Diplo (Musician)

LC control no.	no2008116520
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Diplo (Musician) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
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) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
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
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