Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin NDB has always had an ear for music. He originally started making beats as a hobby and later began rapping at the early age of 15. After coming together with a group of high school friends, they built a home studio and released their first project, "The Precedent". Shortly afterward NDB (then known as Delux) released his first solo attempt entitled "SaluteDELUX".
During his time in the Army, NDB, together with another military friend, formed a crew of rappers and dubbed themselves The Ill Mic Aphyliates, or IMA. The crew was formed almost entirely online and recorded songs together by sending beats and verses via email to each other. They later released one of the first internet-based CD’s and sold over 2,000 copies by hand coupled with hundreds of sales via I-Tunes and CD Baby and thousands of downloads from Soundclick.com. Together the crew has amassed over 500,000 page views and over 2,000,000 streams and downloads from Soundclick.com alone.
After his time in the Army, NDB moved to Atlanta to pursue his career in music. He began recording more projects and performing at local venues as well as working with other local artists as a producer and occasionally writing for their projects.
Some of his influences include Nas, Jay-Z, N.E.R.D., Snoop, Dr. Dre, Big Boi and Andre, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco. He has always been inspired by those musicians that make their own lane. But it is NDB’s creative chameleon style in lyrics and production that crosses over all music genres and brings hope for listeners with his ability to breathe anyone’s life through his music. Ten years have passed since NDB first stood in front of the microphone. Ten years and twelve independently distributed albums later and NDB is ready to change the industry forever. NDB’s music speaks for itself and he is ready to make his own lane. By giving consumers a new sound, a new style, and an entirely a new way to embrace hip hop, NDB’s goal is to be one of the greatest that hip hop has to offer.