Shaquille O'Neal will play a DJ Diesel set at WTR Tampa next week – Creative Loafing Tampa

By Stephanie Powers on Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:06 pm

Shaquille O’Neal added a new skill to his never-ending list of talents like basketball player, sports announcer, actor, rapper and really, really tall person—the star is now going by the name of DJ Diesel spinning EDM, hip hop, trap and dubstep.
DJ Diesel—who’s already spun at huge festivals like Tomorrowland—makes his Tampa Bay debut at WTR at the Godfrey Hotel, a venue that’s hosted other celebrity DJs including Diplo, Steve Aoki, and Kim Lee from reality show “Bling Empire.” 
Tickets to see Shaquille O’Neal DJ at WTR in Tampa, Florida on July 24 at noon are on sale now and start at $30.
This isn’t the first foray O’Neal’s into the music game, he’s had four rap albums total with some hits like “What’s Up Doc? (Can we Rock)” with the ‘90s hip-hop group Fu-Schnickens. His 1996 album You Can't Stop the Reign is underrated as hell, too.
O’Neal started spinning for fun in the late-80s, but got serious about it when he retired from basketball. Now the music-festival-headlining DJ Diesel enjoys positive buzz in the electronica world, with EDM Magazine calling him “an eccentric and dynamic headlining addition to the dubstep scene, embraced wholly by his newfound peers.”
WTR is located at  7700 W Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa.

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