Drastik

Drastik is the older of two boys born to Kathy Green and Gerald DeLoach Sr. He has one brother, Katlyn DeLoach, and sister, Jordan DeLoach out of his father’s second marriage.

With his newfound success in the Austin market, Drastik moved to Austin shortly before his Texas tour with J. Cole in January 2010.

In January 2010 Drastik toured with J. Cole on The J. Cole Texas Tour. During the Spring of 2010 he toured with Curren$y, Pac Div and XV on The LRG Home Grown Tour. In the Fall of 2010 he toured with Big Sean, Mickey Factz, and FreeSol on select dates of the What U Doin College tour. During the spring of 2010, Drastik and fellow Austin Hip-Hop artist Kevin Jack, released "Circus Mirrors", a 7-track EP featuring production from Big Gigantic and Ratatat. In December 2010, Drastik was named 1 of 5 Austin Hip-Hop artists to watch in 2011 by the Austin Examiner. In January 2011 Drastik released his debut solo EP, titled "Something to Say" exclusively produced by long-time collaborator, 2wentyWon. Since its release,"Something to Say" has received positive and rave reviews from many media publications which has further propelled him to the forefront of the Texas music scene.

After the release of the mixtape, Drastik went on to release one track every day in the month of May 2009 totaling 31 tracks, which was promoted as the “Daily Downloads”. The Daily Downloads along with highlight videos of his performances landed him many opening spots in Austin with artists such as Trey Songz, Dorrough, Del the Funky Homosapien, Wiz Khalifa, and Curren$y.

Gerald DeLoach Jr. (born February 19, 1989), better known by his stage name Drastik, is an American Hip-Hop artist from Austin, Texas.