Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was created in Miami, Florida on the 30th November 1977. American electro house music producer D.J., and record producer Steve Aoki is his name. & music executive. He's the third child of Chizuru Kobayashi & Rocky Aoki. His father was a former wrestler who also helped create the restaurant chain Benihana. There are two of his older siblings, a sister Kana (who is sometimes referred to by her middle name Grace) and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi restaurant). His half-sister's model and actress is Devon Aoki. The family was raised in Newport Beach, California and graduated from Newport Harbor High School, which was where he played as a member of the varsity badminton club. He went on to UC Santa Barbara, graduating w/ 2 B.A. He graduated with two bachelor's degrees, one in feminist studies and the other in Sociology. While in college, he created self-made records and hosted underground music events out of his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch was born as a venue for concerts. He was active in student activism and established the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section on campus. In the early 20s, Dim Mak had established his own record label known as Dim Mak in honor of his idol from childhood Bruce Lee. In March 2010 the singer released I'm in the House, a collaboration with the Zuper Blahq, the alter-ego of The Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The track charted at No. 29 on the U.K. Singles Chart in the first week of its release. The song climbed into the top five of both the U.K. Indie Chart and the U.K. Dance Chart. The song was featured in an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore. It also appeared in Piranha the feature film Piranha as well as the trailer for Think Like A Man. In a HitQuarters interview, in May 2010, with Lucas Secon revealed that Rivers Cuomo and the singer had recently recorded a song together. In 2012, Pollstar designated him as the top-grossing dancer in North America from tours. He has collaborated with artists such as 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's famous for remixes of artists like Kid Cudi