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 & Rocky Aoki. His father was a wrestler who also founded the chain of restaurants Benihana. He has two older siblings: sister Kana who is commonly called Grace as her middle name Grace, and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). His half-sister's model and actress Devon Aoki. He was born in Newport Beach, California & graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995. He was on the team for badminton on the varsity. He attended UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a 2nd B.A. He graduated with two degrees in sociology, and another in feminist studies. He was a college student who made records on his own and also held underground shows in his Biko space at Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch became a concert venue in the time that the apartment was named The Pickle Patch. He was also active in student protests at UCSB. He created a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League Chapter on campus. In his early 20s, Dim Mak had established his own record company, that he named Dim Mak after his childhood hero Bruce Lee. He released I'm In the House in March 2010 as a collaboration with the Zuper Blahq The alter-ego of will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas. It hit the No. 29 in the U.K. Singles Chart in its first week of release. The song later made it onto the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, peaking within the top 5 on both charts. The song was also featured on the MTV show Jersey Shore as well as in the feature film Piranha & the trailer for Think Like A Man. Producer-songwriter Lucas Secon confirmed in a interview with HitQuarters, that he and Rivers Cuomo had recently worked with Aoki on an album. In 2012, Pollstar designated him as the highest-grossing dance artist in North America from tours. He has worked with artists such as 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 with artists like Kid Cudi.