Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was created in Miami, Florida on the 30th of November 1977. Steve Aoki is an American electro house artist as well as record producer, D.J. Music executive. He is the third child of Chizuru and Rocky Aoki's kids. His father, a former wrestler was also co-founder of the chain of restaurants Benihana. He has two siblings, sister Kana (who is sometimes called by her middle name Grace) and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi restaurant). Half-sister Devon Aoki is a model and actress. He was born 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 was a student at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with two B.A. degrees, one in feminist studies, and the one in sociology. He was a student at the college who made records on his own and held underground concerts in his Biko space at Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch was born as a concert venue. He was active with student activism and created an Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section on campus. By his early 20s, he had built his own record label, which was called Dim Mak, a reference to his hero from his childhood, Bruce Lee. The label dropped I'm IN THE HOUSE, a collaboration with the Zuper Blahq-alter ego of will.i.am. It was ranked the No. 29 in the U.K. Singles Chart in the very first week of its release. The track climbed to the top five in both the U.K. Indie Chart and the U.K. Dance Chart. The track was featured on the MTV series Jersey Shore. It also was featured in Piranha the feature film Piranha as well as the trailer for Think Like A Man. Producer and songwriter Lucas Secon confirmed in a interview with HitQuarters that he & Rivers Cuomo had recently worked w/ Aoki on the single. Pollstar declared him the top-grossing North America dance artist from performances 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's known for remixes of artists like Kid Cudi