Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), better known by his stage nam… Read Full Bio ↴Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Philadelphia-based American DJ, producer, and songwriter. Together with DJ Low Budget, he runs Hollertronix, a club and music collective. He also founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as the not for profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, Pentz has worked as a school teacher in Philadelphia.
During his rise to notability, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with helping expose him in his early career. Later, Pentz and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists. Pentz's alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
For the artist Diplodocus, see their redirected profile: https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Diplodocus
Wrong redirections like this cannot be corrected at the moment, see this related support FAQ: https://support.last.fm/t/about-incorrect-artist-and-track-spellings-on-last-fm/193
During his rise to notability, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with helping expose him in his early career. Later, Pentz and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists. Pentz's alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
For the artist Diplodocus, see their redirected profile: https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Diplodocus
Wrong redirections like this cannot be corrected at the moment, see this related support FAQ: https://support.last.fm/t/about-incorrect-artist-and-track-spellings-on-last-fm/193
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Chapter 1: Snake Oil
Diplo Lyrics
Dance with Me Had another dream about you These days, only thing I do We'd…
Do Si Do Favorite part of a honky-tonk Them Daisy Dukes and badonkado…
Heartbreak Picture this all down the block Bars all close at eight…
Heartless Heartless So heartless Say you goin' out late I count down …
Hometown Let me take you to my hometown, show you who…
Intro There's no trouble in this town But by God, I wish…
Lonely Wanna ride with you 'til the wheels fall off 'Til we're…
On Mine Imagine what we could, what we could be Breathing, breathing…
Real Life Stuff I wanna do that real life stuff with you Turn everything…
So Long Don't know why you're scared to let me love you You…