With over 20 years of experience under his belt, Derrick Parker (also well-known as the “Hip Hop Cop”) is the nation’s leading expert concerning rap-related crimes and mysteries.
Mr. Parker has more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement, investigation and executive protection. In the NYPD he held the rank of detective first grade. In his career, he has served as detective for the Bronx Narcotics, the Brooklyn North Homicide, Cold Case Homicide and the intel unit.
After working undercover on numerous homicide cases, Mr. Parker was assigned to unsolved murder cases, including those of rap stars Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. Because of his expertise, he was selected by the NYPD to design and implement a strategy to reduce violence in the rap and music industries. Subsequently, this strategy was adopted on a national level. Mr. Parker has worked closely with music stars, police departments and federal agencies around the country to execute this first-of-its-kind strategy targeting an industry that has suffered from high-profile violence and unsolved homicides.
Mr. Parker was appointed as a deputy U.S. Marshall and worked with the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
As the original hip-hop cop, no one has been where I’ve been.
Derrick Parker
Since retiring from the NYPD, Mr. Parker has run massive-scale events in which the security detail was wholly dependent on his skill and expertise to create a hands-on operation within the specifics of the event and in conjunction with the local police departments. Mr. Parker has also been asked to assist in high profile cases such as the murder of the legendary hip-hop DJ Jam-Master Jay, since retiring from his post as a detective as well as other cases involving the NYC’s music industry and rap artists. Mr. Parker is also a counterfeit/fraud expert and while working with the world wrestling federation he reduced the counterfeiting of products to the tune of several million dollars in one year.
In 2006, was the long-awaited release of Mr. Parker’s best-selling book, ‘The Notorious C.O.P.” The book is both co-written by and about Mr. Parker’s personal life and his life as an NYPD detective and rap intelligence officer and how it all collided together, making him the nation’s leading expert concerning rap-related crimes and mysteries.
Day to day, Derrick Parker is the chief investigator and CEO of Titanium Investigations, specializing in executive protection.