DJ Nasty & LVM

DJ Nasty & LVm
Birth name	Johnny Mollings (DJ Nasty) Lenny Mollings (LVM)
Also known as	Nasty Beatmakerz
Origin	Orlando, Florida
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Producers
Instruments	Motif keyboard, Apple GarageBand, MPC4000, Novation Drumstation, Roland MC-808
Years active	1999-present
Labels	Nasty Beatmakerz, Hitmen Productions
Associated acts	DJ Khaled, The Inkredibles, DJ Drama, Shad Star
Members
DJ Nasty LVM

DJ Nasty & LVM are a hip hop production duo consisting of brothers DJ Nasty (Johnny Mollings) and LVM (Lenny Mollings). They are best known for working with today's biggest urban music artists such as Blood Raw, Ace Hood, DJ Khaled, Plies, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Brisco, Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Birdman, 8Ball & MJG, Juelz Santana, Cam'Ron, Fat Joe, Pitbull, Chingy and more. Their major influences in producing come from The Neptunes, Pete Rock, The Runners, Drumma Boy, DJ Toomp and Dr. Dre, respectively.

Since 1999 the duo has produced successful hits such as Lil Wayne's "I'm Me", Plies "#1 Fan" featuring J. Holiday and Keyshia Cole, Ludacris "Grew Up A Screw Up" featuring Young Jeezy and 8Ball & MJG's "Relax & Take Notes".

Early life and background

DJ Nasty and LVM were both born in Cuba, and came over to U.S.A. in 1978 due to their father being in the Navy and "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. The group eventually broke up due to DJ Khaled moving to New Orleans with his parents because they owned a clothing store there. Today, Khaled and Ceaser are still good friends with Nasty; speaking of DJ Nasty & DJ Khaled, the two 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 L.F.O..

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 & Beer album's "Southern Fried Intro". DJ Nasty & LVM have formed Nasty Beatmakers Productions, and has signed up-and-coming producers The Inkredibles (Ace Hood's "Ride" and Young Jeezy's "Vacation") to the fold, and are actively looking for new talent.

Discography

Artist	Song	Album
Lil Wayne	“I'm Me”	The Leak EP
Lil Wayne	“American Star”	Rebirth (Gold)
Plies feat. Keyshia Cole & J. Holiday	“#1 Fan”	Definition of Real (Gold)
Rick Ross feat. Rodney[disambiguation needed ]	“I’m Only Human”	Trilla (Platinum)
Ludacris feat. Young Jeezy	“Grew Up a Screw Up”	Release Therapy (Platinum)
Juelz Santana feat. Cam'Ron	“Murda Murda”	What the Game's Been Missing! (Gold)
Lil Wayne	“Money On My Mind”	Tha Carter II (Platinum)
Birdman & Lil Wayne feat. Tha Dogg Pound	“Cali Dro”	Like Father, Like Son (Gold)
Birdman & Lil Wayne	“Over Here Hustlin'”	Like Father, Like Son (Gold)
Lil Wayne	“Army Gunz”	Like Father, Like Son (Gold)
DJ Khaled feat. Young Jeezy, USDA, & Bun B	“Gangsta Shit”	Listennn... The Album
8Ball & MJG	“Relax & Take Notes”	Ridin' High
Ludacris	“Southern Fried Intro”	Chicken & Beer (2x Platinum)
Ludacris feat. 8Ball & MJG	“Hard Times”	Chicken & Beer (2x Platinum)
Pitbull feat. Lil Jon and Lil Scrappy	“That’s Nasty”	M.I.A.M.I. (Gold)
Fat Joe	“Does Anybody Know”	All or Nothing (Gold)
Cam'Ron feat. Jaheim	“Lord You Know”	(Unreleased)
Cam'Ron	“Leave Me Alone Part 2”	Purple Haze
Smilez & Southstar	“Tell Me”	Crash the Party
Chingy	“Lets Get Ends”	Jackpot (European)
Fat Joe feat. Xzibit & Prospect	“The Wild Life”	J.O.S.E.: Jealous Ones Still Envy (Platinum)
Disturbing Tha Peace feat. Ludacris, Playaz Circle & I-20	“Smokin Dro”	Golden Grain (Gold)
Shawnna	“Kick This One”	Worth Tha Weight
Krayzie Bone feat. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	“Thug Alwayz“	Thug Mentality 1999 (Platinum)
LFO	“Baby Be Mine”	LFO (Platinum)
Shaquille O’Neal feat. Common & Black Thought	“In The Sun" (Remix)	(Unreleased)
Bounty Killer	“War Lady”	The Art of War
Ace Hood	“Born An OG”	Ruthless
Jully Black feat. Nas	“Material Things”	This is Me
DJ Khaled feat. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg & T-Pain	“All I Do Is Win”	Victory
DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Plies Lil Wayne & T-Pain	“Welcome to My Hood”	We the Best Forever

External links

• Article in Ozone magazine
• Interview in Pure Cash magazine