Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was created in Miami, Florida on the 30th November 1977. American electro-house musician, record producer, D.J. and music executive. He is the third of Chizuru and Rocky Aoki's kids. His father was a former wrestler, and was also instrumental in helping to develop the chain of restaurants Benihana. He has two older siblings who are sisters Kana, who is often called Grace because of her middle name Grace, as well as brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). Half-sister Devon Aoki is a model and actress. The family was raised in Newport Beach, California and graduated from Newport Harbor High School, where he was part of the badminton varsity team. After having graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree, He attended UC Santa Barbara. He earned two degrees: one in sociology and one in feminist studies. He was a college student who created records by himself and staged underground performances in his Biko space in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch was born as a venue for concerts. He also was active in student activism at UCSB by being the founder of an Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League chapter on campus. By his early 20s, he had built his own record label, that was called Dim Mak, a reference to the idol of his youth 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. The track charted at No. 29 in the U.K. Singles Chart in its first week of release. It reached the top 5 on both the U.K. Indie Chart & U.K. Dance Chart. The song was featured on an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore as well as in the feature film Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. Interviews with HitQuarters in May 2010 with Lucas Secon revealed that Rivers Cuomo and he had just worked on a single. He was named the top-grossing American dance artist by Pollstar in 2012. He has collaborated w/ 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 is famous for remixing artists such as Kid Cudi.