| LC control no. | no2008116520 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Diplo (Musician) |
| Variant(s) | Pentz, Thomas Wesley, 1978- Diplo, Wes, 1978- Gully, Wes, 1978- Diplodocus (Musician) Wesley, Thomas, 1978- |
| See also | Corporate body: Major Lazer (Musical group) |
| Other standard no. | 0000000120083948 171136721 Q533781 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Daytona Beach (Fla.) |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) Las Vegas (Nev.) Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1978-11-10 |
| Place of birth | Tupelo (Miss.) |
| Field of activity | Electronic dance music Dancehall (Music) Popular music Moombahton |
| Profession or occupation | Musicians Disc jockeys Composers Sound recording executives and producers |
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| Found in | Verve, remixed 4, p2008: container (remixed by Diplo) Allmusic WWW site, August 12, 2008 (Diplo, b. Thomas Wesley Pentz; aka Diplodocus, Wes Diplo, and Wes Gully; with his mash-up mixtapes, he found and created a sound where his musical tastes - '80s pop, electronica, Dirty South hip-hop, and his major influence, Miami bass music - intersect) Wikipedia, June 13, 2012 (Diplo; b. Thomas Wesley Pentz, Nov. 10, 1978, Tupelo, Miss.; Philadelphia-based American DJ, producer, and songwriter) January 21, 2012 (Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978, Tupelo, Mississippi), known professionally as Diplo; American DJ, songwriter and record producer based in Los Angeles; genres: EDM, dancehall, pop, moombahton; other names: Diplodocus; Thomas Wesley) New Yorker, January 8, 2018: page 16 (Diplo was born Thomas Wesley Pentz, in Tupelo, Mississippi, and grew up near Daytona Beach, Florida. He now splits his time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas; he was on the road for about three hundred days in 2016, performing as Diplo, his solo d.j. brand; as Jack Ü, his collaboration with Skrillex; and as a member of Major Lazer, his three-man d.j. troupe.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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