Ernest Dion Wilson, known professionally as No I.D., is an American record producer, DJ and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his early work with Chicago-based rapper Common, as well as his career mentorship of rappers Kanye West, J. Cole and Logic. Wilson first gained success for his role as an in-house producer for Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings—leading to largely uncredited work on Dupri’s productions “My Boo” by Usher, “Outta My System” and “Let Me Hold You” by Bow Wow—before reaching commercial success with his solo productions. He worked with Jay-Z to produce his singles “Run This Town” and “Holy Grail,” West to produce “Heartless,” and Drake to produce “Find Your Love” and “Nonstop”; each have peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Nicknamed “the Godfather of Chicago hip hop,” Wilson is also a former recording artist and signed with Relativity Records to release his only studio album, Accept Your Own and Be Yourself. He served as president of West’s record label GOOD Music from 2008 to 2011, and thereafter formed his own label, ARTium Records as an imprint of Def Jam Recordings.

As a DJ, Marc Davis was one of the first out of Chicago to play eclectic records in his sets overseas with Brazilian, African sounds, jazz fusion, house, and disco music while mixing it Chicago style. Many consider this a door opener for taste maker DJs like Sadar Bahar, Lee Collins, Rahaan and Mark Grusane to soar. Although he is still a credible name on the scene, Marc Davis continues to go underground and dig for more rare records and continues to play in several European nightclubs and festivals since the 1990s.

Since 2006, Marc Davis also manages his own label Black Pegasus on which he releases vinyl records in (very) limited series. It is always about obscure or even unpublished pieces prized by collectors. Marc is passionate about the search for recordings on cassettes, reel to reel tapes, acetates and test presses of music unknown to the general public. His releases go from Funk to Disco to obscure pieces of the golden era of Hip Hop. Black Pegasus’ Disco and Funk releases have been anthems in such international music festivals as World Wide, The Chosen Few, Dekmantel, Sunset Beach, and SouthPort. While his hip hop 7 inch (45’s) doughnuts have been exclusive releases by legends like Common, Tim Dog and UltraMagnetic.

Today, Marc Davis aspires to continue to mark the scene of his imprint through his work. His label has several upcoming releases already scheduled for the end of 2019. He also plans to tour Europe end 2019-early 2020 to become better known to the public outside the United States and disseminate more widely his music.

Sadar Bahar didn’t become a DJ ,he grew into one. Born in Newark, raised in Chicago when the city was still a living laboratory for house, disco and late-night radio experimentation, he absorbed music as culture before it was industry. Long before international flights and global bookings, there were radio tapes, record stores, basement parties, and an obsession with understanding why certain grooves hit deeper than others.
His education didn’t come from charts. It came from dance floors. From the raw energy of early Chicago, from DJs who played with fearless abandon, from a time when the booth wasn’t a stage but a command center. Figures like Ron Hardy weren’t references to name-drop, they were part of the atmosphere that shaped his ear. That foundation built a simple but uncompromising philosophy: music must move the body before it feeds the ego.
A relentless digger and lifelong vinyl collector, Sadar treats record hunting as daily practice. He doesn’t chase rarity for status; he searches for tension, soul, rhythm, and emotional weight. His sets glide through obscure disco, early house, leftfield soul and raw electronics without ever sounding nostalgic.
His long-running party Soul In The Hole reflects that same ethos: a space where music is physical, communal and uncompromised. The dance floor comes first.
Technology has evolved. Club culture has shifted. His core hasn’t. Playing vinyl it’s the format that mirrors Sadar’s approach: tactile, imperfect, alive. For Sadar, the DJ is a conduit controlling energy in real time, not a performer chasing attention