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.
[2] Manchild, his MC, has been quoted in saying that "Dust is the creative force behind Mars ILL."[2] 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[3] and met Greg Owens, who was at the time an MC for The Pride, living in Atlanta.
[4] Nate then decided to move to Atlanta, feeling that the group would have better opportunities in that city, musically and ministry-wise.