Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki was conceived in Miami,
Florida on November 30, 1977. American electro-house musician as well as record
producer, D.J. Music executive. He is the son of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru
Kbayashi. His father, who was a former wrestler, was also the co-founder of the
restaurant chain Benihana. He has two older siblings: sister Kana who is
commonly known as Grace as her middle name Grace as well as brother Kevin
(owner of Doraku Sushi). The half-sister of his is Devon Aoki, a model and
actress. He was born in Newport Beach and graduated from Newport Harbor High
School with an 1995 B.A. in badminton. After having graduated from UC Santa
Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree, the student attended UC Santa Barbara.
degrees: one in feminist studies & the other in sociology. He recorded
DIY music and held underground performances from his Biko room at the Santa
Barbara Student Housing Cooperative during his time at college. As a concert
venue, the Biko room was dubbed The Pickle Patch. He was also active in student
activities at UCSB as the founder of the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League
chapter on campus. In his early 20s Dim Mak had started his own record label
known as Dim Mak after his hero from childhood Bruce Lee. In March 2010 the
singer released I'm in the House, a collaboration w/ the Zuper Blahq, a
pseudonym of the Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The song reached No. The
track reached No. 29 on the U.K. Singles Chart within its first week of the
release. The track climbed to the top five on both the U.K. Indie Chart and the
U.K. Dance Chart. The track was featured on an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore.
It also appeared in Piranha the feature film Piranha and also in the trailer
for Think Like A Man. The interview with HitQuarters in May of 2010 with Lucas
Secon revealed that Rivers Cuomo and he had recently collaborated on a single.
Pollstar has named him the highest-grossing North America dance artist from
shows in 2012. He has worked with artists like Iggy Azalea, Afrojack, LMFAO,
Linkin Park, Will.i.am, Lil Jon, Blink-182, Laidback Luke, BTS, Louis
Tomlinson, Rise Against, Vini Vici & Fall Out Boy. He is famous for his
remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi.
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