Growing up and playing instruments in his grandmother’s church made it almost inevitable for Rondeau “Duke” Williams to become a music producer. Raised in a musically inclined family, Duke picked up the drumsticks at age 6 and never put them down. Born and raised in Detroit, Duke was influenced by The Winans, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and Berry Gordy. He quickly learned to play the organ and keyboard, which catapulted him into composing. Duke studied Music Business at the Art Institute of Pittsburg while simultaneously developing artists. In 1998, he traveled to Atlanta to pursue his blossoming production career and started to land significant placements. Duke has produced many records including “Boyfriend” by 3LW, “Lights Down Low” by Bobby Valentino, and “Shy Guy” by Mya. Additionally, Duke produced the chart topping single “Thing Called Us” for Hamilton Park on Harrell Records/Atlantic. Soulful, melodic, and classic are the adjectives that best describe Duke’s R&B centered tracks. Duke is no stranger to hard work and with his tenacious spirit he plans to eventually use his creative gifts to showcase his A&R skills and Production prowess on several new artist compilations including M.P.C Master Pack Catalog VOL 1 and The One9 NOVA Project, and also continuing projects with new artists Brian McKnight Jr., James Artissen, Bigg Baggz on his record label One9 Music that is distributed by AWAL/Sony Orchard.