![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
| Nate DoNn began his professional career as a visual
artist at AAMARP Studios in Jamaica Plain, Boston. DoNn, by the age
of 15 had exhibited in places like the Federal Reserve Bank of America,
the Fenway Academy exhibition wing, and numerous Northeastern University
exhibition halls. Music however, always played in his ear. This inevitably
lead to Nate DoNns enrollment into the Handle & Hayden Society
Musical Orchestra at age 12 as a tenor singer, leading him on to perform
across the state, including a performance for Chinese Governmental
Representatives in the Handle & Hayden performance hall. By age 13 Nate DoNn was accepted into the Noble & Greenough Academy in Dedham, MA with scholarship money awarded to the top six students tested. As this was not the place for DoNn, he moved on at the age of 14 to The Boston Arts Academy in the Fenway area. His first show in Hip- Hop was to be performed here, his classmates the audience. The name ‘Nation’ given by DoNn’s father was then transformed, his friends dubbing him “free-style Don”. At 16, DoNn’s father was to retire. The decision was made to move to a small town in New Mexico. DoNn found himself with nothing but time and thought, resulting in the “Wanna do Somethin’” mix tape released in 2005, advertised in the ‘Gallup Independent” newspaper. This change in artistic venue turned into word-of-mouth fame in his small town. His disk was reviewed by Knifewing Promotions and soon Nate DoNn was called to perform. Taking two artists by the names Iron Mike and Mr.D. under his wing, Nate blew up a Wowies Productions party and released the “Nate DoNn Volume 1" mix tape which ran through the underground circuit in New Mexico, asserting the position of Nate DoNn’s Sho Bout It Productions. This earned him the title of “Graduation/yearbook Bling King” and because of his unique lyrics, the position as host/speaker for Afro-American Month, with political speakers from as far as S. America, at his high school. Nate DoNn realized his dream, releasing the “Southwest Eastsider” album in 2006 which because of his original productions, created a buzz in Albuquerque. The requests for party host began to arrive, yet DoNns one-man business supply could not meet demand and his disks were often being “bootlegged”creating sales issues. In 2007 DoNn took the opportunity to host a full hour for New Mexico Clear Channel station 99.9 KXTC, and began recording his latest album entitled, “DoNnafied”. |