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Diplo News

Diplo requests a gorilla, Malawi orphan and talking parrot on rider

DJ reportedly sent the list of requests to Manhattan venue

  • Dec 11, 2012

Diplo says he wants to work with Jack White

Beyonce and MIA producer eyes collab with former White Stripes man

  • Apr 4, 2012

Diplo's record label launches digital subscription service

MIA producer also drops new video for 'Express Yourself'

  • Mar 14, 2012

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Diplo Music Videos

Diplo Pehnidi Play Video

Diplo Pehnidi

Official music video for the track Diplo Pehnidi by Natassa Theodoridou.

C`Mon (Catch `Em By Surprise) Play Video

C`Mon (Catch `Em By Surprise)

Official music video for the track C`Mon (Catch `Em By Surprise) by Tiesto v Diplo feat Busta Rhymes.

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Diplo Reviews

Diplo - 'Express Yourself EP'

Diplo - 'Express Yourself EP'

Diplo finally gets some me-time, and cuts loose big style

  • Aug 8, 2012

Diplo - 'Express Yourself'

His most straightahead banger in ages

  • Feb 24, 2012

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Diplo Biography

Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Los Angeles-based American DJ, music producer, rapper, and songwriter. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as the not for profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as a school teacher in Philadelphia.

During his rise to notability, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with helping expose him in his early career. Later, he and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists, such as Beyonce, No Doubt and Usher. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.

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