Biography
Dušan Nešić – Spekt is a Niš-based rapper from Durlan, one of the performers of his generation whose work has remained firmly tied to the city from the beginning, where the classic hip-hop sound comes from.
Starts playing music 2006 shall be repealed.and the story of his first recorded song begins in a rather unusual way. As a teenager, he participated in a magazine competition Bravo. for the best rap text and won the competition of over 1,300 applicants. The prize was the recording of a song in Belgrade Bling-Bling Studios, which was led by Janko Janićijević – Lud, and this is where Spekt makes one of the first concrete steps in its musical story.
First Album - What? published in 2010, and the following issues “Rep sa kasete”. In collaboration with Rufis, he makes a couple of videos. In the period 2012 and 2013, he continues to record intensively, and later gathers songs from that period for the release "Mixtape Volume 1".
Third Album Durlanski blues is coming out in 2016. The very name of the album speaks volumes about one of the most important motifs that runs through his work – DurlanThe place in which he grew up is not only a geographical determinant, but a permanent part of Specto's identity, texts and the way he views Nis.
Over the years, he has released a large number of singles and collaborations, including “Rakija i Turšija” with DJ Munja, "Black Time", "You are not a child", "Ghosts", "Lights above the city", "Strong work", as well as “Dobar rep i leba” with Taz. His sound remains reliant on rap, with a touch of jazz and funk, while his lyrics often deal with everyday life and social topics.
He was part of the Nis alternative scene gathered around the project "Urbaniš", whose compilation featured his song Once every week. He has also performed at Nisville Hip-Hop Stage, where he shared the space with numerous performers of the domestic and regional hip-hop scene through different years.
A special place in his work is occupied by his attitude towards his hometown. Spectre describes itself openly as local patriot and Durlanc, and this connection was perhaps most clearly expressed in 2024 through the poem "Old Nis".
The song was created for several years, inspired by the stories and anecdotes of the older people of Niš that he listened to in the city. Instead of the classic anthem, Spekt made an homage to another Niš – people, places, the atmosphere of the eighties and nineties and the city's charm, which he believes has been lost over time. The song received a strong reaction from Nišli and became one of his most recognizable works.
Almost two decades after the first recorded song, Spekt remains true to the idea with which it began – to view rap primarily as art and the way of expressingand not as a transient trend.
A 2026. Spekt was also a guest of the new season of the show "Budjenje", where the story naturally returned to where much of his career had originated – to the Nis hip-hop scene, its people, events and the stories that shaped it.