Diplo

Diplo, perhaps more than any other DJ from this decade, is adept at locating the sonic correlations between culturally disparate sounds. His sets effortlessly oscillate between Rio de Janeiro's favela funk, U.K. grime, Baltimore club music, Southern crunk, indie-electro and other as-yet-unclassifiable music. In this Rhapsody exclusive, he discusses the future of global dance music.