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's the 3rd child of
Chizuru Kobayashi and Rocky Aoki. His father was a wrestler who also founded
the restaurant chain Benihana. He has two older siblings, a sister Kana (who is
sometimes called by her middle name Grace) & brother Kevin (owner of
the Doraku Sushi restaurant). His half-sister is Devon Aoki, a model and
actress. He was born in Newport Beach and graduated from Newport Harbor High
School with the class of 1995 with a B.A. in badminton. After graduating from
UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree, He attended UC Santa Barbara.
degrees, one in feminist studies & the other in sociology. He was a
college student who recorded his own music and hosted underground music in his
Biko space in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch
became a concert venue when the apartment was known as The Pickle Patch. He was
active in student activism and established a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist
League section on campus. He had already started his own record label during
the 20s. It was called Dim Mak, after his childhood idol Bruce Lee. The label
released I'm IN THE HOUSE in the year 2000, which was a collaboration with the
Zuper Blahq, the alter-ego of will.i.am. The track charted at the top of the
charts at No. 29 in the U.K. singles chart in its debut week. It later entered
the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, peaking within the top 5
in both charts. It was seen in MTV's Jersey Shore, as well as the feature film
Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. Producer-songwriter Lucas Secon
confirmed in a interview in May 2010 with HitQuarters, that he and Rivers Cuomo
had recently worked w/ Aoki on an album. Pollstar declared him the top-grossing
North America dance artist from tour dates in 2012. His collaborations include
artists such 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's known for remixes with artists such as Kid Cudi
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