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 nickname. Music executive. He's the 3rd child of Chizuru Kobayashi and Rocky Aoki. His father, who was a former wrestler, was also the co-founder of the chain of restaurants Benihana. There are two siblings that include sister Kana who is frequently called Grace due to 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 raised in Newport Beach and graduated from Newport Harbor High School with a 1995 B.A. in badminton. He went on to UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a 2nd B.A. He graduated with two degrees in sociology and one in feminist studies. He was a student at the college who made records on his own and hosted underground music in his Biko area at the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch was born as a concert venue. He was active in student activism , and he founded a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League section on campus. In his early 20s, Dim Mak had founded his own record company, that he named Dim Mak in honor of his childhood hero Bruce Lee. In March 2010 the singer came out with I'm in the House, a collaboration with the Zuper Blahq-like alter-ego of the Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The song was ranked No. 29 on the U.K. singles chart in the first week. The track later made it into the U.K. Dance Chart & the U.K. Indie Chart, being among the top 5 on both charts. It was seen on MTV's Jersey Shore, as well as in the feature film Piranha and the trailer for Think Like A Man. Producer and songwriter Lucas Secon confirmed in a interview in May 2010 with HitQuarters, that he and Rivers Cuomo had recently worked together with Aoki on a single. Pollstar declared him the top-grossing North America dance artist from shows in 2012. His collaborations with artists include Afrojack, LMFAO and Linkin Park, Will.i.am. Lil Jon, Blink-182, Laidback Luke. BTS, Louis Tomlinson. Rise Against. Vini Vici and Fall Out Boy. He is known for his remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi