Thus, Diplo and like-minded DJ Low Budget pooled their resources to start up their own club nights in Philadelphia, which they branded Hollertronix. He was barely able to pay the rent, and the frustration was stunting his musical development (although he does credit one of his musical epiphanies to the after-school students who exposed him to crunk and Baltimore club music).
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To support himself, during and after graduating from Temple, Pentz took on a few different jobs in Philadelphia: social worker, after-school mentor, movie theater employee, and gig-by-gig DJ. independent hip-hop label Big Dada Records, and once signed to the label, he relocated to Philadelphia.
From Japan, he sent a demo tape of his beat concoctions to Will Ashon, founder of U.K. Before his move to Philadelphia, Pentz had moved temporarily to Japan to escape daily life in America. However, he wound up pursuing an education in film studies, starting at a couple Florida colleges but then finishing up his undergraduate degree in Philadelphia at Temple University in 2003. He spent his youth in his father's bait shop, fixated on manatees, alligators, and dinosaurs with hopes of becoming a paleontologist. Although he lived in a few different cities in the South, he mainly grew up in South Florida. Later, his Mad Decent imprint presented the edge of pop, hip-hop, and dance music while his conceptual Major Lazer project mixed dancehall with rave culture and toured the globe as a live party sound system.ĭiplo was born Thomas Wesley Pentz in Tupelo, Mississippi. 1 mixtape, with elusive British-Sri Lankan MC M.I.A., made a heavy impact on the alternative electropop scene, amassing him rave reviews from music critics and indie kids alike, including Spin magazine, which named him DJ of the Year in 2005. His attention-grabbing projects Hollertronix, with partner DJ Low Budget, and the Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. With his mash-up mixtapes, he found and created a sound where his musical tastes - '80s pop, electronica, Dirty South hip-hop, and his major influence, Miami bass music - intersect.
Boaz Van De Beatz, Mike Posner & RiFF RAFF) Rich The Kid, Justin Bieber & Young Thug) Diplo - Express Yourself (feat.Nicky Da B).Diplo - Doctor Pepper (feat.CL / Riff Raff / OG Maco).I am walking down that road Where did all the flowers go? They say we’re supposed to grow Learning from the highs and lows All eyes lying on me oh Begging me to play the role ‘Cause I’m gonna get it right I’m gonna get it right They can try to hold me down, but I am I’m gonna get it right When the sky is filled with smoke and fire I’m gonna get it right All I want is something better in the purple light They can try to hold me down but I am I’m gonna get it right Switchin lanes, four doors feelin like Jeezy Undercover sweater, Balmain, boots Yeezy Summer feelin winter feelin rappin like I’m Weezy Lord forgive me ain’t no prayin when it the hit fan Jesus Cancun chillin by the pool I can feel it Almost hit my goal but I still hit loose women Dueces up, ain’t nobody reaching yoouu baby Ain’t nobody stoppin you baby They can try to hold me down but I am I’m gonna get it right When the sky is filled with smoke and fire I’m gonna get it right All I want is something better in the purple light They can try to hold me down but I am I’m gonna get it right I’m gonna get it right I’m gonna get it right