Dallas Wayne Hardrick, child prodigy stage name is Dallas_Da_Drummer. Dallas an American drummer has had a passion for music before he could even walk; he was mesmerized by beats, sounds, tones, pots, pans, straws, sticks, water dripping, clock ticking and more. It was at the tender age of 2 his parents realized that this kid had a pure natural talent for drumming. He began his career at the age of 7 at the First Baptist Church in Bellwood IL. Dallas began to play not only for the youth choir, but the adult choir and the men's choir as well. The congregation was amazed by his talent and his gift from God. Itwas in March 2018 Dallas would try out for the Chicago Bulls Kids Talent Contest and was chosen to compete; it was then Chicago began to witness his raw Talent. Dallas performed in front of twenty-one thousand people on two occasions and competed against some amazing talent and won. Dallas was then asked to compete again in April 2018 and again he won the entire contest and they named him "Champ”. Dallas is a rising star that’s destined for greatness, and will soon become a household name. Since taking home the championship Dallas name begin to buzz throughout the Chicago circuit. Shortly after his win, Dallas would receive an email from the talent producer from the Chicago Bulls who stated that the founder of Blues Kids Chicago was eager to speak with him. He would then become apart of this amazing group of talented kids, that would travel all throughout Chicago doing performances. In April 2019, he was featured in Chicago Parent Magazine,a Magazine that is a household name and has been in circulation for 30 plus years. In less than 2 months Dallas would receive a call from the special edition producer from ABC Chanel 7 news Chicago who wanted to do coverage of his story, He appeared on the Sunday Morning News for a sit-down interview to discuss his amazing abilities. Immediately after that sit-down interview he would then receive a call back from channel 7 to let him know his story had went national for the new hit show Localish and they would feature him and his amazing talent. The young powerful and creative musician is a definitely a rising star. In September 2019 he was booked and appeared in Center stage production All-inclusive show, which showcased Chicago top talent which was hosted by Chicago top radio personality Leon Roger from WGCI. In November 2019 he sat down for a television interview with Chicago number one talk show Windy City Live and performed a piece that he choreographed himself, and the crowd went wild. In 2020 Dallas was booked and contracts had been signed before Covid-19 swept the nation. Dallas was schedule to do a live television performance for Easter Seal for one oftheir multi-million-dollar funds raisers. Dallas was also eager and excited to share stages with some of America’s house hold names artist at the Illinois State Fair and a host of other events with mega church community choirs.

Dallas_Da_Drummer born February 14, 2009 currently resides in a Southwest Suburb in Chicago. This self-taught drummer loves all genres of music, he enjoys watching and listening to other drummers who already have established careers in the industry as he dreams of one day becoming a celebrity drummer as well.
Whether on stage or in church, Dallas continue to develop his own style and versatility as a young musician, as he keeps growing and learning in hopes to become a household name in the near future.
Dallas Philosophy, God created me for a purpose and I never let life obstacles define me, I will utilize my God given gift to the fullest with my Guardian Angel Laurice by my side in spirit.