Born into a broken family, daughter of a never-to-be-known pro basketball player conceived during a two week bender with “mom,” Nastina is no stranger to adversity. Creating her empire piece by piece in the squalid projects of Beverly Hills, Nastina has made her own rules from day one. By age seven, her designer drug empire and highly-successful homeless prostitution ring had created incredible wealth. However, Nastina’s love of music was her way out of the ghetto. She got decks, she got speakers…she got Nasty. After burning down her childhood home in an drug-fueled effort to erase her past, Nastina made her way to Seattle, the Emerald City.

She could be seen every night, in any seedy dive with a power outlet, spinning records with a ferocious and infectious intensity. There was no stopping Nastina. She made old folks jump up and bust a damn hip... [whole bio at kristinachilds.com/music/nastina]