Young Duece

Young Duece is an American hip hop and record production duo whom in 2005 formed to create their first full length album, “The Beginning of the End” after splitting from rival groups.
Previn Millard Ricks, Jr (born July 25, 1990), better known by the stage name PJ aka Da Truth was born and raised in Forest Park, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. He writes lyrics, produces beats, and also engineers their songs.
George David Clark, III (born September 10, 1990), better known by the stage name Kidd Flow was born and raised on the west side of Dayton, Ohio. He relocated to the Cincinnati area in 2001 with his mother and siblings. He writes lyrics, produces beats, does graphic design work and handles their viral activity.
Music
The duo has released four albums and five mixtapes. Being that they have always been their own writers, producers, and engineers, each project shows constant progression. They continue to give away their mixtape collection for free while the albums are available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, etc.
They have shared the stage with popular artists such as Nappy Roots, , Afroman, Mac Miller and more.
They’ve been featured on Talib Kweli’s "Blacksmith Community Mixtape" (Hosted by DJ Mick Boogie) and Zion-I's "The Search and The Seizure" mixtape after AmpLive heard the song made to his remix of Radiohead's "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi", which was on his popular Rainydayz Remixes album.
They have produced for other artists under their production company Nu Theory Productions including Twank Star (T-Pain/Nappy Boy Entertainment recording artist) and YouTube celebrity Traphik's "Rush Hour" EP, which featured other popular artists such as Nikki Jean, Wax, D-Pryde and Lil Crazed. Surprisingly, the record was created all within a week's time.
Young Duece has done production on soundtracks for potential motion pictures (High School Sucks the Musical) as well.
Discography
Albums
*2005: The Beginning of the End
*2007: The End of the Beginning
*2009: YD=MC²
*2010: Commercially Underground
Mixtapes
*2007: Hidden Peace, The Mixtape, Vol. 1
*2008: Hidden Peace, The Mixtape, Vol. 2
*2009: Hidden Peace, The Mixtape, Vol. 3
*2010: The REmixtape
*2011: The REmixtape 2
Studio production
Traphik - Rush Hour - 2009
* Track 01. "Rush Hour" (Intro)
* Track 02. "Fly With Me" (feat. Rick Rude)
* Track 03. "Come Get Some"
* Track 04. "We The Best" (feat. Young Duece, Cris Breeze & Rick Rude)
* Track 05. "FaSho"
* Track 06. "Give Me A Call"
* Track 07. "I'm Alive"
* Track 08. "King Sh*t"
* Track 09. "#1 Cantender" (feat. Wax)
* Track 10. "Favorite Song" (feat. Nikki Jean)
* Track 11. "Vote For Me" (feat. Lil Crazed & D-Pryde)
=== "High School Sucks: The Musical" Soundtrack - 2010 ===
* Track 02. "Tingle In My Pants"
* Track 03. "Tell Em' All About Em'"
* Track 04. "The Cholos"
* Track 09. "The Triangle"
* Track 10. "Can't Believe it"
Awards and Nominations
Clark was a "Top 10 Finalist" in the first ever Berklee College of Music/Essence Magazine "Take Back the Music" national song writing competition in 2006, featuring celebrity judges MC Lyte, ?uestlove and DJ Jazzy Joyce. According to the group, this is what made them pursue music in a more serious manner.
In 2010, Young Duece (along with other local Cincinnati acts: Guape Kamp, Crack Sauce, Play Back Kingz and Kool Ken) was nominated for "Best Collaboration" in the Ohio Hip Hop Awards for their "Cincinnati Cypher" project. This would be the first of its kind to be recorded, and would inspire other artists in the area to come together and do the same.
<TABLE class="wikitable">
<TH> Year
<TH> Category
<TH> Genre
<TH> Title
<TH> Result
<TR ALIGN=CENTER>
<TD> 2010
<TD> OHHA: Best Collaboration
<TD> Hip-Hop</TD>
<TD> "Cincinnati Cypher"
<TD> Nominated
</TR>
</TABLE>
Working with "TimothyDeLaGhetto" helped YD's viral notoriety tremendously. At the end of 2010, YouTube gave away $1,000 to the Top 500 YouTube partners around the world. Out of around 15,000 total, Young Duece's channel was one of the chosen few. The album even opened up new doors for the up and coming actor/rapper/comedian. On January 20, 2011, Traphik debuted in the number one position on the first Uncharted chart published by Billboard.

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