Kenny Buford was born (April 2, 1965) and raised in the town of
Wyandanch on Long Island in New York. After watching an episode of
"Sanford and Son" written by Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney, Kenny knew
that he wanted to be a TV and Film writer. That journey began at Howard
University where "KB" studied journalism.
After three years at Howard, Kenny moved back to his hometown where he
landed a job as Spike Lee's assistant at 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.
His first full-fledged film experience came on the seminal film "Do The
Right Thing" as a Production Assistant. During the filming of "Do The
Right Thing", Kenny became good friends with actor/comedian Martin
Lawrence. As both were just starting their careers, Martin and Kenny
each vowed to help the other out when their respective "big breaks"
came.
Having worked at 40 Acres for two years, Kenny spread his wings and
went to work at MTV as a Production Assistant on the classic show "Yo!
MTV Raps" hosted by Ed Lover/Doctor Dre and Fab 5 Freddy. While working
at Yo!, Kenny would sneak away at lunch time to go write comedy for
Martin Lawrence for a new show Lawrence was hosting on HBO called "Def
Comedy Jam". The working chemistry between Kenny and Martin was so
evident that HBO President Chris Albrecht offered Kenny a job working
as a writer on Lawrence's self-entitled, HBO-produced sitcom for Fox:
"Martin". Kenny started out as a Staff Writer and, by the end of the
series, he was Co-Executive Producer.
During the "Martin" sitcom years, Kenny co-wrote the feature film "A
Thin Line Between Love and Hate" for Savoy Pictures. "Thin Line" went
on to gross over $30 million in theaters. Kenny also produced both of
Martin's comedy album/CDs "Talkin' Sh*t" and "Fu*k It", the latter
nominated for a Grammy.
When the sitcom "Martin" wrapped in April of 1997, Kenny went on to
write for sitcoms "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "The Wayans Brothers".
In 1999, Kenny returned to work with MTV as Head Writer for "The
Lyricist Lounge Show" and the UPN sitcom "One On One". Kenny worked on
two Al Haymon-produced (the now famous boxing advisor/manager) sketch
comedy pilots that never made it to air in addition to writing a
made-for-TV-movie ("Time To Shine") for Paramount that was never
produced. That same year, Kenny did a re-write/polish for method Man
and Redman's smoker film "How High". Having known the duo for years,
they called on Kenny to write their sex-fantasy project "Method Man and
Redman's How To Throw a Party at the Playboy Mansion". Shortly after
the lovely Playboy Mansion experience, Method and Red signed on to do a
sitcom for Fox of the same name and asked Kenny to be Co-Producer.
After the short-lived "Method & Red", Kenny joined Nick Cannon on his
ground-breaking show "Wild 'N Out" as a writer/consultant for Seasons 2
& 3. In recent years, he has worked as a writer on The BET Awards
several timesas well as The BET Hip Hop Awards, The Centric Comedy
All-Stars Show, and The Soul Train Awards. He has also written pilot
projects for Malinda Williams and Mekhi Phifer and actor/comedian James
Davis.
