Ryan Gregory (October 14th, 1994 – February, 2021) professionally know as $LUDGEHAMMER was a producer and rapper from Florida and is considered one of the most influential rappers from the 2010s era of the underground scene.

His music would contain absolutely anything that peaked his interest like, witch house, trap music, footwork, cloud rap and house music.

He released his first mixtape VOLUME 5 MILLION – FOR DA WINTER OF 4EVA in 2011. Later in november of 2011, he released #SLIMEGAZE. In 2012 he put out a lot projects, a mixtape called, A .ZIP AND A DOUBLE CUP, Slime Journey, an EP and a split EP with Karmelloz, $LUDGEHAMMER / Karmelloz. Asides from those, he started gaining traction by working with Raider Klan members, Yung Simmie and Xavier Wulf aswell as one if his productions getting remixed by Doja Cat. In the same year, he would produce a Lil B song called, Lost for his Illusions Of Grandeur 2.

2013 was the last relevant year on the internet for $LUDGEHAMMER. He released his compilation SELECTED TRAXXX 2011-2013. In 2015 he dropped his last EP $LUDGEHAMMER WINTER 2014 (MIXED) on the old Nightcore Records bandcamp.

$LUDGEHAMMER would disappear off the internet for a couple of years and would delete a lot of old videos, songs, and tumblr blogs. In 2015, he changed his alias to “Smokefuneral”, He later changed it to “Sludgehammer housespider100”, as well as changing the name of the bandcamp to “housespider100”.

In February 2021, it was confirmed by close friends and his brother that he had passed away due to a drug overdose.