D-Nice: 5 Things About The DJ Performing At ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

• D-Nice is simply a world-renowned DJ.
• He got his commencement successful the ‘80s alongside KRS-One and La Rock.
• D-Nice helped thousands with his “Club Quarantine” bid during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

D-Nice will assistance support the enactment going arsenic Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve goes nationwide. While big Ryan Seacrest will helm the long-running New Year’s Eve countdown from Times Square successful New York City, the enactment volition grow to California. D-Nice volition co-host the enactment successful Los Angeles (with Wiz Khalifa, FINNEAS, Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron, and Nicky Youre set to perform.)

The remainder of the evening volition spot Ciara host from Disneyland successful Anaheim, with Fitz and The Tantrums, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy, Ben Platt, Aly & AJ, Halle Bailey, TXT, Bailey Zimmerman, and Lauren Spencer Smith set to execute astatine “The Happiest Place On Earth.” Billy Porter volition co-host from New Orleans, wherever helium volition execute a medley of hits. Roselyn Sanchez volition big from Puerto Rico, with Farruko headlining that stage. In New York, Jessie James Decker and Liza Koszhy will articulation Ryan arsenic co-hosts.

D-Nice is utilized to performing successful beforehand of crowds. In 2020, helium launched “Club Quarantine,” DJing for implicit 100k fans. Since then, he’s appeared astatine galore grant shows and events.

Ahead of the celebration, here’s what you request to cognize astir D-Nice.

He is simply a DJ. He is what helium plays. (Sara Jaye/Shutterstock)

He was portion of Boogie Down Productions.

Alongside members Lawrence Kris “KRS-One” Parker and Scott “La Rock” Sterling, D-Nice (b. Derrick Jones) co-created the group successful 1986. The radical took its sanction from a longstanding nickname for The Bronx. They went connected to driblet their debut medium Criminal Minded successful 1987, conscionable 5 months earlier DJ Scott La Rock was tragically murdered astatine 25 years old. KRS-One and D-Nice continued arsenic a duo and went connected to merchandise 4 much albums together. D-Nice yet went solo and released 2 projects of his own: 1990’s Call Me D-Nice and 1991’s To Tha Rescue.

He Created ‘Club Quarantine’ On Instagram.

In effect to the devastating effect to COVID-19 — which resulted successful worldwide lockdowns, starring to weeks of self-quarantine and galore losing their jobs — D-Nice created the eventual flight with music. His archetypal amusement connected Friday, Mar. 20, 2020, went for astir 10 hours and drew each A-list sanction imaginable, including Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Rihanna, Lenny Kravitz, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Dwyane Wade, Janet Jackson, and Ellen DeGeneres. 

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Oprah gave the DJ a shoutout connected Twitter soon after, dubbing the livestream “the champion enactment of 1 and 100k I person ever been to.” DJ besides opened up astir why helium started the online Club: “I can’t judge that I started the Home School societal distancing creation enactment conscionable 4 days ago, and it’s go a spot for america to virtually creation unneurotic and enactment connected. From my kitchen, I’m capable to nonstop affirmative vibrations to each of you. Thank you for rocking with me.”

He Discovered Kid Rock.

Early successful his career, Kid Rock — a Detroit autochthonal — was funny successful the hip-hop scene. After joining a breakdance crew, helium began rapping arsenic portion of a hip-hop radical called The Beast Crew. He yet met D-Nice, who invited him to unfastened up for Boogie Down Productions and aboriginal helped him motion his first-ever grounds woody with Jive Records successful 1988. D-Nice was besides credited arsenic a shaper connected Kid’s 1990 debut, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast.

He’s An Actor & Photographer.

In summation to being a DJ, producer, and rapper, D-Nice is besides a nonrecreational photographer! Some of his credits see the covers for Pharoahe Monch’s 2011 medium W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), Kenny Lattimore’s Vulnerable from 2017, and Carl Thomas’ 2007 album So Much Better. He’s besides got respective movie credits to his iMDB, including appearances successful the Tiffany Haddish and Jada Pinkett Smith film Girls Trip.

He’s A Native New Yorker.

D-Nice was calved Derrick Jones connected June 19, 1970, successful The Bronx, NY. Derrick is simply a dada of two, to girl Ashli Jones, reportedly calved successful 1996, and girl Dylan Coleman-Jones with ex Kelli M. Coleman. He later married histrion Malinda Williams successful August 2008, helium joined histrion Malinda Williams but separated the pursuing twelvemonth earlier finalizing their divorcement successful June 2010.

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