12 Interesting Diplo Facts

12 Interesting facts about Diplo.

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1. 12 Things You Didn’t Know About DIPLO http://tilt.lt/diploslide
2. 1 Diplo’s primary influence actually hip hop DJ Shadow and Timbaland are two of his favorite producers. I guess he hangs out with Skrillex just for kicks.
3. 2 Diplo’s real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz. He is 36 years old.
4. 3 Diplo loves expensive booty calls He revealed in an interview with Ask Men that he often flew chicks out to Las Vegas for expensive sushi and well… sex.
5. 4 Diplo stares into the boob tube like the rest of us He is hooked on a handful of television series. Specifically, Diplo loves Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad.
6. 5 Diplo isn’t just a DJ He is also a rapper, songwriter, music producer and a successful business man. He started and manages a record company called Mad Decent. He also created the electronic Dancehall music project.
7. 6 He has a big heart He’s a very charitable individual. He created Heaps Decent, a charity that provides aid to Australian children. He credits his work as a teacher for stoking his charitable flames. Maybe we should convince him to use Tilt? He is pretty good friends with Snoop, and Snoop loves Tilt.
8. 7 Diplo worked as a teacher in Philadelphia He taught literature and math to kids with behavioral problems in an after school care program.
9. 8 He had a cameo in 22 Jump Street (He played himself).
10. 9 In an interview with GQ, Diplo stated that he wants to take a one year hiatus from music to focus on film.
11. Diplo has made a movie and it’s not a sex tape! Diplo directed a film called Favela On Blast. It centers on the music of Brazil’s poorest neighborhoods, also known as Favelas. 10
12. He studied film and music at Temple University in Philadelphia That’s right, this famous master of ceremonies was once a geeky film student. 11
13. 12 Diplo is an a**hole Well, he once was. Diplo attended anger management courses after a violent bar fight that landed him in jail. He didn’t attend anger management voluntarily. It was court ordered.
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