Derek Minor‘s Empire has made its presence felt in multiple Billboard chart categories. Empire is even doing well in the mainstream arena being it recently landed at #6 on the Billboard Rap Albums category. A special brand was definitely assembled while Minor was signed to Christian Hip-Hop’s most successful imprint, Reach Records. He has used his experience with Reach to enhance his own label, Reflection Music Group.
Derek Minor gives credit where credit is due. The RMG family as a whole made the success of Empire possible.
“I got an amazing team,” Derek Minor told Chris Chicago.
“At the end of the day, we got Doc, Mimi, Risha, Brandon, and Tyler. My whole squad over here at RMG, they do all the stuff that you don’t get the credit, for but without them, it doesn’t work. At the end of the day it’s my squad; Canon, Tony, Chad, Deraj, B. Cooper. We all bind together as a squad. When we say RMG family, we mean it. That’s real talk.”
Minor has always wanted to create a label and give his friends opportunities.
“It’s one of them things, where for me, it’s been something that I’ve always desired,” Minor told Chris.
“That is being able to take what I do and being able give it to people in the way that I want to give it to them. Also, I’m able to create opportunities for my friends. That’s what the Lord is opening up. So, it’s a very busy season. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s also stuff that’s rewarding. I love when I get to sit back and look and say ‘this is something that our whole team worked together on. We all get to just say, ‘look at what God has done through us.’ That is amazing. I’m just honored to be used by HIM.”
