James D'Agostino, better known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American DJ and hip hop musician. He was born in Rochester, New York and he is of Italian descent. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons. D'Agostino left the label in 2005 due to a dispute with Shady Records rapper 50 Cent.
D'Agostino then came to prominence with his Invasion! mixtape series, ...
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James D'Agostino, better known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American DJ and hip hop musician. He was born in Rochester, New York and he is of Italian descent. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons. D'Agostino left the label in 2005 due to a dispute with Shady Records rapper 50 Cent.
D'Agostino 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 diss records, furthering the issues between Eminem and Benzino/The Source as well as the entire Shady camp and Ja Rule/Murder Inc.
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...
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