DJ Snake

DJ Snake is one of those producers whose work I admired before I knew his name. The skull-rattling drop of "Turn Down for What" is pure adrenaline, but what impresses me more is the apprenticeship behind it: production credits for Lady Gaga and Pitbull before his own breakout. That groundwork shows. The pile of NRJ DJ of the Year wins isn't hype; it reflects a Parisian with real sonic instincts who learned the trade properly. I find artists who master the craft offstage tend to last, and Snake feels built for the long haul rather than a viral moment.

Name (English)

DJ Snake

Name (Japanese)

DJスネーク

Reading

DJすねーく

Born

June 13, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

record producer / disc jockey / musician

Awards & achievements

• 2014 MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
• 2015 Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song
• 2015 NRJ DJ Awards
• 2017 NRJ DJ Awards
• 2018 NRJ DJ Awards
• 2018 NRJ Music Award for DJ of the Year
• 2019 NRJ Music Award for DJ of the Year
• 2019 NRJ DJ Awards

• Official sitehttps://djsnake.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/djsnake/
• Xhttps://x.com/djsnake
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%20Snake
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728588

Tags

• record producer
• disc jockey
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.