E128: Diplo: College Dropout To World's Most Iconic DJ

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Diplo is a DJ and music producer, who as well as being one of the biggest solo DJs in the world, is one half of Major Lazer and Silk City. His new album ‘Diplo’ is out now.

But when Diplo was growing up in the deep American south, the music world seemed a million miles away. A journey to expand his horizons and connect with new types of people and music would take him to Brazil, Japan, Jamaica and many, many more places.

DJs like Diplo are in the business of creating unforgettable moments and experiences for their audience, but what is it like to live those moments nearly every day, every time in a new city, every time in a new way?

Topics:

Your early years
What drove you to follow your passion?
Faking being a DJ
How travel and culture shaped your music
How do you anticipate a hit record?
Whats been the cost of your obsession?
Your journey with mental health
Your family
How do you handle the highs and lows?
Your new album
Balancing relationships and being on the road
Our last guest question

Diplo:

https://www.instagram.com/diplo/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Lm2otWdTB4ChDfvbRXHIu

Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos

Sponsors:

Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven

Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx

Transcript

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0:00.0	Could you do me a quick favor if you're listening to this? Please hit the follow or subscribe button
0:03.5	It helps more than you know and we invite subscribers in every month to watch the show in person
0:07.5	If I knew now what I knew then I would have done a different journey
0:11.2	And the Grammy goes to dance album DJ of the year
0:14.8	Diplo! Diplo! Diplo!
0:17.0	And I just remember I did this whole circuit working on these young rappers and they were like really young
0:21.5	They were like 19, 20 and these rappers all started to die
0:24.5	You know little peep overdosed X was shot
0:28.2	Nobody really cares about like all the adoration you get
0:30.5	You care about the people that don't like you
0:31.8	And that you get caught up in that
0:34.0	It's not a consistent paycheck
0:35.2	The music never is and it wasn't for me for three, four years
0:38.0	I'm one month I'm not doing good
0:39.5	I don't care, I can't pay rent
0:40.8	I'm homeless
0:41.6	What's the sacrifice with a cost in terms of personal life balance?
0:45.8	Have to answer that
0:47.0	The End
0:56.6	Wes
0:57.4	Yeah
0:58.6	Whenever I do this podcast up I always get really intrigued by the formative years of someone's life
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