DJ Nasty & LVM
NastyBeatmakers are an American Grammy Award winning record production duo, composed of brothers DJ Nasty (Johnny David Mollings) and LVM (Leonardo V. Mollings). With decades in the industry and a plethora of accolades under their belt, they cover a vast array of genres in the music industry. When DJ Nasty is not touring with the likes of Jay-Z, Beyonce, DJ Khaled or Fat Joe, he is a DJ at the biggest celebrity parties and on the radio in Orlando. LVM is a well-trained musician who has toured with SNAP & Backstreet Boys & has played guitar on DJ Khaled's Wild Thoughts. LVM and DJ Nasty also produced DJ Khaled's All I Do is Win and Wild Thoughts along with being a part of a list of other songs from other top musicians, including DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Plies, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Birdman, 8Ball & MJG, Juelz Santana, Cam'Ron, Fat Joe, Pitbull and Chingy. Their major influences in producing come from The Neptunes, Pete Rock, The Runners, and Dr. Dre.
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| Also known as | Nasty Beatmakers |
| Origin | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop Reggaeton |
| Occupation(s) | Record production team| |
| Instruments | Yamaha Motif, Apple GarageBand, Akai MPC4000, Novation DrumStation, Roland MC-808 |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Labels | We The Best |
| Associated acts | DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Fat Joe |
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Continuing to produce and having an influence on today's latest music, the duo takes time to mentor artists and up and coming producers in the industry. They have also showcased their creative juices into other ventures in the music industry and beyond. With a unique mix of live guitar strings being played by LVM while his brother DJ Nasty mixes at the DJ Booth, the duo has performed live on many occasions for fans and partners.
Through the years some of Hip Hops biggest songs have come from the duo with favorites over the years such as Lil Wayne's "I'm Me", Plies's "#1 Fan", featuring J. Holiday and Keyshia Cole and their Grammy Produced Ludacris's "Grew Up A Screw Up", featuring Young Jeezy,
History
Early life and career beginnings
DJ Nasty and LVM were both born in Cuba, and came to the United States in 1988 due to their father being in the Navy; he "wanted a change in scenery", states Nasty. DJ Nasty early on met DJ Khaled and another associate named Ceaser and started Hitmen Productions. They were doing local house parties and renting out halls, and soon started to make a big name for themselves in Orlando, Florida. The group eventually broke up due to DJ Khaled moving to New Orleans, Louisiana, with his parents because they owned a clothing store there. Today, Khaled and Ceaser are still good friends with Nasty. DJ Nasty & DJ Khaled have a management company "We The Best Management" which houses the super producers The Runners.
DJ Nasty's first track was actually Krayzie Bone's "Thug Alwayz" on Krayzie's Thug Mentality 1999 (1999). But DJ Nasty is not too fond of that record, and actually considers the beat he did for Fat Joe "The Wild Life" to be his true first track. LVM started out doing a record for 95 South called "Cheer For Me" which can be heard on the Bring It On soundtrack, as well as numerous remixes for the likes of Jordan Knight and Shaquille O'Neal. LVM dabbled in the pop market producing "Baby Be Mine" for pop group LFO.
Success started to take off when DJ Nasty befriended DTP's Co-CEO Chaka Zulu and landed a few placements with Ludacris in 2003 for his Chicken-n-Beer album's "Southern Fried Intro".