Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was conceived in Miami, Florida on November 30, 1977. American electro house music producer D.J., and record producer Steve Aoki is his nickname. Music executive. He's the 3rd son of Chizuru Kobayashi and Rocky Aoki. His father was a former wrestler and also the founder of the restaurant chain Benihana. He has two siblings, sister Kana (who can be referred to Grace, her middle name) Grace) & brother Kevin (owner of the Doraku Sushi restaurant). His half-sister's model and actress Devon Aoki. He grew up in Newport Beach, California & graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he was on the team for badminton on the varsity. He was a student at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a 2nd B.A. degrees, one of which was in feminist studies, and the one in sociology. In his college days, he recorded self-made records and hosted underground music events out of his Biko room at the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. For its use as a venue for concerts, the place was named The Pickle Patch. He was also involved in student protests at UCSB, being the founder of an Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League chapter on campus. In his 20s, Dim Mak was establishing his own record label, that he named Dim Mak after his favorite childhood idol Bruce Lee. In March of 2010 He dropped I'm in the House, a collaboration with the Zuper Blahq-alter-ego of The Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The song charted at the top of the charts at No. 29 on the U.K. singles chart in its first week. It topped the charts on both the U.K. Indie Chart & U.K. Dance Chart. The song was featured in the MTV show Jersey Shore as well as in the feature film Piranha & the trailer for Think Like A Man. Interviews with HitQuarters in May 2010 with Lucas Secon revealed that Rivers Cuomo and he had just recorded a song together. In 2012, Pollstar designated him as the highest grossing dance artist in North America from tours. He has worked with many artists like Afrojack and Linkin Park, Afrojack. Linkin Park, Will.i.am. Lil Jon. Blink-182, Laidback Luke. BTS. Louis Tomlinson. Rise Against. Vini Vii & Fall Out Boy. He is known for his remixes of artists like Kid Cudi