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Diplo Net Worth, Personal Life, Career, Biography And More

Diplo is a famous American DJ. He is also a producer and a songwriter. The popular DJ is also known as Thomas Pentz.  He has co-created Major Lazer, which is a dancehall music group. The group includes popular singers Sia and Labrinth. Diplo has collaborated with many artists like Skrillex, M.I.A., and Mark Ronson.

Net Worth

Diplo has an estimated net worth of $36 million. Mark has accumulated his net worth by becoming an incredibly sought-after DJ. He is very popular in the musical community. His net worth further increased when he worked and collaborated with artists Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, and more. He is also a successful producer and songwriter and has multiple successful professions.

Biography

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His stage name “Diplo” is the short version of “Diplodocus. This is a reference to his obsession over the dinosaurs during his childhood. Pentz also has his own record company which is called the Mad Decent.

He also owns a non-profit organization called Heaps Decent. Thomas was born on November 10th of 1978 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born in a German and English heritage family.  Pentz spent his childhood in Miami. Mark got familiar with the musical styles of music, rap, and hip-hop subgenre.

Pentz attended the University of Central Florida and while he was studying he started DJ at a local studio. He moved to Philadelphia and studied in Temple University. During these years he became a renowned DJ connected with DJ Low Budget.

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Career

Diplo and DJ Low Budget released his mixtapes in the 2000s and became successful. They started hosting parties that were frequented by stars like Bun B and M.I.A. Diplo released his debut solo album which was called “Florida.” He also worked with the Big Nada Records and released a nightclub-influenced album with the company. He also released a DVD called “Banned in Libya. This album explored a sub-genre that was titled the “favela funk.”

Diplo reached heights of success, and this led him to construct his own studio. The studio is called “The Mausoleum.” The studio is massive and huge and consists of a video studio and a recording studio. Diplo’s studio also consists of the record label offices and a gallery that has a space to host events. The Mausoleum has hosted many parties and several popular artists like Shakira, Boys Noize, Santigold, have held their performances in the recording space.

Diplo has collaborated with many popular artists like Sia and Labrinth. He formed a group named LSD with the singers, and they released their first album together with the name of “Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present… LSD” in 2019. Diplo has created many groups and one of the most popular groups of the company includes the British DJ Mark Ronson group called Silk City. The group was formed in 2018 and released a number of tracks that includes the Grammy-award-winning “Electricity.”

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Relationships

Diplo was in the news for dating Katy Perry. The couple did not last long and dated for approximately a year. The couple quits after dating from 2014 to 2015. The DJ has also been in a relationship with Jevon King, who is a well-known Trinidadian model. Jevon King and Diplo have a child together and the couple became parents after they dated for a year. In addition, the DJ is also a father of two children. The mother of the children is a non-celebrity woman called Kathryn Lockhart.

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