Steve Aoki is a Japanese-American electro house musician, record producer, and music executive. Known for energetic live shows, in 2012 Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest grossing dance artist in North America from tours. He has collaborated with producers and vocalists such as will.i.am, Afrojack, LMFAO, Iggy Azalea, Lil Jon, and Laidback Luke, and is known for his remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi.
Aoki has released several Billboard-charting studio albums as well, notably Wonderland, which was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013. He is currently releasing his two-part album series Neon Future. The first part was released on September 30, 2014.
His father was a former Japanese wrestler. His childhood hero was Bruce Lee.
Steve was spotted at Saulo and Xande Ribeiro’s University of Jiu-Jitsu where he started training. He posted this picture on his twitter.
Steve Aoki with fellow BJJ celebrity Dan Bilzerian (trains under Rigan Machado) and boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather.
