyn you see a lot and you grow up fast. I came up in the crack era and really didn't fully understand what was going on until my older Brother and Sister got hooked on the drug. Coming up with out a male role model to look up to was hard in it self, but I was fortunate enough to have a strong Mother who taught me how to be a man. I love my mother dearly for all the strengths she instilled in me, but there still comes a time when a boy needs a man in his life and I always longed for that connection. Not having my dad around was very hard on me growing up, I can honestly say it scarred me. I never wanted anyone to feel that kind of pain so any chance I got I reached out to the younger cats around me, and I also played the father role to my nephews. In the early 90's my mother moved us out to the Richmond Hill section of Queens. Richmond Hill is like half ghetto half suburb but still much safer than Brooklyn. In Brooklyn we moved every 2yrs but in Queens we finally settled. The 1st thing I noticed about Queens was that my friends had fathers and they lived with they moms, it was times that I was jealous of them but it actually helped me. From then on I always told myself that I am going to get married before I have a child and that I would never leave my child behind no matter what. I graduated High school dropped out of college and became a Barber. I was Dee-Nyce the Barber, Dee-Nyce the sneaker customizer but never Dee-Nyce the Rapper. After 10 years of cutting hair and owning my own shop I became bored with cutting hair and I joined the Military. When I first joined the military I had become a little depressed and very stressed out, because it was the 1st time in my life that I was away from my family and I wasn’t in control of me. I was stationed on a ship that would go out to sea for 3 months at a time, it was during this time that I began to write as a form of therapy. I got married on October 31st 2005 and a year later I became a Dad for the 1st time to a beautiful litte girl Daylee Arai. Preparring for fatherhood changed me a lot, it changed the entire way I had viewed the world. I started analyzing everything and the thing that disturbed me the most was rap music. For the 1st time I really listened to what they were actually saying and not just nodding my head to the beat. The things I was hearing where so degrading and disrespectful and that is not what I wanted my princess hearing and accepting. So from then on I started writing songs that I would want my Princess to listen to, I bring the art into my music and that’s whats missing from today’s rap music. It seems like artist are more concerned with the dollars and not the creativity and they all follow the same blueprint for success, big booty girls,big chains,gang affiliation,hottest clothes,and a catchy club beat. I can promise anyone who listens to my music you will hear the art of music, music is a way to heal and help you get through hard times, music was created to opress and that’s what most of it does now. My daughter passed away the day before she turned 11 months and it hit me like a ton of bricks, The pain never goes away and there is nothing anyone can say that will make you feel better it’s just something you accept on a day by day basis. After the passing of my daughter I quit writing music because I was only writing to change and mold her and that was selfish of me because it was my daughter who gave me this gift. I trully believe that my daughter wants me to help change and mold other children so that is what Dee-Nyce is about. I could honestly give a f*** about a record deal sure everybody wants to be rich but I refuse to sell out to get rich. I want the same publicity that these top artist have and that’s for one reason only, to have a bigger platform and stage to speakand uplift these kids. Imagine if all these top rap artist main goal was to speak and uplift these kids….do you know how successful the black race would be….the possibilities are endless

jay-z,Biggie,Nas,Pac....Lyfe jennings...right now being that I am always recording I dont listen to other artist because I dont want to unconsiously re-create their sound or style..I want people to be like I what Dee-Nyce brings to the table

even though I'm from Brooklyn NY..I live in the Bay Area now because of my job...but my favorite spot in Oakland is deffinately mouth off wednesday's at the air lounge. When Im back home in Ny..I love to hit 42 street..jamaica ave and downtown Brooklyn

I use adobe audition to record and mix, I master with AAMS..and Waves bundle.

I notice that everybody thinks they are a rapper now....and thats cool, the only problem I have is that they see everybody as they competition and hate on anything cause it might sound better then their stuff...save the hate just work on your craft!!!