In a cover story for Billboard, reigning pop king Diplo shared a wealth of information about upcoming collaborations, his “perpetual motion machine” lifestyle, and his sponsorship deal with Uber. Here are the goods: In 2015, he’s putting out a new Major Lazer album and launching a Major Lazer cartoon on Fox about a ...

Earlier this month, two of the kids who had gone to the Maryland date of Diplo’s Mad Decent Block Party festival died of drug-related issues, and many more were hospitalized. As a result, festival organizers have tightened up the rules for the remaining dates, and one of the things that has been banned is Kandi, [...]

Diplo and Skrillex are both at the top of their respective games — the former has the pop music world on lock and the latter is the reigning EDM king — so it’s interesting to see what they come up with when they work together. BBC Radio 1 broadcasted a set last from Diplo’s Las [...]

More than 20 revellers were hospitalised

The entire point of SoundClash the new ?uestlove-produced and Diplo-hosted VH1 show, is to throw a set of disparate artists up onstage and watch what happens. Last week’s episode, for instance, had T.I. sharing a stage with Fall Out Boy and London Grammar. Last night’s episode, meanwhile, had Sia, Ed Sheeran, and Grouplove. T...