By his early 20s, Aoki had built his own record label, which he named Dim Mak – a reference to his childhood hero, Bruce Lee. Aoki was also involved in student activism at UCSB, being the founder of a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League chapter on campus. As a concert venue, the apartment became known as The Pickle Patch. In college, he produced DIY records and ran underground concerts out of his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative, which was located in Isla Vista, a section of residential land adjacent to UCSB. degrees, one in feminist studies and the other in sociology. Īoki attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with two B.A. His half-sister is model and actress Devon Aoki. He has two older siblings, sister Kana (who is sometimes called by her middle name "Grace"), and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi restaurant). His father was a former wrestler who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana.
He is of Japanese descent, the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kobayashi. He graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he was a player on the varsity badminton team. 2.5 2017–present: Steve Aoki Presents Kolony, 5OKI, Neon Future III and IVĪoki was born in Miami, Florida, but grew up in Newport Beach, California.2.4 2014–16: Neon Future albums and film.2.2 2010–12: International breakthrough.2.1 1990s–2000s: Dim Mak Records and early releases.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. He has collaborated with artists such as will.i.am, Afrojack, LMFAO, Linkin Park, AGNEZ MO, Iggy Azalea, 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.Īoki has released several Billboard-charting studio albums as well, notably Wonderland, which was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. The group’s subsequent album, Love Yourself: Her (2017), made history when it opened at #7 on the Billboard 200, the highest position ever for an Asian artist.Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( / eɪ ˈ oʊ k i/ born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, record executive, and heir to his father Rocky Aoki's fortune from the Benihana restaurant franchise. BTS’s first “million sellers” after selling over 1.5 million copies, the group was named Artist of the Year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Wings became the best-selling album in South Korea at the time according to the Gaon Album Chart. Their second complete album, Wings (2016), achieved the highest chart position ever for a K-pop album as it peaked at #26 on the Billboard 200. At the 2016 Melon Music Awards, Young Forever went on to win Album of the Year, which was The Most Beautiful Moment in Life. Billboard 200, the band continued to gain popularity. With their subsequent albums, Dark & Wild (2014), The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 (2015), and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (2016), which both charted in the U.S. They received numerous New Artist of the Year honors for the song “No More Dream,” winning wins at the 2013 Melon Music Awards, the Golden Disc Awards, and the 2014 Seoul Music Awards. They performed “No More Dream” off their debut album, 2 Cool 4 Skool, on June 12 to commemorate their June 13 debut. The name afterward became a backronym for Beyond the Scene in July 2017. The Bangtan Boys, sometimes referred to as BTS, is a South Korean boy band made up of seven members that were founded by Big Hit Entertainment.
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