Ultra Nate

One of the most flamboyant and talented house divas of the 1990s, Ultra Naté stayed true to the dance mainstream despite major-label interference; though she began her career with Warner Brothers, by the late '90s she was recording for the indie dance heavyweight Strictly Rhythm and enjoying more success than she had before.

Born and raised near Baltimore, she was studying pre-med during the late '80s when she began to get into the city's dance scene.

At one nightclub, she was introduced to two DJs who had recorded as the Basement Boys.