Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was conceived in Miami, Florida on November 30, 1977. Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician recording producer, D.J. Music executive. He is the third son of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kbayashi. His father, a former wrestler, was also the co-founder of the chain of restaurants Benihana. He has two older siblings who are sisters Kana who is usually known as Grace because of her middle name Grace, as well as brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). His half-sister is Devon Aoki, a model and actress. He was born in Newport Beach, California & graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995. There he played on the varsity badminton team. He later attended UC Santa Barbara, graduating w/ 2 B.A. He graduated with two degrees in sociology, and another in feminist studies. He was a student at the college who created records by himself and also held underground shows in his Biko space at Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch became a performance venue when the building was named The Pickle Patch. He was active with student activism and created a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section 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. He released 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 charted at the top of the charts at No. 29 in the U.K. Singles Chart in the first week of its release. It later entered the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, peaking within the top 5 in both charts. It was featured in MTV's Jersey Shore, as well as in the feature film Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. In a May 2010 interview with HitQuarters, Lucas Secon, the producer-songwriter confirmed that he as well as Rivers Cuomo had just worked on an album. Pollstar named him the highest-grossing North America dance artist from performances in 2012. He has collaborated with artists like Iggy Azalea, Afrojack, LMFAO, Linkin Park, Will.i.am, Lil Jon, Blink-182, Laidback Luke, BTS, Louis Tomlinson, Rise Against, Vini Vici & Fall Out Boy. The artist is known for his remixes with artists like Kid Cudi.