Thomas Wesley Pentz, known as Diplo, is an American DJ, songwriter and record producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer. His 2013 EP, Revolution, debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
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Thomas Wesley Pentz, known as Diplo, is an American DJ, songwriter and record producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer. His 2013 EP, Revolution, debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs. He has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other pop artists, such as Gwen Stefani, Die Antwoord, Britney Spears, Madonna, Shakira, Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, CL, G-Dragon, Bad Bunny, MØ and Poppy. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as co-founding the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. 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 was born on November 10, 1978, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of Barbara Jean and Thomas Pentz. He moved to Philadelphia to continue his studies at Temple University. He first garnered attention as a DJ in 2003, when he began throwing parties under the Hooked on Hollertronix moniker. His solo debut, Florida, was released on the Ninja Tune imprint, Big Dada Records. The album Florida was pressed twice, first with a CD and the second with aCD and DVD.
Before Florida’s DVD accompaniment, another DVD surfaced called diplo: \”Banned in Libya\” which was released by Money Studies, the first label to release a solo project by Dipla under his original DJ name Diplidocus. It was a 45 rpm record called \”Thingamajawn\” for which there was a music video for. Similar to the Florida DVD, it is an experimental audio and video mix of some of the original music blended with a number of other unidentified sources of funk, funk, or favela funk. It is also is also a number one genre of music called bailevela or failea funk, which served to bring the Brazilian music of the ghettos to the U.S. It has been described as \”disparate genres to be smashed together for maximum attention-grabbing impact\” an aesthetic which takes from the aesthetic of acts such as Bun B, Lil Jon, Drama, M. I. A., Björk, Busta Rhymes, and others. He also is a member of electronic duo Jack Ü with producer and DJ Skrillex, and a member. of Silk City with Mark Ronson. His song “Banned” was featured in a commercial for Hyundai and is featured on the WWE 2K16 soundtrack. He and fellow M.I. A producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project and cartoon series titled Major Lazers.
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