DJ Green Lantern, also known as The Evil Genius, (real name generally withheld from public) is an American DJ and hip hop musician. Green Lantern was born in 1976 in Rochester, New York of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. In 2002, Green Lantern was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons. Green Lantern left the label in 2005 due to a dispute with Shady Records rapper 50 Cent .
br] Green Lantern 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.