Though many of the revelations are recent, the troubling behavior by Diplo-whose real name is Thomas Pentz-goes back much farther, and commonly involves young Black and brown women, and sometimes young women who are under the age of consent. From 2003 to 2008, Diplo dated British-born rapper M.I.A. How much of that was the embellishment of a jilted ex-lover, and how much was truth is hard to independently verify, but it was the first sign of a more troubling pattern from the famous DJ.Īccused the DJ of mental abuse, of trying to take credit for her career, of taking credit for songs that weren’t his, of cheating on her, and even of using an image of her as a dart board. In October 2020, rapper Azealia Banks spoke out about Diplo, saying on her podcast, “I used to have sex with Diplo when I was 17 (Diplo was in his 30s). Diplo definitely found me on f-ing Myspace. I always give him credit for f-ing launching my career off, but yeah, I had to give him some teenage pussy to do it.
