Biography
Diplo (Diplo) is not just an American DJ, but a musical designer who created his own unique direction by Bayle Funk, or the "tropical" house. Thanks to its electronic treatments, some songs Gwen Stephanie, Britney Spears, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Shakira, No Doubt and Snoop Dogg are world hits. Achievements brought not only fame, but money: In 2018, Forbes magazine put Diplo on the 6th place in the list of high-paying DJs - its annual income is $ 28.5 million.Childhood and youth
Real name Diplo - Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr. He was born on November 10, 1978 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the family of Barbara Gin Barbara (nee Coke) and German Thomas Penta. Musical preferences of parents - rap, hip-hop, house and Miami bass - played a key role in forming the style of the future DJ.
The childhood of the boy passed in Miami, Florida, in the Father's Store. Pentz Senior instilled his interest in paleontology, which later reflected in the creative pseudonym of the musician: "Diplo" - abbreviated from the "diplodok".
From the biography of Thomas, only basic facts are known. In 1997, a young man was enrolled in the University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida), then to Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Here he first showed himself as a musical designer: along with DJ Low Budget in 2003 he began to play sets called "Hokeed On Hollertronix".
Music
Born by two Hollertronix musicians turned into a whole direction. Later it was reflected in the work of M.i.a., Lil Jon, Björk, Busta Rhymes and others. Miksteype "Never Scared", released by Thomas together with DJ Low Budget, entered the top 10 best albums according to The New York Times, and the first and only studio solo plate Diplo "Florida" (2004) allowed him to devote to music his life .
Diplo opened by the Philadelphic Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (Philamoca) on the funds received from concerts. Playground and now combines video and sound recording studios, galleries, facilities for mass events. Some Albums of Christina Aguilers, Shakira, M.I.A., Santigold, Spank Rock and other pop artists were born in Philamoca.
The first major creative cooperation was the duet with M.I.A. - British performer of Tamil origin. One day in the club, the girl heard Diplo mix her tracks, and wanted to work with DJ. This was born "Piracy Funds Terrorism" (2004), which "The New York Times" and "PitchFork Media" editions called the album of the year.
M.I.A. I introduced Diplo with the Switch DJ. Their joint track "Paper Planes" in 2009 was nominated for "Grammy" as "recording of the year," ranked 4th in Billboard Hot 100. In the video, the musical designers were left without mentioning. Perhaps it served as a reason for the collapse of a creative duet.
After cooperation with M.I.A. The American began the production career under his own Mad Decent label. He collaborated with Shakira, Robyn, Kid Cudi, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande and other famous pop singers. In the tracks of some of them there is a Diplo processing: "All Night" Beyonce, "Close to Me" Ellie Golding. He worked with the master and Ukrainian singer Ivan Dorn in the song "Stay Open".
In 2008, Major Lazer was created in conjunction with SWITCH. The essence was that, together with the audience on the stage, professional brokers and hip-hopers danced. In 2011, the Switch place was taken by Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.
Diplo is a permanent project member, the author of the most famous track "Lean ON", recorded with DJ Snake DJ and the singer Mø. The official clip on YouTube as of January 2019 has about 2.5 billion views, which is one of the highest performance on hosting.
Another productive duet - Jack ü, created by Diplo and Skrillex in 2013. The largest performance in the history of the project is the concert for Madison Square Garden in 2014. The cooperation of two DJs in 2016 brought two figurines "Grammy" - for the best dance album "Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack ü" (2015) and the best track "WHERE ARE Ü NOW?", Recorded with Justin Biber.
In 2018, the LSD group was formed, as part of which singer SIA (SIA), Labrinth and Diplo musician. Their single "ThunderClouds" serves as a screensaver to advertising Samsung Galaxy Note 9. DJ moves into a massive culture: the Welcome to the Party track, recorded in conjunction with FRENCH MONTANA and LIL PUMP, is a soundtrack for the film "Deadpool-2".
Personal life
Diplo's personal life can be envied, because the DJ account has many "star" girlfriends. In 2003-2008, he met with a colleague M.I.A. The pair broke out due to the turbulent popularity of the singer, and according to an alternative version - because Thomas fell in love with the organizer of Catherine Lockhart. For 6 years of relations, from 2009 to 2014, the girl did not become his wife, but gave birth to two children: lockets (2010) and laser (2014).
In April 2014, the press appeared romantic photos of Diplo and Katy Perry from the coachella festival. Their relationship has lasted a year. In 2017, the singer published the rating of his lovers in Twitter, putting Thomas for the 3rd place. DJ ahead of Orlando Bloom and John Mayer.
In 2017, Thomas appeared on Afterpati Oscar award in Kate Hudson's company, and in October of the same year began to meet with the model Nadiya Lauren (the full name - Mora Nadia Irken Devian). In February 2018, the couple broke up. In March, the daughter of Genevieve Maria Pentz was born at the former lovers.
Diplo - Football Fan, supports Arsenal and National US national team. He sorted by the official song of the 2018 World Championship "Live It Up" performed by Niki Jamea, Will Smith and Era of Istrafi. DJ calls football "Social Constant", which, like music, unites people from all continents.
The second sports passion is basketball. DJ supports Los Angeles Clippers, which regularly resembles subscribers in "Instagram".
Diplo now
2019 began with the release of the fourth album Major Lazer "Music Is The Weapon". ED Shiran, Justin Bieber, Mø and Niki Minaz took part in his record.
It is possible that future years will give the world a debut collection of the LSD group. In November 2018, the musicians released the fourth single "Mountains", which Diplo colleagues on the craft were called "electronic perfection."
In addition to the recording of new tracks, Diplo is ahead of the series of concerts - ordinary, at different venues of the United States, as well as within the festivals: Ame Laroc in Brazil, Coachella and Hangout in the USA, Open'er in Poland.
Discography
Solo album
- 2004 - "Florida"
With Major Lazer:
- 2009 - "Guns Don't Kill People ... Lazers do"
- 2013 - "FREE THE UNIVERSE"
- 2015 - "Peace Is The Mission"
- 2019 - "Music Is the Weapon"
With jack ü:
- 2015 - "Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack ü"