Duddy Ken

Duddy KenKenric Richardson aka Duddy Ken is a native Athenian born Aug 1 1978. Started music at 14,musical influences were Outkast, Ugk, 8ball & MJG, Dr Dre, and Curtis Mayfield. Met up with Carlos Jones in middle school (Clarke middle) & even though they split up & went to different high schools still formed the group Lo down & Duddy. In 1998 they dropped their 1st album “Between The Hedges”. With no internet nor social media they sold hand to hand over 5000 copies all around the southeast & did even better numbers on their 2nd album called GA Mobbin in the 2000’s. Duddy Ken more recently has been a featured guest on many Bubba Sparxxx tracks & has produced a couple songs for him as well. Duddy Ken has worked with Timbaland, Swiss Beats, & Polo da Don to name a few. Duddy Ken wrote & produced “My life in this chair” by Darius Weems ( the album is available on iTunes). A victim of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Darius Weems sadly passed away. Duddy is still active in the Athens Music scene & has hooked up with ATHfactor Entertainment to keep Hip Hop alive in Athens, GA!