Derrick I. M. Gilbert (a.k.a. D-Knowledge) is a Ph.D. graduate in Sociology from UCLA. His essays have appeared in the National Black Law Journal, Educational Policy, Encyclopedia of African American Education, Tough Love, and a variety of other publications.
He has appeared in such films as Higher Learning and Panther, as well as on shows like the NAACP Image Awards, the Arsenio Hall Show, and the Apollo Comedy Hour. Derrick has performed his poetry with such artsits as Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello, Howard Hewitt, Peter Gabriel, Arrested Development, Midnight Oil, Earth Wind and Fire; and Bill Cosby.
He has recorded a spoken word Cd entitled "All that and a Bag of Words," on Quincy Jones Qwest Records. He is the editor of "Catch the Fire: A Cross Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry," and he is completing his first volume of poetry. He teaches at UC Berkeley.
