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Publish date: 2024-05-02

Explore Diplo net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! American DJ as well as a rapper and music producer who gained fame for his role in the creation of Major Lazer. He is also a part of duo Jack U with American DJ, music producer and rapper who became known for being the co-creator of Major Lazer. He also makes up half of the duo Jack U with Skrillex and later formed a supergroup known as LSD with Sia and Labrinth. and later joined the supergroup called LSD along with Sia and Labrinth. In this article, we will discover how old is Diplo? Who is Diplo dating now & how much money does Diplo have?

NameDiplo
First NameDiplo
Last NameDiplo
OccupationDJ
BirthdayNovember 10
Birth Year1978
Place of BirthTupelo
Home TownMississippi
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignScorpio
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Lockett Pentz, Lazer Pentz, Pace Pentz

Diplo Biography

Diplo is one of the most popular and richest DJ who was born on November 10, 1978 in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. The beat was sampled on His beats were sampled on Beyonce Knowles‘ song “Run the World (Girls).””Run the World” song “Run the World (Girls).”

Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ, songwriter, and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with Sia and Labrinth, a member of electronic duo Jack Ü with producer and DJ Skrillex, and a member of Silk City with Mark Ronson. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as co-founding the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as an English teacher in Japan and a school teacher in Philadelphia. His 2013 EP, Revolution, debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200. The EP’s title track was later featured in a commercial for Hyundai and is featured on the WWE 2K16 soundtrack.

Florida is the first studio album Diplo produced in 2004. This album was under the label Big Dada. This album created Diplo’s genre of electronic/reggae/hip hop music.

He was a lover of He dated M.I.A. and Kathryn Lockhart. He and Lockhart had two sons together named Lockett and Lazer. In 2020, he welcomed a son named Pace with model Jevon King. and Kathryn Lockhart. The couple Lockhart have two kids called Lockett as well as Lazer. In the year 2020, Lockhart welcomed his son Pace and his model Jevon King.

He composed the Grammy-nominated track “Paper Planes” with Sri-Lankan pop singer He wrote the Grammy-nominated song “Paper Planes” with Sri-Lankan pop star M.I.A.

Diplo was born on November 10, 1978, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of Barbara Jean (née Cox) and Thomas Pentz. He is of German and English descent. The influence of home-grown rap played a key role in helping shape his production style. He spent the majority of his youth in Miami, where he got a taste for the characteristic Miami bass. He began attending the University of Central Florida in 1997. During his time at UCF, he became a DJ at local radio station WPRK, the radio station at Rollins College. He moved to Philadelphia to continue his studies at Temple University, where he first garnered attention as a DJ. After frequently running into fellow DJ Low Budget, the two began throwing parties under the Hooked on Hollertronix moniker in 2003 as a way of maintaining control of what they were able to play during DJ gigs in Philadelphia. The success of these parties allowed the two to release mixtapes, both separately and together, gathering acclaim across the country. One such mixtape, Never Scared, was named one of The New York Times’ top ten albums of 2003, and the Hollertronix name became synonymous with parties featuring guests like Maluca Mala, Bun B, Spank Rock, M.I.A., among others. Hollertronix’s sound has been described as “disparate genres to be smashed together for maximum attention-grabbing impact” an aesthetic which takes from the “organic, cohesive, whole” aesthetic of acts such as Bun B, Lil Jon, Drama, M.I.A., Björk, Busta Rhymes, and others.

Diplo Net Worth

Diplo is one of the richest DJ from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diplo's net worth $26 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He began to be noticed by DJing while he was at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Net Worth$26 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeDJ
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Although favela funk remained an interest (the Favela on Blast documentary just saw release in 2009), his Mad Decent imprint would serve as a blank palette for Diplo to showcase the myriad different sounds he had come across while touring around the world. September 2009 even saw Diplo travel to China to play with Steve Aoki at a show organised by promoters Split Works. Diplo quickly developed a reputation for his extensive touring. In the April 2010 issue of Rolling Stone, Diplo was touted as one of ’40 Reasons to be Excited About Music’. This kind of jet setting pushed his label far beyond the favela funk genre with which it initially began. Since its foundation in 2005 Diplo’s Mad Decent label has released music by Santigold, Baauer, Lil’ Jon, Gucci Mane, Peter Bjorn and John, Rusko, Bosco Delrey, Buraka Som Sistema, Savage Skulls, Dana Sibuea, Oliver Twizt, Jamie Fanatic, Douster, Boy 8-Bit, and Popo.

Jack Ü is an American duo made up of Skrillex and Diplo. Jack Ü’s debut performance took place at the Mad Decent Block Party in San Diego on September 15, 2013, which is a nationwide tour that record label Mad Decent puts together in order to showcase different artists signed to the label. Diplo announced the project by releasing the Mad Decent Block Party lineup with Jack Ü playing at multiple stops on the tour. After some guessing by many of who Jack Ü was, Diplo finally came out to reveal that “Jack Ü … means Skrillex and Diplo together”. After their New York debut at Electric Zoo was canceled in late August, the duo would soon return to the city for something bigger. On December 31, 2014, Jack Ü sold out Madison Square Garden for one of their biggest performances to date. The duo had support from Rudimental, Yellow Claw and A$AP Ferg.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2009, he was nominated for his first Grammy Award for Record of the Year for “Paper Planes” shared with M.I.A., Switch. He was then nominated for a second Grammy Award in 2012, for Best Rap Song for “Look at Me Now” shared with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. Diplo was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2013 and 2016 in the category Producer of the Year, Non-Classic. In 2016, he won Grammy Awards for Best Dance/Electronic Album for Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü and Best Dance Recording for “Where Are Ü Now”.

Who is Diplo Dating?

According to our records, Diplo is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Diplo’s is not dating anyone.

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Beyond Major Lazer and Mad Decent, Diplo has continued to show support for ‘all the little influences’, the lesser-known music scenes around the globe. Most recently his focus shifted to the ‘Bounce’ scene in New Orleans, Louisiana for a television piece commissioned by Current.tv. Diplo was nominated for Non-Classical Producer of the Year at the 55th Grammy Awards and 58th Grammy Awards. As of 2014, Diplo has a late night show on BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra on Saturdays 11:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m. (GMT) called ‘Diplo and Friends’ where he curates mixes from some of biggest names in dance music. Diplo also has several syndicated Diplo and Friends shows in the United States in Boston, Bakersfield, Cleveland, Columbus, Las Vegas, Spokane, Albuquerque, Lafayette, Denver, and most notably on Los Angeles’ 98.7 every Sunday at 9 p.m.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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After hearing one of his songs in 2004, M.I.A. approached Diplo when he was DJing one night at the Fabric Club in London. Coincidentally, Diplo was playing her songs “Galang” and “Fire Fire” as she entered the club, which he got from a worker at i-D magazine. Diplo added, “She came through and she wanted to meet me ’cause she’d heard my single and the funk mix from one of her A&Rs and she just thought I was right up her alley. Besides me being a white dude from Florida and her being a Sri Lankan girl in England, everything else was the same: [We were both] film graduates, [listened to] all the same music when we were kids, we’re going in the same direction right now in music, it was amazing… I always wanted to make a beat with her, but all my beats were really shitty at the time.” The two eventually collaborated on a mixtape, Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1, where Arular track acapellas were mashed with other artists’ songs. It was listed among ‘Albums of the Year’ by The New York Times and Pitchfork Media. The two continued to work together after the release. He was the tour DJ on her 2005 Arular Tour.

Diplo’s first collaborative full-length record was with Switch, this time under the guise of Major Lazer. Diplo incorporates such disparate influences as Miami Bass and Baile Funk into the high-tech eclecticism of his productions. After landing a deal with Downtown Records before even recording a note of music, Diplo and Switch set out for Jamaica to record a project that, like most of Diplo’s projects before it, would highlight the little-known subgenres, this time of Jamaica’s dancehall scene. The two received support by many already established Jamaican artists such as Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man and Ms. Thing, and the resulting record Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do also featured vocals from Santigold, Amanda Blank, Nina Sky, Ricky Blaze and more. When discussing the Major Lazer project, Diplo described the dancehall sound as being ” the end of the world, all the little influences—house, soca, oldies, R&B, jazz—it all ends up in Jamaica.” The track “Pon De Floor” from Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do was sampled for Beyoncé’s single “Run the World (Girls)”.

Facts & Trivia

Diplo Ranked on the list of most popular DJ. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Diplo celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

Diplo is also an active fan of the Philadelphia 76ers, showing support via Snapchat and Instagram whenever he’s at their games. He performed with Skrillex and Kai at the Staples Center during half-time at a Los Angeles Clippers game in 2015.

What is Diplo's most famous song?

Major Lazer, “Lean On” (with MØ and DJ Snake) Perhaps the first legitimate smash hit in the Diplo discography, and easily the best song to ever come from his Major Lazer moniker, “Lean On” barnstormed top 5 spots on the Australian, Canadian, American and European charts.

Who is Diplo married to?

Jevon King announced the birth of her son, Pace, in March 2020. (CNN) Diplo has confirmed he has a baby boy with pageant queen and model Jevon King. The 41-year-old DJ and record producer shared the news on US Mother’s Day while paying tribute to the special women in his life.

How did Diplo get famous?

Diplo went on tour with M.I.A. as her DJ in 2005, before they struck gold with their iconic track Paper Planes released in 2007 – Diplo had finally reached mainstream success.

Is Diplo in a relationship?

Diplo confirmed that he has a child with model Jevon King (who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Miss Universe pageant in 2014) in a 2020 Mother’s Day Instagram post.

What was Diplo's first song?

The first single “Take Ü There” featuring Kiesza was the lead single on the duo’s debut album. The single was released as the lead on October 4, 2014. It reached number sixteen on the UK Dance Chart. The official second single, “Where Are Ü Now”, was released simultaneously with the album.

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