Performance · Production
Diplo
real name Thomas Wesley Pentz
DJ and music producer
Tupelo, United States · b. 1978-11-10
Diplo is credited on 660 releases across 246 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2003–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
660
Credits
246
Albums
3
Decades active
604
In collections
Biography
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American musician, DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter who has collaborated with some major contemporary pop stars. Born on 10 November 1979 in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. Founder of label Mad Decent.
In 1997 he enrolled in the University Of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, then at Temple University, Philadelphia. He got a diploma in Film Studies from Temple University in 2003.
Used to work as a school teacher in Philadelphia & as a social worker.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
660 releases · 246 albums · active 2003–2026
- Performance · 509
- Production · 481
- Engineering · 90
- Other credits · 57
- Mastering · 12
Studios: MixStar Studios · Chalice Recording Studios · The Green Building, Santa Monica · Hackney Downs Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Lemonade
2016
Kala
2007
Contra
2010
Starboy
2016
Watching Movies With The Sound Off
2013
Dreamland
2020
Santogold
2008
Time & Space
2018
Electra Heart
2012
Love.Angel.Music.Baby.
2004
1000 Forms Of Fear
2014
Unorthodox Jukebox
2012
Stone Cold Rhymin'
1989
Arular
2005
Guerolito
2005
Purpose
2015
Gossamer
2012
Nectar
2020
Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones
2022
Tha Carter IV
2011
Body Talk Pt. 1
2010
Perfect Symmetry
2008
Writer's Block
2006
Maya
2010
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Major Lazer
- M.I.A. (2)
- Bonde Do Rolê
- Bonde Do Role
- MIA
- Madonna
- Alex Clare (2)
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