Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was born on November 30, 1977 in Miami, Florida. American electro house music producer, D.J., and record producer Steve Aoki is his nickname. Music executive. He's the third child of Chizuru Kobayashi & Rocky Aoki. His father, who was a former wrestler was also co-founder of the chain of restaurants Benihana. There are two siblings that include sister Kana who is usually called Grace by her middle name Grace and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). His half-sister is Devon Aoki, a model and actress. The family was raised in Newport Beach, California and graduated from Newport Harbor High School, where he was a member of the varsity badminton team. He went to UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a 2nd B.A. He earned two degrees: one in sociology and one in feminist studies. In the college years, he made self-made records and hosted underground concerts out of his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch became a concert venue when the apartment was named The Pickle Patch. He was active in student activism , and he founded an Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section on campus. He had started an independent record label when he was during the 20s. It was called Dim Mak named after his idol from childhood Bruce Lee. He came out with I'm IN THE HOUSE in the year 2000, in collaboration with the Zuper Blahq, the alter-ego of will.i.am. It made it to No. 29 in the U.K. singles chart in the first week. The track later made it into the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, being among the top 5 on both charts. The song was featured in an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore. It also was included in Piranha, the feature film Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. In a May interview with HitQuarters, Lucas Secon, the producer-songwriter, confirmed that he and Rivers Cuomo had just worked on the single. Pollstar named him the highest-grossing North America dance artist from performances in 2012. His collaborations include artists like Afrojack, LMFAO and Linkin Park, Will.i.am. Lil Jon, Blink-182, Laidback Luke. BTS, Louis Tomlinson. Rise Against. Vini Vici and Fall Out Boy. He is known for remixing artists like Kid Cudi.