Home Dj English English Dj
English Dj Diplo
Skills
Written By - Team Nettv4u

Diplo, whose birth name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, is an American citizen and a singer, disk jockey, music producer, and songwriter. He took birth on November 10, 1978, in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States of America. His parent's names are Thomas Pentz and Barbara Jean. He is a student of the University of Central Florida and Temple University. While studying there, he started to do small gigs as a DJ. Though he has created music of diverse types, his favorite genre is favela funk. Before achieving success, he worked as a teacher in a local school in Philadelphia. He spent his childhood in the lanes of Miami, which influenced his him a lot. He met Low Budget, and they both started to work together. They became very successful. Their success prompted them to release several mixtapes.

Their names are Never Scared, Florida, and Diplo: Banned in Libya. He also established a music studio named The Mausoleum. Several international artists Shakira, Spank Rock, Glass Candy, Christina Aguilera, M.I.A, Skream, Paper Route Gangstaz, Nicos Gun, Blaqstarr, and several others have either recorded or performed their songs here. He also worked with M.I.A several times and created tracks like Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1. In fact, it was M.I.A. who groomed and guided him to success. However, their partnership turned into a fight and M.I.A. accused him of being jealous of her fame, and trying to hoof the limelight from her. He is the member of Major Lazer, a group which specializes in creating songs of Dancehall.

Some of his other works include Paper Planes, Be Right There, Blame, Lazers Never Die, Free the Universe, Peace Is the Mission, Chilly Water, Music is the Weapon, and much more. In Bollywood, he sang Phurrr in recently released Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer Jab Harry Met Sejal. The jury of the Grammy Awards has nominated him eight times out of which he has won two. His wife's name is Kathryn Lockhart. The couple has two children named Laser and Lockett. He is a huge soccer and cricket buff and has attended two matches of Tigers UANL. He is an ardent fan of a football club named Arsenal. He is also the co-owner of Phoenix Rising FC, a team playing in the United Soccer League. He has also created a track for 2014 World Cup. He lends support to various budding artists and has established a non-profit organization called Heaps Decent.

OTHER DJS


Dj Shadow Dubai English DJ
DOB: 1 October 1983
Martin Garrix English DJ
DOB: 14 May 1996
T-Pain English DJ
DOB: 30 September 1985
Tijs Michiel Verwest English DJ
DOB: 17 January 1969
DJ Jazzy Jeff English DJ
DOB: 22 January 1965

BORN TODAY


Born: 29 March 1955

Age Now 69

Brendan Gleeson - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 March 1961

Age Now 63

Amy Sedaris - (Movie Actress)

Born: 29 March 1943

Age Now 81

Eric Idle - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 March 1983

Age Now 41

Ed Skrein - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 March 1992

Age Now 32

Chris Massoglia - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 March 1967

Age Now 57

Michel Hazanavicius - (Director)

Born: 29 March 1943

Age Now 81

Will MacAdam - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 March 1983

Age Now 41

Drake Doremus - (Director)