DJ Dust is the DJ and producer for the underground hip-hop groups Mars
ILL and Deepspace5. His real name is Nathan Corrona. DJ Dust is known
for his hard hitting "boom bap" style of production, often mixing
samples from obscure 1960s and 1970s guitar and drum driven
records.Manchild, his MC, has been quoted in saying that "Dust is the
creative force behind Mars ILL." Corrona was the DJ for
deadpoetsociety, a hip hop group based out of Indianapolis. The group
consisted of three members, Nate Corrona (DJ Dust), Michael Porter
(Rahlo), and Joel Wilson (Thin King), and performed at various venues
in and around Indianapolis and the Mid-West from 1995 to 1999. In
1998, Nate attended a hip hop conference in Florida and met Greg
Owens, who was at the time an MC for The Pride, living in Atlanta.
Owens was then asked to be a part of deadpoetsociety and subsequently
toured with the group until around the end of 1999. At that point,
Wilson had left the group to return to his home in England, and the
three current members all decided to change the group name because, as
Owens mentioned in an interview, "there [are] a lot of Dead Poets
Society's around.". Nate then decided to move to Atlanta, feeling that
the group would have better opportunities in that city, musically and
ministry-wise.After directing a few videos himself for Mars ILL, Dust
has since directed many other videos for various artists and music
groups, through his production company Dustbrand Films.
ILL and Deepspace5. His real name is Nathan Corrona. DJ Dust is known
for his hard hitting "boom bap" style of production, often mixing
samples from obscure 1960s and 1970s guitar and drum driven
records.Manchild, his MC, has been quoted in saying that "Dust is the
creative force behind Mars ILL." Corrona was the DJ for
deadpoetsociety, a hip hop group based out of Indianapolis. The group
consisted of three members, Nate Corrona (DJ Dust), Michael Porter
(Rahlo), and Joel Wilson (Thin King), and performed at various venues
in and around Indianapolis and the Mid-West from 1995 to 1999. In
1998, Nate attended a hip hop conference in Florida and met Greg
Owens, who was at the time an MC for The Pride, living in Atlanta.
Owens was then asked to be a part of deadpoetsociety and subsequently
toured with the group until around the end of 1999. At that point,
Wilson had left the group to return to his home in England, and the
three current members all decided to change the group name because, as
Owens mentioned in an interview, "there [are] a lot of Dead Poets
Society's around.". Nate then decided to move to Atlanta, feeling that
the group would have better opportunities in that city, musically and
ministry-wise.After directing a few videos himself for Mars ILL, Dust
has since directed many other videos for various artists and music
groups, through his production company Dustbrand Films.
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