Growing up in Northern California’s Bay Area (Oakland, Vallejo and Castro Valley), Deric Warren Battiste, professionally known as DJ D-Wrek, is an American DJ, record producer, actor and TV personality. After graduating from Castro Valley High School and attending Chabot College in Hayward, CA, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. In the mid-1990s, he was signed to Caliber Records as one half of the rap duo Makin’ ENZ, along with artists like Howard Hewett of the popular 80s R&B group Shalamar. Label budgets prevented a Makin’ ENZ album release, and the duo disbanded in 1996. In 1997, DJ D-Wrek met Nick Cannon through Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon’s All That and Kenan & Kel. The two immediately became good friends and soon began working on song demos that would eventually lead to Nick Cannon’s recording contract with Nick/Jive Records in 2000. DJ D-Wrek is also Nick Cannon’s tour DJ, as well as that of many other artists ranging from E-40 and Too $hort to Big Time Rush and Three 6 Mafia, to name a few. From 1999 to date, DJ D-Wrek has been in over 25 national commercials. In 2004, DJ D-Wrek was an integral part of the creative process of MTV and MTV2’s hit comedy show Wild ’N Out and has been the DJ/emcee on Wild 'N Out since its debut on MTV in 2005. There’s much more to come from DJ D-Wrek in the world of music, television and film, so be on the lookout and stay tuned!