Former K-104 Personality CoCo Budda Has Passed Away

Ricardo Royal who was known as CoCo Budda to radio listeners  has died reportedly from a heart attack. He was the longtime imaging voice for K-104 Dallas (KKDA-FM). During the 1990s he was a part of the K-104 mixing “Tight at Night Crew.”

Budda was an original member of the syndicated “The Doug Banks Show” show on ABC Radio with DeDe McGuire. (She shared the news along with Headkrack on social media) CoCo Budda was also a popular rapper known throughout Texas from Dallas to Houston. He collaborated on records with UGK and others. The New Jersey native was 53 years old. More info on Instagram at #cocobudda.

I was awakened this morning to the news that my friend and former co-worker CoCo Budda has passed away. In addition to working at K104 and being the voice of the station for many years, Coco and I worked closely… https://t.co/9MYbiX6SFX

— DeDe McGuire (@DeDeinthemornin) August 16, 2020

2020 has been the absolute worst . #RIP to my dude #CocoBudda . If you’re familiar with Texas hip hop maybe you remember him from Royal Flush as “Gangsta Ricky Royale” but I knew him as Coco Budda from K104. He was a… https://t.co/fyyYQ8hPBl

— Headkrack (@headkrack) August 16, 2020