Diplo, formerly known as Thomas Wesley Penz, 10/0/978110 was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. He is an American DJ, music producer and a member of American electronic music group MajorLazer.
In September 2004, he released his first official solo album "Florida", thus making his official debut. In 2006, the record company MadDecent was established. In 2008, the electronic music group MajorLazer was founded. In February, 2009, he was shortlisted for the 5 1 Grammy annual recording award for the song "Paper Plane" made for rapper M.I.A; In June, the first album GunsDon 'tKillPeopleLazersDo was released with MajorLazer. 20/kloc-in February, he won the best rap song award at the 54th Grammy Awards for his song LookAtMeNow. On March 20 13, he and skrillex formed the electronic duo Jack_. March 20 15, released the single "LeanOn" with MajorLazer. 2065438+In February 2006, she won the Best Dance Music Recording Award and the Best Dance Music/Electronic Album Award in the 58th Grammy Award for her song "Where is Reunows" and her album "SkrillexandDiploPresentJack _".
Chinese name: Thomas Wesley Pentz.
Thomas Wesley Penz
Alias: Diplo, Diplodocus, WesGully
Nationality: USA
Constellation: Scorpio
Height: 180cm
Place of birth: Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
Date of birth:1978165438+10/0.
Occupation: DJ, producer
Brokerage company: MadDecent
Representative works: Where Reareunow, LeanOn, LookatMeNow, Paper Plane.
Major achievements: won Grammy awards twice.
Early experience
Diplo, formerly known as Thomas Wesley Pentz, is an Anglo-German mixed-race. His childhood was mainly spent in Miami, deeply influenced by his hometown rap music and Miami bass music. 65438-0997, went to university of central florida to study, then moved to Philadelphia, transferred to Temple University and became a DJ. After they met DJLowBudget in college, they started to hold an electronic party "HookedonHollertronix" in the name of Hollertronix, and began to roll out mixed tapes.
Actor experience
In September 2004, the first official solo album "Florida" was released; 11June, remix piracyunderrorismvol.1was released with British rapper M.I.A In 2006, the record company MadDecent was established, and it began to cooperate with artists such as Snoopy Dog, Shakira and NoDoubt.
In 2008, MajorLazer, an electronic music group, was formed with Jillionaire and WalshyFire. On February 8, 2009, the rap song "Paper Plane" made for M.I.A was shortlisted for the annual recording award of 5 1 Grammy Award; In June, in cooperation with MajorLazer, the band's debut album "Guns Don't Tkill People" was released by Lazer SDO, and the song "PondeFloor" in the album was sampled for Beyonce's song "RuntheWorld(Girls)".
20 10 On July 8th, female singer Kelis released the studio album FleshTone, with Diplo as the album producer. On July 20th, the EP album LazersNeverDie was released in cooperation with MajorLazer.
20 1 1 February, chris brown released the song "LookAtMeNow" co-sung with Lil Wayne and Bustayun, with Duprot and Afu Rojek as single producers; In April, he participated in the song production of Beyonce's album "4"; In July, I joined MajorLazer to make the band album Pushhand.
February 20 12 12 won the best rap song award at the 54th Grammy Awards for the song LookAtMeNow. On June 12, Usher released the album "Looking4Myself", and Dipolo produced the first single "Climax" for the album; On June 19, Justin Bieber's album Believe was released. In February, 65438, Bruno Mars released the album "Unorthodox Jukebox", and Dipolo participated in the production.
20/kloc-was nominated as "the best non-classic producer" in the 55th Grammy Award in February/March; In March, he and skrillex formed the electronic duo Jack _；; In April, released the studio album "FreetheUniverse" with MajorLazer; In June, Snoopy Dog released a reggae album reincarnated as Snoopy Lion, with Duprot as the producer; On June+10, 5438, the song ElasticHeart was released in cooperation with Sia and Weicon, and was selected as an episode by the movie Hunger Games 2: A single spark can start a prairie fire. In the same year, Di Polo participated in the album production of artists such as britney spears, chris brown and G-Dragon.
20/kloc-participated in the ultra music festival)； in March/April); Held in Miami. In 65438+February, the Dubstep style single dirty vibe》； was released; Cooperation with skrillex, G-Dragon and Li Cailin; In the same year, I participated in the production of Madonna's album RebelHeart.
2065438+On February 27th, 2005, Jack_ released his first studio album "SkrillexandDiploPresentJack _", which was included in the song "WhereAreUNow Now"; Now "by Justin Bieber. On March 2nd, released the trap dance music "Lean" in cooperation with DJSnake and M_; On May 22nd, she released the single "Dr Pepper" in cooperation with Korean female singer Li Cailin. On June 1 day, MajorLazer released his third studio album "Peaceisthemission"; On August 30th, WhereAreUNow's MV won the MTV Music Video Best Visual Effect Award; 165438+1On October 22nd, he won the Best Cooperation Award in the 43rd American Music Awards for "Where Are Reunows".
20 16, 18 On February 5th, at the 58th Grammy Awards Ceremony, he won the Best Dance Music Recording Award for "Where is Reunows" and the Best Dance Music/Electronic Album Award for "SkrillexandDiploPresentJack _"; On April 23rd, Beyonce released the album Lemonade, and Dipolo participated in the production of the album. On May 15, he added the wonderful electric syllables of Shanghai myth, which was his China premiere; On May 22nd, he won the billboard music award for best dance music/electronic single with the song "LeanOn"; On July 22nd, MajorLazer released the song "Cold Water" co-sung with Justin Bieber and M_, which won the 18 French NRJ Music Award for Best Cooperation of the Year.
On March 20 17 17, the film "Singing Non-stop" was released in the United States, in which Di Polo played a DJ; In June, the EP album "KnowNoBetter" was released in cooperation with MajorLazer, and the album cooperated with artists such as Camila Cabello. In July, the electronic song "One Hundred Loves" was released in cooperation with MajorLazer and Chris Lee. In the same year, I participated in the production of maroon 5' s album RedPillBlues.
On March 23rd, 20 18, the new EP California was released. On May 3rd, the single Genius was released together with LSD, a new group composed of Sia and Labrinth.
Personal life
mood
In 2003, Dipolo started dating British rapper M.I.A and broke up in 2008.
In 20 10, he and a woman named Catherine Lockhart gave birth to a son, Major Lockhart Wesley Pants; In 20 14, their son Laaser Lee Luis Pantz was born.
In 20 14, Di Bo had a brief contact with American female singer Katy Perry.
Main work
musical creation
Participate in movies
Singing nonstop -20 17-03- 17, playing diberg.
Dragon and Tiger Junior Team 2-20 14-06- 13, play SpringBreakDJ.
Magazine photos
social activity
On October 20 1 1 14 10, Dipolo shared a link to a public welfare crowdfunding platform, Fundly, entitled "Give Taylor an Ass". He said that he would raise money for Taylor Swift's hip plastic surgery. The goal of this crowdfunding campaign is to raise $3,500.
20 16 May, Dipo attended the charity ball of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA.
Winning record
Personality assessment
Dipolo is an excellent DJ, who integrates indie rock into the dance floor. He looks like a rebellious bad boy in appearance, and he is even more charming in a suit. Dipolo is not only an excellent DJ, but also an excellent music producer. He has worked with singers such as Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Madonna and G-Dragon. He can perfectly combine the "fire" element in China tradition with electronic sound, and let the audience burn. However, although Di Polo is very talented in music, he often gets into trouble in his life. (Red Net, China Times, Sohu, Sina Review)