Kydd (rapper)

Kydd

Background information
Birth name	Randell Jones
Also known as	Kydd Jones
Origin	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer record producer
Years active	2008–present
Labels	LNS Crew
Associated acts	Tank Washington, Cory Kendrix
Website	www.lnscrew.com

Randell "Kydd" Jones is an American hiphop/R&B artist from Austin, Texas, currently based in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

He was nicknamed "Kydd" by his older brother Tank Washington for being the younger kid in their group called Southern Boys which performed at local talent shows; after being signed to an independent record label in his early teenage years, he joined another group called Impac and started performing at clubs and shows at the age of 15.^[5]^[6] He released two studio albums in 2012, The Sounds in My Head Pt. 2 & The Righteous LP.^[7]^[8] In 2013, Jones released a compilation entitled Anunnaki and performed at Fun Fun Fun Fest and the StubHub Live Showcase at SXSW.^[9]^[10] Kydd performed at NXNE and The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival as well as Red Bull Sound Select shows with Danny Brown & Yung Lean in 2014 while also producing for Kirko Bangz on Progression V: Young Texas Playa.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] During 2015, he released the LNS Crew mixtapes and performed alongside Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber for the Billboard Hot 100 Fest at Nikon Theater.^[16]^[17]^[18] After being personally picked by Chuck D to open for The Hip Hop Gods Tour in Los Angeles at The Novo (formerly Club Nokia) during 2012, Kydd opened for The Art Of Rap Fest with Public Enemy, Ice-T, Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep & EPMD at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta during 2016.^[19]^[20]

Noah23 - "$100 Dollar Billz" from Zoom (2011)
Phranchyze - "Back on My Shit" from French Phrantana (2011)
Kirko Bangz - "Trill Young Nigga" from Progression 2 (2012)
Noah23 - "Buddha at the Drugspot" and "Higher Self" from Wingfoot (2012)
Deezie Brown - "Leaders Life Forever", "Gold Money", "UCLA", "Jesus Shuttlesworth", "Air Jordan", "Sippin", "Gold Master P + Too Hard Too Swallow", "Trill", "Private School", "Neighborhood Hoopin" from Hoop Dreams (2012)
Supa Sortahuman - "No Worries" from Adventure Time (2013)
Cory Kendrix - "We Can Smoke" from IGNORANCE (2014)
Kirko Bangz - "Trill Young Nigga Pt 2", "At Da Kappa", "Blow Sum", "Bangin Screw", "U Know What That Mean", "Tough Girl" and "My Dog" from Progression V: Young Texas Playa (2014)
Country Cousins - "Takin Risks" (2015)
Mindz Of A Different Kind - "Black & Brown" from Foursight (2016)
Tank Washington - "RIP POP", "Get Yours", "Work", "Your Side" from Pain (2016)
Blakchyl - "Jetz" (2016)
Worldwide - "Needs" from Castles Made Of Sand (2016)

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