Derek Lott

Derek Lott (Dx$/Guapo/Cash) is an Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer, Poet, Graphic Designer from Willingboro, NJ. Born on May 22, 1992 in Naperville, Illinois to Melanie Lott-Harris, a Devoter Manager/Worker/Philanthropist single mother moved to Moorestown, NJ three weeks after his birth to bring him around the complete family. Mainly Raised by Ruth Lott(Grandmother died when was 5)& His Aunts & Uncles, It was His Mother’s wise sense of time & culture that help really shape & mold his Drive & Creativity. Derek has One sister, Younger, Katherine Harris, Content Creator/Publist out of Southern California. During His early years, He was raised by His late mother until her passing of Heart Sarcoma Cancer in 2005. He was 13. That summer before her death, He lived with his father, Ralph Sanders, Former Coastguard/Tech from Alabama, for 5 years. While with Ralph he attended Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, Md as well as Lovejoy High School in Lovejoy, Georgia (which he Graduated & only attended one year). He has been in multiple homeless situations, shelters, dealt with addiction, was a small-time drug dealer in Richmond (Summer 2010), Atlanta (from 2013-2014) & Over came his struggles to put his Visual Art on Clothes.

He First interned with James Baldwin, Owner Of Baldwin Tailoring on 4th and Queen, in South Philadelphia, in 2010. He worked for Baldwin for 4 months designing Prom dresses & Custom Pieces until their fallout. Derek Later started designing for smaller brands like Quiksilver, Simply Shizz & More doing Creative Directing & Brand Management until starting his own brand, Dream$ Of Ruler$ Street Fashion in 2018, while starting “A Lott Of Fashion” Podcast (2023), Smoke 💨 Sessions Podcast (2025), Drip 💧 Talk WebSeries. He is currently single, No Kids & totally focused on the upward trajectory of his career.