Derrick Johnson was born in Illinois but raised in Minneapolis, MN. At the age of 36, for the first time he tried his hand at writing books. What started out as a means to pass time, eventually led to his persuing a career in writing. After his national best selling book " Get Down or Lay Down," he followed up with his newest release of"A Real Goon's Bible." He is currently working on his next best seller "Street Kingz."