Diplo chats about his intense schedule, his country project, and his label Higher Ground in a new interview with Billboard. The DJ, who now goes by Thomas Wesley, explains his support of underground artists through his label: “It’s really difficult to become a new EDM artist.
The doors kind of got closed behind Martin Garrix or Marshmello. “The old guys aren’t going away. I’m not going away. And it’s really easy to copy someone’s sound… EDM doesn’t have rules that you can’t copy people’s sounds because EDM fans don’t care.
They’re not there for the prestige of it. So with all these EDM guys, they don’t let the young person that’s doing the cool thing up.” RELATED: Diplo Reveals There Was A Shooting During His Street Party Concert In Brazil:
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