Tyler Marenyi (born October 11, 1990), better known by his stage name Nghtmre (stylized as in all caps; pronounced "nightmare"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer from Raleigh, North Carolina.

[8] He went to Elon University and obtained a degree in finance prior to moving to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.

[3][9] He then attended Icon Collective Music Production School where he met fellow producers Derek and Scott of Slander and developed a working relationship, subsequently resulted in numerous collaborations and frequently touring together as headlining acts.

[9] In the beginning, he created trap and house remixes of songs by Tiësto, Rae Sremmurd, and Skrillex.

[3] Marenyi eventually signed to Diplo's record label, Mad Decent and had his first song, "Street", released shortly after.