RC & The Gritz is an American soul, R&B, and hip-hop ensemble from Dallas, Texas.
[1][2] Since the early 2000s, Williams has been serving as music director, producer, and keyboardist for Badu.
In 2005, Williams and members of the Gritz band began hosting a weekly open-mic at the now-defunct Prophet Bar in Dallas' Deep Ellum area.
This included the single "That Kinda Girl," which featured Snoop Dogg and Raheem DeVaughn.
[3] The band worked with artists such as Sarah Jaffe, Bernard Wright, Shaun Martin, and Shelley Carrol on their follow up album and first release under the Ropeadope label, The Feel in 2016.