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Meet The Man Who's Making Your Kids Go Wild

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.24.2013 | Entertainment

At the end of a Saturday interview with Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire of Major Lazer during the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Ar...

'People Are Looking For Something Different'

AP | CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 04.18.2013 | Entertainment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Major Lazer is a work in progress. Diplo's part-time project, with a new album "Free the Universe" out this week, is ever-ev...

Get Ready To See A Lot Of This Guy

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.11.2013 | Entertainment

From the files of Big Business Has Discovered Dance Music: Fox is racing to get a Diplo movie off the ground. Some catch-up for those who are unfa...

Kia Makarechi

Snoop Reveals His Views On Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 03.28.2013 | Entertainment

News that Snoop Dogg had taken a smoker's sabbatical from West Coast party rap was met with a healthy skepticism, bemusement and even derision when it...

LOOK: Where Diplo Got Mobbed

| Posted 03.26.2013 | Miami

BY JIPSY, NEFARIOUSGIRL.COM New York-based firm UG Strategies took over the Gale Hotel in South Beach with Jays of Sweden and DBEST London to creat...

Where Stars Are Born

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.15.2013 | Miami

MIAMI -- Stars are born at Ultra Music Festival. The electronic dance music festival that began Friday will draw internationally renowned disc jockey...

'Harlem Shake' In Hot Water

rollingstonelogo | Posted 03.11.2013 | Entertainment

The following article is provided by Rolling Stone. BY ERIC R. DANTON Two artists sampled in Baauer's Number One hit "Harlem Shake" are seeking ...

Week In #Instagigs

Posted 03.10.2013 | Arts

One lucky concert goer snapped this photo of Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known by his pseudonym, Diplo, at a gig in Canada this past week. The Philly-...

Usher's Back And Wants To Kidnap You, Maybe

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 02.15.2013 | Entertainment

On Thursday, Usher joined Justin Timberlake and a host of other performers who looked to capitalize on Valentine's Day by pushing out new music and vi...

You Can't Put Him In A Box

AP | CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 04.10.2013 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Don't bother calling Diplo if you want to make something that sounds like a Diplo record. He's not interested. "Producers in L.A....

EDM Is Growing Up

Tommie Sunshine | Posted 03.06.2013 | Entertainment
Tommie Sunshine

2013 is the year of the Snake and although I don't know exactly what that means, I do know it's going to be an amazing year for EDM and the emerging culture around it. We are at the tipping point. It's not the end at all. EDM is just growing up.

The 15 Best Songs Of The Year

Kia Makarechi | Posted 02.16.2013 | Entertainment
Kia Makarechi

The best songs of 2012 did more than please listeners' ears; they also advanced the genres they represented, whether it was pop, hip hop, rock, EDM or whatever we're calling Fiona Apple's music these days.

The Rise of EDM

Danny Feinstein | Posted 01.08.2013 | College
Danny Feinstein

If you have turned on the radio, watched TV, or attended a music festival in the last several years you have likely noticed the Electronic Dance Music DJs and producers flooding the market. EDM is the fastest growing mainstream genre in the United States.

Kia Makarechi

Diplo's Recipe For A Damn Good Block Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 09.21.2012 | Entertainment

Diplo's production catalog is so varied that fans can love some of his work, while judging -- or even hating -- other projects. Someone who dislikes M...

Snoop Dogg: Obama Deserves Another Term

The Huffington Post | Michael Hogan | Posted 09.07.2012 | Entertainment

At a Friday afternoon press conference in Toronto, the rapper Snoop Dogg took time out from promoting his new film, "Reincarnated," to weigh in on the...

LISTEN: Another No Doubt Song Debuts

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 08.29.2012 | Entertainment

No Doubt, Gwen Stefani and her reunited band of ska rockers is back with another single. "Push and Shove," which Ryan Seacrest debuted Wednesday, sees...

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Snoop Dogg Is A Whole New Man

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 08.07.2012 | Entertainment

Just about a year ago, Diplo and Snoop Dogg were both at the dance music festival Electric Zoo. The elder statesman of West Coast rap was spinning dub...

13 Laughable Lines From Usher's New Album

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 06.11.2012 | Entertainment

On "Looking 4 Myself," Usher teams up with the likes of electro-dance superstars Diplo and Swedish House Mafia for raucous club-ready jams sure to be ...

Who's Missing From This Year's Holy Ship?

Posted 11.27.2012 | Miami

It seems like only yesterday Skrillex was being followed around the MSC Poesia like an EDM pied piper -- and the whole 'Holy Ship' got stuck on a reef...

Diplo Sets It Off

Posted 05.17.2012 | Home

"I wanna set it off," shrieks a helium-filled voice, setting Diplo's latest track into motion. "Set It Off," which we heard a sample of late last year...

Nicki Minaj, Skrillex, A-Trak & More Team Up With Pepsi

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.02.2012 | Entertainment

Forget battle of the boy bands. This summer, it's all about battle of the soda brands, as Pepsi and Coca-Cola will go head-to-head with new global ad ...

Wiz Khalifa Set To Perform At New Hip-Hop, DJ Festival

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 05.16.2012 | Black Voices

NEW ORLEANS — With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend t...

Diplo's Teases His Free EP

Posted 12.31.2011 | Home

DJ/producer extraordinaire Diplo announced Tuesday that he'll be giving away a free EP titled Express Yourself "inna few days." Does this mean we'll h...

Major Lazer's 'Original Don' Video Goes Medieval

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.09.2011 | Home

No Don Draper, but lots of swordplay -- the new video for Major Lazer's track "Original Don" is here and it should probably come with a "Don't try thi...

LA's It Girl: On The 'So-Called War Against Drugs In Mexico'

Posted 12.20.2011 | Los Angeles

LA-based (and Tijuana-born) musician, Ceci Bastida, is on an upward trend. She was part of a special photo spread on new Latin Music in The New Yo...