Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki was created in Miami, Florida on the 30th of November 1977. American electro-house musician Record producer, D.J. Music executive. He is the third child of Chizuru and Rocky Aoki's kids. His father was a former wrestler who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana. There are two siblings who are sisters Kana who is frequently known as Grace due to her middle name Grace, and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi). The half-sister of his is Devon Aoki, a model and actress. He was born in Newport Beach, California & graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he played on the team for badminton on the varsity. He went on to UC Santa Barbara, graduating with two B.A. He graduated with two bachelor's degrees, one in feminist studies and the other in Sociology. He produced DIY records and hosted underground shows from his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative when he was in college. The Pickle Patch was born as a concert venue. He was active with student activism and created a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section on campus. He had already started an independent record label when he was in his 20s. It was named Dim Mak and was named for his idol from childhood Bruce Lee. He dropped I'm IN THE HOUSE, an album that was co-written with the Zuper Blahq, the alter-ego of will.i.am. The song charted at the top of the charts at No. 29 on the U.K. Singles Chart in its 1st week of release. The track later made it into the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, placing in the top 5 on both charts. The song was featured in an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore. It also was featured in Piranha, the feature film Piranha and also in 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 an album. Pollstar identified him as the top-grossing North America dance artist from tours 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 & Fall Out Boy. He is well-known for his remixes of artists including Kid Cudi.