GRAMMY-winning DJ/producer Diplo covered a variety of topics relating to his career during Up Close & Personal With Diplo, a recent program presented by The Producers & Engineers Wing and The Recording Academy Philadelphia Chapter. In a conversation moderated by music journalist Dan DeLuca, Diplo discussed emerging within the Philadelphia music scene, how he met Kanye West, his musical chemistry with Skrillex, collaborating with Beyoncé on her Lemonade album, and why he wants to nurture the next generation of musicians, among other topics.

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"[Skrillex is] able to manipulate sound in a really genius way. He has a different way to hear things," said Diplo. "We were both kind of renegade in the dance music scene — we both want to do something separate from that. So we did that with the Jack Ü album."

Diplo earned the first two GRAMMYs of his career for Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü, a collaboration with Skrillex released under the moniker Jack Ü. The album netted Best Dance/Electronic Album honors for 2015 while the track "Where Are Ü Now," featuring Justin Bieber, won for Best Dance Recording. The trio performed the song on the 58th GRAMMY Awards telecast. Diplo has earned two nominations for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical for 2012 and 2015. His first career GRAMMY nod was for Record Of The Year for 2008 as the producer of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes."

Diplo founded his own record label, Mad Decent, in 2005. He is also the driving force behind Major Lazer, an electronic project comprising himself, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Their most recent album is 2015's Peace Is The Mission. Other artists with whom Diplo has collaborated include Beyoncé, Big Sean, Madonna, Shakira, Britney Spears, and Gwen Stefani. Diplo co-wrote the songs "Hold Up" and "All Night" for the former's 2016 studio album, Lemonade.

Diplo is currently performing select tour dates in North America, with international dates scheduled through February 2017.