One of Midwest music's most respected MC's,

Big Boyd is on wax for the first time with his freshman album

“When You Know Better You Better You Do Better”

A rich, deep, and detailed body of work

That’s as crowd pleasing and entertaining as it is introspective.


– Rock Island, Illinois - Big Boyd (born Derrick Boyd) was born in Rock Island, Illinois.

Boyd has always had a love for music and grew up listening to the old school greats such as Slick Rick, NWA, and Scar Face just to name a few. Boyd joined a band in elementary and after seeing Krush Groove (1985) his desire to be part of the music industry grew to an all new high. “After seeing that movie I knew what I was put here to do. Make money doing music.”



Veteran-MC Big Boyd debut his solo album titled “Loyalty B4 Royalty” (available on iTunes), albums run in the music industry begs you to reconsider the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Because one listen to his latest offering

“When You Know Better, You Do Better” (KOCH Entert