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 stage name. Music executive. He is the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kbayashi. His father was a wrestler, and was also instrumental in helping to create the restaurant chain Benihana. He has 2 older siblings, a sister Kana (who is often referred to by her middle name Grace) and brother Kevin (owner of the Doraku Sushi restaurant). Half-sister Devon Aoki is a model and actress. He grew up in Newport Beach and graduated from Newport Harbor High School with the class of 1995 with a B.A. in badminton. After having graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree, the student attended UC Santa Barbara. degrees: one in feminist studies, and the other in sociology. He was a college student who produced records by himself and also held underground shows in his Biko space in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch was born as a venue for concerts. He was also active in student activist activities at UCSB. He created a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League Chapter on campus. In the early 20s, Dim Mak had founded his own record company, known as Dim Mak after his idol from childhood Bruce Lee. In March of 2010 He dropped I'm in the House, a collaboration w/ the Zuper Blahq-alter-ego of The Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. It was ranked the top spot at No. 29 on the U.K. Singles Chart in the very first week of its release. The track climbed to the top 5 in both the U.K. Indie Chart and the U.K. Dance Chart. 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. In 2012, Pollstar designated him as the highest grossing dance artist in North America from tours. He has worked with artists like Afrojack and Linkin Park, Afrojack. Linkin Park, Will.i.am. Lil Jon. Blink-182, Laidback Luke. BTS. Louis Tomlinson. Rise Against. Vini Vii & Fall Out Boy. He is well-known for his remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi.