DJ Green Lantern

DJ Green Lantern, also The Evil Genius, (whose real name is generally considered hidden from the public), is an American DJ and hip hop musician. Green Lantern was born in 1976 In Rochester, New York of Puerto Rican And Italian Dece

DJ Green Lantern, also The Evil Genius, (whose real name is generally considered hidden from the public), is an American DJ and hip hop musician. Green Lantern was born in 1976 In Rochester, New York of Puerto Rican And Italian Decent. Green Lantern was signed by Eminem in 2002 to become the "Shady Records Official Deejay" after Eminem's first choice "DJ Head" stepped down do to undisclosed reasons. Green Lantern then came to prominence with his Invasion! mixtape series, the first set of officially sponsored mixtapes from Eminem's Shady Records. On the series, spanning three mixtapes (later to be spun off into the Armageddon series), the DJ broke several dis records, furthering the issues between Eminem and Benzino/The Source as well as the entire Shady camp and Ja Rule/Murder Inc. Green Lantern is also well known for his work on the "classic" mixtape Rap Phenomenon II: Tupac Shakur, alongside DJ Vlad.

He is also recognized as a producer, featuring on his own mixtapes several "Green Remixes," including, most notably, a remix of the Nas and Tupac Shakur's collaboration "Thugz Mansion." He also produced D-Block's "2 Guns Up", an acclaimed street single, which originated as a freestyle rap on his Hot 97 radio show, "In the Lab" (the most memorable of which has also appeared as a mixtape, "The Best of In the Lab"). "In the Lab" is formatted as a one-hour (with commercials) mix show, in which DJ Green Lantern blends a cappella and instrumental tracks from various artists, as well as breaking new and underground music (such as the Ghostface Killah and El-Producto collaboration HideYaFace). DJ Green Lantern also produced Ludacris' "Number One Spot," the second single off of his album The Red Light District, and Immortal Technique's "Bin Laden" single, an incendiary attack on the US government's cynical manipulation of the events of 9/11. He has also been set to release a mixtape for Mike Shinoda's project Fort Minor.