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 nickname. & music executive. He is the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kbayashi. His father was a wrestler, who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana. He has two older siblings who are sisters Kana who is commonly known as Grace due to her middle name Grace, and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). His half-sister's model and actress is Devon Aoki. He was born in Newport Beach and graduated from Newport Harbor High School with the class of 1995 with a B.A. in badminton. He went on to UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a 2nd B.A. He earned two bachelor's degrees: one in feminist Studies and the other in Sociology. He produced DIY records and held underground performances from his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative during his time at college. For its use as a venue for concerts, the room became known as The Pickle Patch. He also was involved in student protests at UCSB. He was the founder of an organization called the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League Chapter on campus. He had also started an independent record label when he was during the 20s. It was named Dim Mak, after his idol from childhood Bruce Lee. He came out with I'm In the House in March 2010 in collaboration with Zuper Blahq his alter-ego will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas. The track hit No. 29 on the U.K. Singles Chart in its 1st week of release. The track later made it into the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, peaking within the top 5 in both charts. The song was included on MTV's Jersey Shore, as well as the feature film Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. Producer and songwriter Lucas Secon confirmed in a interview in May 2010 with HitQuarters that he & Rivers Cuomo had recently worked w/ Aoki on the single. He was named the highest-grossing American dance artist by Pollstar in 2012. His collaborations include artists such as Afrojack, LMFAO and 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 such as Kid Cudi