Ken Duro Ifill
Ken "Duro" Ifill is the American mixing engineer and record producer. He is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Desert Storm Records. In 2011, he was nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for "Empire State of Mind". Since 2018 he operates as vice president and A&R of Republic Records. Since 1998, as a record producer, he produced tracks for the likes of Noreaga, Jay-Z, Fabolous, Foxy Brown and Pop Smoke. Career

Early career
In the mid-1990s, Duro served as an intern engineer for Q-Tip during the recording of Mobb Deep's The Infamous album. His first credits as mixing engineer were on Gravediggaz debut album. Desert Storm Records
In 1997, Duro, DJ Clue, and Skane Dolla (DJ Clue's manager) developed Desert Storm Records. The label's first major artist is rapper Fabolous. In September 2001, Fabolous released his debut album Ghetto Fabolous, charting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The label was previously distributed through Interscope, Elektra, Atlantic and Sony. The label is currently distributed through Def Jam. Discography

Partial production discography

Ken "Duro" Ifill at Album Credits
Ken "Duro" Ifill credits. AllMusic. References

External links
Sonicscoop November 6, 2011
"Duro Plugs In to Lexicon". Prosound Network. January 21, 2011. "US Producer Ken "Duro" Ifill Uses Prism Sound's Orpheus To Create GRAMMY® Winning Records". PrismSound. Ken "Duro" Ifill at Album Credits
Ken "Duro" Ifill credits. AllMusic. "Getting the Inside Dope from the Hottest Mixers in Manhattan". Mix. November 1, 1999. "A Supa Dupa Mixer". Audiohead.net. "Who is Who: Ken (Duro) Ifill". Beastiemania. American audio engineers
American music industry executives
American record producers
Living people
Desert Storm Records artists
Republic Records artists
Year of birth missing (living people)