ABOUT KENNA:
KENNA is a Grammy Award®-nominated musician, philanthropist, lead creative andChief Vision Officer of the new Myspace. He was raised in Virginia Beach, VA, where he became friends and career-long collaborators with Pharrell Williams andChad Hugo of The Neptunes/N.E.R.D. KENNA expressed an interest in music when he first heard U2's The Joshua Tree. That album inspired KENNA while studying singers like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, as well as groups like The Cure andDuran Duran. KENNA has worked and toured with Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Mark Ronson, No Doubt, N.E.R.D. and Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan,Mike Shinoda, Lupe Fiasco, Santigold, and Ashlee Simpson. He continues to create his own sound that has yet to be categorized and filed under any mainstream genre. He is defined only by his natural constitution to never be what you expect. In addition to his musical pursuits, when KENNA learned about the global water crisis affecting his home village in Ethiopia, he decided to create the SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT project. In 2010, KENNA and his colleagues climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to bring attention to the water crisis. KENNA developed a transmedia platform and 19,340-ft. website with a game engine for fans and followers to participate virtually with the climbers. This concept, rooted in social media, was the first of its kind. The project generated 3 billion impressions, over 2,300 pieces of traditional press, and helped influence U.S. Foreign Aid appropriations through advocacy to bring clean drinking water to thousands of people in his home country and the world. ABOUT DIM MAK:
Since the label’s inception in 1996, Dim Mak has thrived on a commitment to preserving a boundless, forward-thinking music community. Everything about Dim Makstems from founder Steve Aoki’s “Do It Yourself” ethos to morph and move with the industry’s ever- changing tides. It all started with a 7-inch record from obscure, SoCal hardcore ensemble Stickfigurecarousel in 1996. Dim Mak has since put out nearly 500 releases to date and has broken artists from The Kills, Battles, Bloc Party, The Gossip, Klaxons, The Bloody Beetroots, MSTRKRFT, Felix Cartal, Datsik, and more. Dim Mak’s current roster boasts major releases from Infected Mushroom,Clockwork, Angger Dimas, Azari & III, Keys N Krates, Dirtyphonics, and many more. For the last 10 years, Dim Mak has thrown the now iconic weekly Dim Mak Tuesdays events at Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood, CA. Dim Mak has created a platform for many cutting-edge artists like Afrojack, Zedd, A-Trak, Lady Gaga,Borgore, Travis Barker, Kid Cudi, Justice, and Zeds Dead amongst many others to break out into the world of music.
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