Derek Christoff, better known by his stage name D-Sisive, is a Canadian rapper,[3] best known for his Juno-nominated EP The Book, his hit single "Nobody with a Notepad" (for which D-Sisive and collaborator Muneshine won the 2009 annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize)[4] and his 2009 Polaris Music Prize-nominated album Let the Children Die (which was launched by the success of "Nobody with a Notepad").
Beat 'Em, and Christoff performed alongside fellow Canadian rapper Abdominal in the music video for DJ Format's hit single '3 Feet Deep'.
The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had him reflecting on Planet Mars, an underground hip-hop showcase that changed his life.
[13] In early 2011, D-Sisive continued his Hijacked series with a single entitled 'If I Live To See Tomorrow', based on a song by Sigur Rós.
On January 14, 2011, it was announced via Christoff's Twitter that he was nearly done work on his long-rumoured charity single, "Live Your Life (The World Song)" feat.
Buck 65, Punky Brewster, Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters, 1980s Leonard Cohen, Stompin' Tom Connors, and Gucci Mane.
[17] Controversy interrupted D-Sisive's 2009 winning streak when it was revealed that "Nobody with a Notepad" borrowed heavily from "Peddlin Music On The Side," an early-70s solo recording by legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier (who, with Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote many of Motown's biggest hits of the 1960s).