DJ Snake
Arno Partissimo · @DJ SNAKE Team · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Full name
- William Sami Étienne Grigahcine.
- Born
- 1986 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France · Algeria
- Occupation
- record producer · disc jockey · musician
- Fields
- electronic dance music · EDM trap music
- Known for
- Turn Down for What · Middle · Let Me Love You · Taki Taki · Loco Contigo · You Know You Like It · Get Low · Lean On
- Honours
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction · Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song · NRJ DJ Awards · NRJ Music Award for DJ of the Year
- Languages
- French · English
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The recorded working language is French and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are electronic dance music and EDM trap music. Residence is recorded at Miami. Works named in the authority record are Turn Down for What, Middle, Let Me Love You, Taki Taki, Loco Contigo and You Know You Like It.
DJ Snake is recorded as having received MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction, Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song and NRJ DJ Awards.
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DJ Snake lors d'une rencontre avec ses fans dans la boutique de sa marque de vêtements Pardon My French, à Paris, le 21 février 2020.
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1986
DJ Snake born at Paris.
2016
DJ Snake (Liveset) - RFM Somnii 2016 (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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Miami
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Paris.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q16728588: DJ Snake
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1074474120, DJ Snake.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- “DJ Snake”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q16728588: DJ SnakeWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1074474120, DJ Snake.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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DJ Snake was recorded at birth as William Sami Étienne Grigahcine. He also worked under the names DJ Snake and The Outlaw. His recorded languages were French and English. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 8: Turn Down for What, Middle, Let Me Love You, Taki Taki, Loco Contigo, You Know You Like It, Get Low and Lean On. His recorded genres are electronic dance music and EDM trap music. Snake received MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction, Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song, NRJ DJ Awards and NRJ Music Award for DJ of the Year. Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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