Abanye babona ubizo lwabo empilweni njengokufundisa izingane, kanti abanye bancamela ukusebenza nabantu abadala. Lokhu akusebenzi kuphela kothisha besikole, kodwa nasezibalweni zomculo. U-DJ owaziwayo kanye nomdidiyeli womculo u-Diplo wakhetha ukuphishekela amaphrojekthi omculo njengendlela yakhe yobungcweti, futhi ashiye ukufundisa esikhathini esidlule. Uyajabulela futhi azuze ngezifundo zomculo, futhi afune ngenkuthalo amathalente futhi awakhuthaze.
Ebuntwaneni, izintshisekelo zekusasa lika-DJ Diplo
UThomas Wesley Pentz, owayezokwaziwa ngeDiplo ngokuzayo, wazalwa ngoNovemba 10, 1978. Umndeni wakhe ubuhlala eTupelo, eMississippi, e-USA. Kamuva bathuthela eMiami.
Umfana wayenesithakazelo esikhulu kuma-dinosaurs. Lo msebenzi wokuzilibazisa wafakwa kuye nguyise. Akazange nje abonise isithakazelo emhlabeni wezilwane zasendulo, kodwa wazalanisa futhi wathengisa ama-manatee, izingwenya, nezinye izidalwa eziphilayo, ezivela ezikhathini zasendulo. Kwakusesitolo sabazali bakhe lapho ayechitha khona isikhathi sakhe esiningi eseyingane.
Ebusheni bakhe, njengentsha eningi, uThomas waba nesithakazelo emculweni. Ukwazile ukucula kahle isiginci namakeyboard.
Imfundo yamaciko eDiplo
Ngemva kokuphothula eThomas Pentz High School, wathuthela eFlorida. Lapha ngo-1997 wangena enyuvesi. Ngokushesha unquma ukuthuthela ePhiladelphia. Lapha umfana uya e-Temple University, ngemva kwalokho uqhubeka nokusebenza esikhungweni semfundo.
Iziteketiso ezisetshenzisiwe
Ngemva kokuqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo, uThomas Pentz waqala ukuzibiza ngokuthi u-Wes Gale. Kamuva wamukela igama elithi Diplo. Lesi isifinyezo se-"diplodocus" - igama lesibankwa sasendulo. Ethatha leli gama, uThomas wakhokha inkokhiso ekushisekeleni kwakhe ebuntwaneni nge-paleontology. Ngaleli gama aqala ukuduma ngalo. Kweminye imisebenzi kunegama elinegama eliphelele le-dinosaur: Diplodocus.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe enyuvesi, uThomas Pentz waqala ukusebenza lapha njengothisha, umeluleki wezenhlalakahle. Wathola abafundi abanzima ababedinga usizo lokuzivumelanisa nezimo. Wayesebenza nezingane, ezisiza ukuba zifunde ukufunda, izibalo. Kwathatha isikhathi esiningi ukwenza lokhu. Ngokuvamile, uThomas wayesebenzisa ngemva kwamahora. Lo msebenzi uwubiza ngokuzikhandla. Ukushuba okuphezulu, imizwa engemihle, ukubandakanyeka okuqinile kwangenza ngalushiya ngokushesha lolu hlobo lomsebenzi.
Okudingekayo kokuqala komsebenzi womculo we-Diplo
Esesenyuvesi, uThomas Pentz waqala ukubonakala esiteji njengo-DJ. Wayethanda ukulalela umculo kuphela, kodwa futhi ukuwushintsha ngendlela athanda ngayo. Le nsizwa ihlatshwe umxhwele umoya wenjabulo wamaphathi. Wabusa ngenjabulo ku-DJ console, wafunda nomculo.
Duet esiteji
Ngo-2003 uThomas wahlangana no-DJ Low Budget. Abafana bathola izithakazelo ezivamile ngokushesha, banquma ukudala umculo ndawonye. Bakha iqembu, bathatha igama elithi Hollertronix. Ukusebenza kwalaba ababili kube yimpumelelo. Laba bafana banqume ukukhipha i-mixtape ethi "Never Scared". I-albhamu ikleliswe kwabayishumi abahamba phambili yi-New York Times.
Umsebenzi we-Diplo solo
Ngo-2004, uThomas Pentz wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Diplo. Irekhodi elithi "Florida" libe yimpumelelo. I-albhamu yayiyisiqalo somsebenzi womculo osebenzayo womculi. Ngo-2012, i-Diplo ikhiphe iqoqo elithi "Express Yourself". I-albhamu elandelayo yomculi ivela ngo-2014. Kusukela ngo-2018, ubelokhu ekhipha irekhodi minyaka yonke.
Ukuvela kwePhilaMOCA
Ngemva kokuthola umholo wokuqala, i-Diplo idale inkundla yomculo i-PhilaMOCA. Yayinezitudiyo zokuqopha nevidiyo, kanye namahholo amakhonsathi. Indawo isiphenduke inkomba yezinto ezithakaselwa yiciko. Abantu abaningi abadumile bomculo basebenzisa izinsiza ze-studio: MIA, Christina Aguilera, Shakira.
Ukusebenzisana nabanye abaculi
Ngo-2004, umculi wahlangana ne-MIA. Baqala ubuhlobo bomuntu siqu, futhi kwavela i-duet yokudala. I-albhamu ethi "Piracy Funds Terrorism", eyakhiwe ngokubamba iqhaza kwe-Diplo, yabizwa ngemithombo ethile edumile ngokuthi iyona ehamba phambili yonyaka.
Intombazane yethula lo mculi ku-DJ Switch. Bakha iphrojekthi ye-Major Lazer. Ngo-2009, ukusebenzisana kwabo "I-Paper Planes" kwaqokwa kwi-Grammy. Ukuqamba kuthathe indawo yesi-4 ku-Billboard Hot 100. Ngo-2011, i-Switch yamisa ukusebenzisana kwayo ne-Diplo, futhi u-Major Lazer wajoyina u-Jillionaire, u-Walshy Fire.
Ngo-2013, i-duet Jack Ü yavela kanye ne-Skrillex. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, iphrojekthi yaletha ama-Grammys angu-2: i-albhamu yomdanso ehamba phambili kanye nengoma ehamba phambili. Ngo-2018, umculi, kanye no-Sia, uLabrinth, badale iqembu le-LSD. Ithrekhi yabo yasetshenziswa emkhankasweni wokukhangisa we-smartphone ye-Samsung. Ukwakheka ngokubambisana ne I-French Montana, Lil Pumpyaba iculo le-Deadpool 2.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Diplo
UThomas Pentz akashadile, kodwa uphila impilo yomuntu siqu enemibalabala. Kusukela ngo-2003, wayesebudlelwaneni ne-MIA iminyaka engu-5. Lo mbhangqwana wawubancane kakhulu, awuzange ucabange ngomshado, uhlose ukuthuthukisa umsebenzi.
Intombazane elandelayo isikhathi eside kwakunguKathryn Lockhart. Umbhangqwana awuzange wenze ubuhlobo obusemthethweni iminyaka engu-5, kodwa wazala izingane ezi-2. Kusukela ngo-2014, lo mculi uthandana noKaty Perry cishe unyaka.
Ngo-2017, kwaziwa ngobuhlobo obufushane noKate Hudson. Futhi ngawo lowo nyaka, uTomas waqala ukuthandana Nadya Loren. Ngo-2018, inyanga ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwendodakazi yabo, ubuhlobo bahlukana.
Izimpumelelo Zomculi
UDiplo ungumsunguli welebula ethi Mad Decent. Ubhala umculo, uhlanganyela ekukhiqizeni. Uvame ukuvakashela eJamaica. Umdwebi wayegcwele umoya okhululekile, isigqi esasibusa esiqhingini. Lapha uqamba umculo, usiza ekuthuthukiseni amakhono asemasha. Ngokufayila kwakhe, ama-motifs ase-Afrika, aseLatin America avame ukuzwakala emidansweni yamazwe athuthukile.
Lo mculi usakaza ku-BBC Radio 1. Ngo-2017 u-DJ Magazine wambeka ku-#25 phakathi ko-DJ bomhlaba. Ngo-2018, i-Diplo isivele ithathe isikhundla sesi-6 kulolu hlu. UThomas Pentz wabhala incwadi mayelana nomhlaba womculo, futhi wazidlala izikhathi ezintathu ku-movie. Uthuthuka ngenkuthalo njengo-DJ nomkhiqizi, efinyelela ngokuhlelekile ezindaweni eziphakeme.
