Daniel "2Dark" Richards

Daniel "2Dark" Richards (born 1983) is a British record producer from Birmingham, England. At 18, whilst attending the Urban Music Seminar (UMS) in Birmingham, Daniel met UMS founder, and offered him his demo CD. He was awarded £10,000 prize money in the 2006 Urban Music Awards.[1] He was then chosen for a nationwide TV and cinema ad campaign for the drinks company Vodka Reef.[2] Richards moved to London and won the commission for the music for London’s bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics through one of the world's largest advertising firms M&C Saatchi. In 2012, he worked with an array of international production teams and artists, namely Beluga Heights, with a joint production with JR Rotem, set to make Sean Kingston's album, Back 2 Life. In 2014, D2D released his new single "Sweet Lovin', Happiness & Joy" which featured Amy Pearson.