About Steve Aoki
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki .mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-smallJapanese: ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and music producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as one of the Most Impactful Asians.
He has collaborated with artists such as will.i.am, Alan Walker, Afrojack, LMFAO, Tini, Linkin Park, AGNEZ MO, Iggy Azalea, Grandson, Lil Jon, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Laidback Luke, BTS, Monsta X, Louis Tomlinson, Backstreet Boys, Rise Against, Vini Vici, Lauren Jauregui, and Fall Out Boy and is known for his remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi.
Aoki has released seven studio albums to date, including several Billboard-charting albums. His debut studio album Wonderland was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013.
In 2019, Aoki published a memoir, Blue: The Color of Noise.
He is the founder of the Steve Aoki Charitable Fund, which raises money for global humanitarian relief organizations.
Aoki was born in Miami, Florida, but grew up in Newport Beach, California. He graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he was a player on the varsity badminton team. He is of Japanese descent, the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kobayashi. His father was a former wrestler who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana. He has two older siblings, sister Kana , and brother Kevin . His half-sister is model and actress Devon Aoki.
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