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Grandtheft Guestmix for BBC Diplo and Friends - It's always great to see Canadian artists getting the recognition that they deserve, so when I tuned in to the BBC 1Xtra Diplo and Friends mix and heard Salacious regular, Grandtheft, giving it a go… Read More

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May 23, 2013

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May 22, 2013

A week or so ago, Diplo gave us a hilarious informal review of Daft Punk's…

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May 20, 2013

There's no denying it that Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz), the Grammy-nominated…

Five Diplo jams you need to hear right now

May 20, 2013

As you may have read in our Major Lazer feature from earlier today, Diplo is…

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Diplo Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
San Diego, CA	Valley View Casino Center	Sat	May 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Sun	May 26 / 13	Find Tickets
San Diego, CA	Valley View Casino Center	Sun	May 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Las Vegas, NV	Encore Beach Club	Fri	Jun 21 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Montrose Beach	Fri	Jul 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Las Vegas, NV	Encore Beach Club	Sat	Jul 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Morrison, CO	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Somerset, WI	Somerset Amphitheater	Fri	Aug 09 / 13	Find Tickets

Diplo Biography

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Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Los Angeles-based American DJ, music producer, rapper, and songwriter. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as the not for profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as a school teacher in Philadelphia. During his rise to notability, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with helping expose him in his early career. Later, he and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists, such as Beyoncé, No Doubt and Usher. His alias, short for ''Diplodocus'', derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.

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