[7] Deuce co-founded the band Hollywood Undead as a vocalist and producer with close friend Jorel Decker (J-Dog).

The band began their musical career with the creation of the rap-rock song "The Kids", which was greatly promoted by Jeffree Star.

[8][9] At the time of Deuce's departure, Hollywood Undead had gained success with Swan Songs, which peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 in its first week.

[12] In an interview with YouTube interviewer BryanStars, Hollywood Undead members Johnny 3 Tears and Da Kurlzz were asked why Deuce had left the band, revealing that he was not working well with the band and that they had to "bend over backwards to accommodate Deuce in a lot of ways..." and also that he held them back on their song writing quality.

Deuce discovered a loophole that revealed he was permitted to produce remixes and mixtape-style songs using the instrumentals of other musicians, so long as he did not incur a profit.

[16] In September 2010, Deuce made his first official live performance as a solo artist at California's Epicenter music festival, opening for Eminem, Blink-182, Kiss, Bush, Rise Against, and others.

Consisting of 14 previously released songs, the mixtape contains verses over instrumentals by 50 Cent, Eminem, Tupac Shakur, B.o.B and Jay-Z.

The album artwork for Nine Lives was released on February 10 by Loudwire, who also announced that Deuce would be joining artists Blood on the Dance Floor, Brokencyde, The Bunny The Bear, William Control, New Years Day, Polkadot Cadaver, and Haley Rose on the Fight To Unite Tour.

Deuce participated on the Uproar Festival 2012 on the Jägermeister stage along with Redlight King, In This Moment and Thousand Foot Krutch.

He was also once again scheduled to be part of the Fight to Unite 2013 tour along with Kottonmouth Kings, Dizzy Wright, Eskimo Callboy, and Snow tha Product.

[30] Following an arrest after a car chase throughout the Los Angeles area on June 15, 2012, long-time collaborator Truth was prevented from touring with the band outside of LA.

[32] On May 19, 2013, Deuce for the second time participated on the Rock on the Range 2013 on the Jägermeister Stage on day three of the festival, along with Middle Class Rut, Thousand Foot Krutch, Beware of Darkness and Bad Remedy.

"[37] On January 21, 2014, Deuce confirmed on Twitter that he is collaborating with Blood on the Dance Floor for the second time on a new song called "We're Takin' Over!

[40] In early 2014, Bryan Lay stopped as Deuce's hype man in order to work on his mixtape "Initiation Part 2".

[52] Truth has given the term a similar description as Deuce, adding that "Nine Lives" was also a clothing line and brand, partnered with American Apparel.

[53] The lawsuit was settled privately out of court, the visible results being that Deuce is now able to release music under a new label, as well as keep his stage-name and mask designs.

Deuce commented on the legal situation and how it affected him while writing his début album, noting, "It just made me tougher and stronger.

Having to write, record and make a whole album during a period of time when your music's being taken down could be hard and a lot of people could lose duration or hope.

[54] Deuce's lyricism which is similar to Hollywood Undead's tends to be a mixture of serious then sexual themes, often using explicit language, and has been negatively criticized due to choice of wording.

[57] Deuce cites Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, Eminem, Jay-Z, D-12, Nirvana, The Offspring, Linkin Park, Pennywise, NOFX, Rancid, and Machine Gun Kelly as influences.

The group's current status is unknown, as they haven't performed live since 2014,[60] and most members' social media have been deleted or inactive.