Thomas Wesley Pentz

Diplo is not just an American DJ, but a music designer who has created his own unique direction of bailey-funk, or "tropical" house. Thanks to his electronic adaptations, some songs by Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Shakira, No Doubt and Snoop Dogg have become world hits. The achievements brought not only fame, but also money: in 2018, Forbes magazine ranked Diplo 6th on the list of highly paid DJs - its annual income is $ 28.5 million.

Diplo's real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr. He was born on November 10, 1978 in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of an Englishwoman Barbara Jean (née Cox) and a German, Thomas Pentz. Parents' musical preferences - rap, hip-hop, house and Miami bass - played a key role in shaping the style of the future DJ.

The boy spent his childhood in Miami, Florida, in his father's store. Pentz Sr. instilled in his son an interest in paleontology, which was later reflected in the musician's pseudonym: "diplo" - short for "diplodocus".

From the biography of Thomas, only the basic facts are known. In 1997, the young man was enrolled at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida), then - at Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Here he first showed himself as a music designer: together with DJ Low Budget in 2003 he began to play sets called "Hooked on Hollertronix".

Born by two musicians, hollertronix has developed into a whole direction. Later, it was reflected in the work of MIA, Lil Jon, Björk, Busta Rhymes and others. The mixtape "Never Scared", released by Thomas together with DJ Low Budget, entered the top 10 best albums according to The New York Times, and Diplo's first and only studio solo album "Florida" (2004) allowed him to devote his life to music. ...

With the money raised from the concerts, Diplo opened the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA). The site still combines video and sound recording studios, galleries, premises for public events. PhilaMOCA gave birth to some albums by Christina Aguilera, Shakira, MIA, Santigold, Spank Rock and other pop artists.

The first major creative collaboration was a duet with MIA, a British Tamil singer. Once in a club, a girl heard Diplo mixing her tracks and wanted to work with a DJ. Thus was born Piracy Funds Terrorism (2004), which The New York Times and Pitchfork Media have named Album of the Year.

MIA introduced Diplo to Switch DJ. Their joint track "Paper Planes" was nominated for a Grammy for "Record of the Year" in 2009 and took 4th place on the Billboard Hot 100. In the video, the music designers were not mentioned. Perhaps this was the reason for the collapse of the creative duet.

After collaborating with MIA, the American began a production career under his own label Mad Decent. He has collaborated with Shakira, Robyn, Kid Cudi, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande and other famous pop singers. The tracks of some of them have a Diplo adaptation: “All Night” by Beyoncé, “Close To Me” by Ellie Golding. The Ukrainian singer Ivan Dorn also worked with the master in the song "Stay Open".

Major Lazer was created in collaboration with Switch in 2008. The bottom line was that professional breakers and hip-hoppers danced along with the audience on stage. In 2011, the Switch was replaced by Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.

Diplo is a permanent member of the project, the author of the most famous track "Lean On", recorded together with DJ DJ Snake and singer MØ. The official YouTube clip as of January 2019 has about 2.5 billion views, which is one of the highest rates on hosting.

Another prolific duo is Jack Ü, formed by Diplo and Skrillex in 2013. The largest performance in the history of the project is considered to be a concert at Madison Square Garden in 2014. The collaboration of the two DJs in 2016 brought two Grammy awards - for the best dance album "Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü" (2015) and the best track "Where Are Ü Now?", Recorded with Justin Bieber.

In 2018, the LSD group was formed, consisting of singer Sia, musician Labrinth and Diplo. Their single "Thunderclouds" serves as a splash screen for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. The DJ moves into mainstream culture: "Welcome To The Party", co-recorded with French Montana and Lil Pump, is the soundtrack for the movie Deadpool 2.

Diplo's personal life can be envied, because the DJ has a lot of "star" friends. In 2003-2008, he met with a colleague MIA. The couple broke up due to the singer's explosive popularity, and according to an alternative version, because Thomas fell in love with event organizer Katherine Lockhart. For 6 years of relationship, from 2009 to 2014, the girl never became his wife, but gave birth to two children: Lockett (2010) and Lazer (2014).

In April 2014, romantic photos of Diplo and Katy Perry from the Coachella festival appeared in the press. Their relationship lasted a year. In 2017, the singer posted a rating of her lovers on Twitter, placing Thomas in 3rd place. The DJ was overtaken by Orlando Bloom and John Mayer.

In 2017, Thomas appeared at the Oscar afterparty with Kate Hudson, and in October of the same year he began dating model Nadia Lauren (full name - Mora Nadia Irken-Dewan). In February 2018, the couple broke up. In March, the former lovers had a daughter, Genevieve Maria Pentz.

Diplo is a football fanatic and supports Arsenal and the US national team. He produced the official 2018 World Cup song "Live It Up" by Nicky Jam, Will Smith and Era Istrefi. The DJ calls football a "social constant" that, like music, unites people from all over the world.

The second passion for sports is basketball. The DJ supports the Los Angeles Clippers, which he regularly reminds his followers on Instagram.

2019 began with the release of Major Lazer's fourth album, Music is the Weapon. It features Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, MØ and Nicki Minaj.

It is possible that the coming years will give the world the debut compilation of the group LSD. In November 2018, the band released their fourth single, "Mountains," which Diplo's craft colleagues called "electronic perfection."

In addition to recording new tracks, Diplo has a series of concerts ahead - privates, at various stages in the USA, as well as at festivals: Ame Laroc in Brazil, Coachella and Hangout in the USA, Open'er in Poland.

Solo album

2004 - Florida

With Major Lazer:

2009 - "Guns Don't Kill People ... Lazers Do" 2013 - "Free the Universe" 2015 - "Peace Is the Mission" 2019 - "Music Is the Weapon"

With Jack Ü:

2015 - "Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü"

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