DJ Dahi

DJ Dahi
Birth name	Dacoury Natche
Also known as	Dahi
Born	1983 (age 31–32)^[1]
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Producer, disc jockey
Years active	2011-present
Associated acts	D.R.U.G.$., Pac Div, Dom Kennedy, ScHoolboy Q

Dacoury Natche (born 1983), professionally known as DJ Dahi, is an American hip hop disc jockey (DJ) and music producer from Los Angeles, California. Dahi is perhaps best known for producing "Worst Behavior" by Canadian rapper Drake, as well as American rapper Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed album cut "Money Trees", which features Lamar's label-mate Jay Rock.^[2] Dahi has also produced several tracks for various artists such as Lily Allen, Freddie Gibbs, Dom Kennedy, Lupe Fiasco, Mac Miller, Ty Dolla Sign, Pac Div, Travi$ Scott, Vic Mensa, Casey Veggies, Smoke DZA, Big Sean and Big Krit, among others.^[3]^[4] He is also a member of Ty Dolla $ign's production team, D.R.U.G.$.

Musical career

DJ Dahi got his start in music, working as a disc jockey (DJ) while he was in college. He begun getting a buzz producing for local Los Angeles-based rappers such as Pac Div, TiRon, and Fashawn. His first big placement would be "My Type of Party," a single by Dom Kennedy's from his mixtape, The Yellow Album (2012). "My Type of Party" featured "laid cloudy layers of synth haze over wonky, synthetic drums." In 2012, he also produced Schoolboy Q's "Sexting," and then his most known production, "Money Trees" from Kendrick Lamar's platinum album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.^[5] In 2013, he produced "Hell of a Night" by Schoolboy Q^[6] and "Worst Behavior" by Drake that charted at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[7]^[8] "Money Trees", which samples "Silver Soul" by indie rock band Beach House, was named the ninth best instrumental of the previous five years, by Complex on September 3, 2013.^[9] Also later in September 2013, Complex named him the ninth best hip hop producer at the moment.^[5] Recently he has had recording sessions with Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., Jazmine Sullivan and Elle Varner, among others.^[5]^[10]

Production discography

Singles produced

List of singles produced, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Certifications	Album
Title	Year	US	US R&B	US Rap	AUS	CAN	UK	UK R&B	Certifications	Album
"My Type of Party"^[11] (Dom Kennedy)	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Yellow Album
"Worst Behavior" (Drake)	2014	89	26	12	—	—	—	—		Nothing Was the Same
"I Don't Fuck with You" (Big Sean featuring E-40)		11	1	1	50	35	90	10		Dark Sky Paradise
"Cadillactica" (Big K.R.I.T.)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Cadillactica
"Hell of a Night" (Schoolboy Q)		—	46	—	—	—	—	—		Oxymoron
"Stand For"		—	60	—	—	—	—	—		Free TC
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Albums produced

Rob Rush - Childhood Hero (2006)

10. "Useful"

Ayomari - The PB & J Solution (2010)

02. "Happy Thoughts" (featuring TiRon)
07. "What If This is It?"

TiRon - MSTRD (2010)

09. "For Your Smile"
10. "Take a Bow"

Pac Div - Don't Mention It (2010)

01. "Underdogs II" (featuring Colin Munroe)

Iggy Azalea - Ignorant Art (2011)

08. "Drop That" (featuring Problem)

Pac Div - Mania (2011)

02. SuperNegroes

Pac Div - The Div (2011)

02. "Posted"
04. "Move On"
10. "Number 1"

TiRon & Ayomari - A Sucker For Pumps (2011)

01. "Jack Kerouac" (co-prod. DrewByrd)
08. "No Wonder"

Dom Kennedy - Yellow Album (2012)

13. "P H"

Fashawn - Champagne & Styrofoam Cups (2012)

02. "Coogi" (featuring Mr. MFN eXquire)
07. "In Love with a Lie"
09. "Medecine Man (Drug Free)" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)

Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa (2012)

08. "Bout It Bout It" (featuring Kirko Bangz)
10. "Stay Down"

GrandeMarshall - 800

01. "Dearly Beloved"
05. "Ellie Fox"

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

05. "Money Trees" (featuring Jay Rock)

Mac Miller - Dog Pound (2012)

00. "Dog Pound" (featuring Waka Flocka Flame)

Pac Div - GMB (2012)

01. "Intro"
09. "Fuck Y'all" (featuring Kurupt & Battlecat)

Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions (2012)

09. "Sexting"

Skeme - Alive And Living (2012)

14. "Living"

Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y. (2012)

01. "K.O.N.Y."

Various artists - The Cafeteria Line Presents: HNGRY (2012)

12. "Pink Boxes" (Ayomari)
15. "HNGRY" (TiRon, Ayomari & James Fauntleroy)

Casey Veggies - Life Changes (2013)

04. "She In My Car" (featuring Dom Kennedy)

Drake - Nothing Was the Same (2013)

05. "Worst Behavior"

KRNDN - Everything's Nothing (2013)

10. "Cuban Link Gucci Rope" (featuring Donyea G)

Kris Kasanova - 24K (2013)

12. "Tomorrow" (featuring SZA)

Nacho Picasso - High & Mighty (2013)

04. "Diobedient" (featuring Jarv Dee)

Nipsey Hussle - Crenshaw (2013)

21. "Crenshaw & Slauson (True Story)" Hidden song at the end. (@7:55)

Rich Kidd - In My Opinion (2013)

13. "I'd Be Lying"

Spenzo - In Spenzo We Trust (2013)

10. "Heaven Can Wait"
11. "Get Money"

Travi$ Scott - Owl Pharaoh (2013)

06. "Hell of a Night" (co-produced with Rakhi, Rey Reel, Travis Scott)

Vic Mensa - INNANETAPE (2013)

08. "YNSP" (featuring Eliza Doolittle)

Lily Allen - Sheezus (2014)

01. "Sheezus"

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc

02. "Who Do You Love?"
03. "Miserable Without Your Love"

Smoke DZA - Dream.ZONE.Achieve (2014)

10. "Hearses" (featuring Ab-Soul)
17. "Tropicana Roses"

SZA - Z (2014)

07. "Babylon" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)

Ab-Soul - These Days... (2014)

02. "Tree of Life" (co-produced with Curtiss King)

Travi$ Scott - Days Before Rodeo (2014)

02. "Mamacita" (featuring Rich Homie Quan & Young Thug) (co-produced with Metro Boomin & Travi$ Scott)

Mick Jenkins - The Water[s] (2014)

12. "Dehydration"

Tinashe - Aquarius (2014)

02. "Bet" (featuring Devonté Hynes) (co-produced with Blood Orange)

Logic - Under Pressure (2014)

08. "Never Enough"

Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica (2014)

04. "Cadillactica" (produced with DJ Khalil)
11. "Third Eye"
16. "Mt. Olympus Reprise"
18. "Let It Show"

Maejor - Spirit (2014)

02. "We Don't Talk No More"

Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

02. "Devil Pray"

Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (2015)

11. "Chopper" (featuring Billy Blue, Buk of Psychodrama, Trouble, Trae tha Truth, Fam-Lay & Glasses Malone)
13. "Madonna" (featuring Nikki Jean)
14. "Adoration of the Magi" (featuring Crystal Torres)
15. "They.Resurrect.Over.New" (featuring Ab-Soul & Troi)

Kid Ink - Full Speed (2015)

02. "Faster"

Wale - The Album About Nothing (2015)

02. "The Helium Balloon" (co-prod. Sonny Digital)
05. "The Middle Finger" (co-prod. Dave Glass Animals)
08. "The God Smile"

References