Derrick D.Gaines Born September 3,1987, better-known by his stage name D.Gaines, is an American Rapper from Norfolk Virginia. He Started at the age of sixteen, in 2010, D.Gaines joined Collabo Records, which includes rappers Childz, Kap Rizzy,T-Eazy.and Ceo Purnell Salter. In 2011 they released they debute album "Collab Or Collide". D.Gaines gained a following in 2006 when he released his first solo mixtape, "Money By Any Means" which led to D.Gaines dropping a series of Money By Any Means 1,2,3,4 and now he's in the studio working on his lastest mixtape M.B.A.M 5 due out this fall.

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