Born and raised in Memphis, TN he went to the Navy, saw the World and after retirement from the Navy in 2009, Derrick Rush moved to Denver, CO in pursuit of a new career: stand-up comedy. He's now a regular at Comedy Works, where he took third place (out of 168 comics) in the renowned New Faces Competition and has worked with some of the most respected comics in the business (Dave Chappelle, Joey Diaz, Dana Gould, Darrell Hammon, Tony Rock, Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Mike Epps), He has two albums out—one he recorded during the pandemic and one right after the pandemic of 2020.
