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Adam Paul Hicks, born November 28, 1992, is an American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. His first leading role at the age of nine was appearing in the Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley pilot "The Funkhousers", and "That Was Then", quickly followed by the sitcom "Titus". He then embarked upon movie roles in "Down and Derby", "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas", "How to Eat Fried Worms", "Little Savages", and "Shaggy Dog". He is also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series "Zeke and Luther" and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film "Lemonade Mouth". He had a recurring role in the second season of "Jonas" as DZ and appeared as Boz in the third and final season of the Disney XD Original Series "Pair of Kings". He later went on to play in TV and movie titles such as "CSI Las Vegas", "Southland", "The Boy Next Door" and "Texas Rising". Hicks recorded a remake of the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This" with fellow Disney costar Daniel Curtis Lee. He made a remix of the song "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry. In the end of 2010, he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman. At the beginning of 2011, he released a song called "Dance For Life", with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series "Shake It Up", which was featured on "Shake It Up: Break It Down". Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate", "Breakthrough", and "Livin' On a High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth. He also has a music video featuring Chris Brochu for his single "We Burnin' Up". In most of his songs, Hicks introduces himself as "A Plus". Hicks sang the theme song for the Disney XD show Mighty Med, titled "You Never Know". Most recently, Hicks played Diesel in the series "Freakish" and Jeremy in the movie "Shifting Gears".

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