meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Diplo

South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Meadowlark Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.915K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Diplo has created a global music empire built on instinct. The Grammy-winning DJ, producer, and artist, shares unfiltered stories from an unimaginable life - from street fights in Florida parking lots to sunrise sets at Burning Man and producing for global giants like BTS on their new album, “ARIRANG”. Diplo celebrates the diverse, cultural roots of his musical and creative philosophy, and the artists and life-changing performances that continue to inspire him after nearly three decades of making music - from Beyoncé’s legendary Coachella set to witnessing Prince just before his death. Their conversation also takes a powerful turn as he reflects on the emotional highs and crashes of a life spent more than 200 days a year on the road - and recounts using music as both escape and release after learning his mother had passed away. From managing imposter syndrome and loneliness, to building a life of purpose and movement, Dan and Diplo examine what it takes to make people connect. For all the latest music, tour dates, and more go to Diplo.com and for Diplo's Run Club - DiplosRunClub.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. These are the teeth I was born with, except for this one because it fell out because I got to fight in Orlando like 20 years ago.

0:35.6

And then I used my fingers to put it back into place.

0:39.9

Like it was dangling a little bit.

0:42.4

And it was like this, like you'd say your teeth.

0:44.4

Are we recording it?

0:46.4

This is Thomas Wesley Pence.

0:48.9

You might know him as Diplo, and yes, we're recording.

0:51.9

Continue your story.

0:52.8

He's a multi-Grammy winning artist, DJ producer,'re recording. Continue your story. He's a multi-grammy winning artist,

0:55.2

a DJ producer and you can continue your story. Why did you have to push your tooth back in?

1:00.7

My face looks great on this camera. Your makeup girl did a really good job. I look super like young and cool.

1:06.8

I had a fight with this guy in the parking lot of like a dorm and he made any headbutted me.

1:11.8

That's like kind of cheating. And my teeth were like this and this one just went in. Like it went like this. So this tooth, I went in and it was like, damn, that's going to like really suck. But I mean, I've got cousins like missing front teeth. I was like, whatever. I'll deal with it. but I went home and I just kind of shoved it back in there pretty quickly.

1:29.8

And maybe it's like when your finger cuts off and you immediately freeze it and sew it back on it it stayed for a little bit uh-huh about five years later it started to get grayer and then like eight years ago was pretty pretty gray it was kind of like it was too hard to like, it just looked like not good.

1:44.7

It was rotting.

1:45.5

It was kind of like, it was falling out.

1:47.0

I had to get a root canal.

1:47.7

And they were like, what is up with this tooth to just get rid of this thing? I was like, all right, cool. And I have a lot of gold teeth. I have like, I have like, I don't know as you see it. I got like, probably eight gold teeth in the back

1:57.7

because my bad, my, my mother and father, beautiful people,

2:01.5

but they just didn't have a lot of money.

2:02.9

We got like really bad feelings back in the day with that whatever material it is that's kind of cheap so i had to get rid of these these teeth after a while and gold teeth are the best teeth to put in your mouth like it's the best material that your body bonds with so i was like i like my gold teeth I put a gold tooth right here for about two years. I had one big gold tooth in my front of my mouth. And it was just, it felt really cool. But like every picture, it looked like I was missing the tooth. And then people just didn't want to talk to me. Like I would have like to meet with people that aren't just like rappers or whatever. And they were just like, are you good? Like my, it just looked like a, I look more like a prospector than I'd look like a cool person.

2:36.5

Were you getting into a lot of fights?

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Meadowlark Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Meadowlark Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.