Naztee, born on October 30, 1982, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, has been paying his musical dues for a number of years now. The founder and main act of local record label Hoodrat Productions since September of 1996, Naztee has released, produced and been featured on upwards of twenty underground albums.

A firm believer in political activism and a devout Christian and sports fan, Naz is extremely passionate about whatever topic he may speaking on. He is the oldest of four brothers of two loving parents. Two of the brothers, Kev-O & MSG, are also hip-hop producers and are contributors to the underground and upcoming albums. Youngest brother, Merrill, is also an extremely talented piano player. A very musical family breeds an absolute love affair with all genres of music, but it’s been hip-hop music that has always captured the heart of Naz, beginning all the way back in 1993 upon first hearing 2Pac’s Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z album.

Naztee wrote and produced his first E.P., Wu-Troy Clan’s Never Touch Us, back in 1996 at the age of 12. The seven track E.P. was basically an introduction of the group, which also featured younger brother Kev-O. Wu-Troy Clan also released a self-titled, full length LP in the summer of 1997. As a solo act, Naz, or DJ Troy as he was called back then, released his first record, Give Propz, in 1998. The 15-track LP showed great advancement from the prior releases. Naz also produced and was featured on 1999's Dr. K aka Kevo's debut and only E.P., Thug 'Til I Die, appearing, for the first time, as Loc Dogg.

A name change was most definitely a high priority following the Give Propz album, and was quickly made. Given that he was such a fan of the Wayans Brothers and their films, he took on the monicre of Loc Dogg, from the film Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Starting in ’98, and continuing through into 2000, a ton of tracks were written and 19 were chosen for 2000′s Loced Out. The album was by head and shoulders ahead of anything previously recorded and led well into 2003′s Legendary and 2005′s Have It All.

2007 came quickly and led to a brand new sound and a brand new endeavour. Now dubbed as PIMP Naztee by partner in Rhyme, Sho*Shott, a new mixtape project was at hand. The 27-track Tha Loced Out Mixtape vol. 1 brought a lot of attention to the 25 year old emcee and began a trail of local destruction.

By far the biggest year for releases by Hoodrat Productions as a label was 2008. Naz himself released three LPs, Tha Sound of Realnezz, Thugg’z Intuition, and Kriminal Tiez, a second mixtape, Tha Loced Out Mixtape vol. 2, contributed the bulk of the tracks to a compilation album entitled Str8 Gangstafied, and produced the vast majority of E-Bone’s debut record, Just Me.

Deal Wit Dis, the eighth full length solo record in Naztee’s arsenal, was released in 2009, as was a duo LP with E-Bone entitled Storm B4 Da Calm. Eastside Souljah, the youngest member of the Hoodrat team, also released two albums in 2009, Tha Next Move and My Mind, and both were produced by the LA Kingz, better known as Naztee, Kev-O & MSG.

But the real news of 2009 was the release of Naztee’s first professionally recorded album, Sinister Sound. The album was engineered by Tim Feswick of Feswick Productions. All sixteen tracks were self-produced and the very talented Molly Thomason was featured on the track “Pressure.”

Following the release of Sinister Sound’s first single “Tha Name Iz Naztee” becoming a permanent fixture on local radio station CJLS, Naz was immediately back in Feswick Productions to record a follow-up E.P. entitled Martial Law. The predominately political record also yielded a single called “Stay Low” which also enjoyed moderate airplay on CJLS. The E.P. also led to the first collaborations with the newest member of Hoodrat Productions, Wint James.

Near the end of 2010, Naz hit the studio once again to record a new LP. Livewire is a double album with an astounding 38 tracks. Features from California heavyweight Shade Sheist, Sufferahsmusic, Jeanine Smith, Kristen Hatt, Wint James, and Tim Feswick, and production from Naz himself, Kev-O, MSG, DJT Productions, and German Lopez aka Genycis led to a much different sound on this album. Livewire is currently being printed and should be out very shortly.

On September 20 of 2010, Naz pulled a mind-blower by opening up a local show for two heavy metal heavyweights in the area, Drawn & Quartered and Demons. The show was monumental in that it was the very first concert thrown by Yarmouth Metal, brainchild of Nick Dugas and Jeff Clairmont. The show also produced a 3-track E.P. entitled Live at the End of Summer Meltdown.

Spawning from the live metal show, Naztee got to work on a 4-track E.P. with heavy metal band Illusion of Security. The genre-smashing tracks featured Naz rapping, and surprisingly screaming, over instrumentals laid by the group. Sleep Is For the Weak gained enough attention that the crew has decided to work together again in the very near future on a new endeavor.

Eastside Souljah's third release, Pass Da Torch, was released nearing the end of 2010, and featured production and lyrical contributions from both Naztee and MSG.

Because the process of recording 38 tracks, deciding on which to use, picking specific beats, and arranging the features was such a task, the writing process for the next record was started immediately. Rhyme Zone will feature 17 powerful tracks, and also yielded an entire LP of underground music entitled Scrapz. These tracks were originally written with the intention of being used on the Rhyme Zone LP, but were dropped due to an overflow of tracks. Production on Scrapz came from Naztee, Wint James, and MSG, and features include Sufferahsmusic, Vin Dog, and Lil' Nate.

In early July of 2012, Naztee & Wint James teamed up on a collaboration LP which featured 16 tracks, all of which were produced by Wint. The bulk of the lyrical game was provided by Naz, who also pinched in with the post-production and sampling work on the album.

Naz co-produced a track on the newest Bud Ogden album, August's The Antagonist. The track was very experimental, incorporating a Hip Hop beat by Naztee, and the other instruments and vocals by Bud. The track was entitled "Behavioural Problems".

On his 30th birthday, the 30th of October, 2012, Naztee released the third instalment of Tha Loced Out Mixtape. The album featured 23 tracks and features from Suga Free and Young Brown, as well as a track produced by Wint James.

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