Derrick D. Grace II
Derrick D. Grace II
Derrick D. Grace II is an American motivational speaker and author known for his eccentric ideas in how to Discipline African American children.
Background
Early Life
Born and raised in the State of Florida, he grew up in the city of Tampa, Florida. He went C. Leon King High School. He grew up in a family of professional: his father has worked in the Secret Service as an officer for more than 30 years; and, his mother is a teacher. He has an older brother who is also in law enforcement.
Career
Derrick Grace II pictured on his Instagram
He worked as a 911 dispatcher for many years before beginning his own t-shirt business in 2012.
At that time, he quit his job in order to become an entrepreneur full-time, and began feeling comfortable tattooing areas of his face.
Grace found his first major financial success after selling a high rated apparel app on the Google Play store. Grace went on to write a series of books that covered a variety of important topics from child education and co-parenting to gun Education. Grace became a best-selling author after independently publishing his books, selling over 50,000 copies. Grace also created a board game that is aimed at teaching financial literacy. The game is called "At Home Banking" which goes over real-world scenarios and teaches finances, small business ownership, and more within the gameplay. The game sold out, selling over 8,000 copies. [22]
To bring his education systems to the masses, Grace created the Independent Unlearn and Relearn Academy alongside the Unlearn and Relearn Movement.
The movement focuses on financial independence, self-will, ownership, and family business.
The goal of the movement is to help those that are uneducated on finances to learn how to achieve financial freedom.[22]
Parenting
Videos of his parenting his children has gone viral.
The videos show how Derrick prepares his black children to be self sufficient, independent, free thinking, analytical, individuals.
He also allows his children to be in full command of a handgun and rifles.
Personal Life
One of the reasons Derrick D. Grace II has facial tattoos is because he wants to disconnect himself from Corporate America.
He is a big procrastinator.
Derrick D. Grace II looks up to his brother and father as people who inspire him the most.
He has never committed a crime and has a clean record.
He was 22 when he started getting tattoos on his face.