12 of the best DJ movie cameos
From the decks to the big screen
7 Cut Killer in La Haine
French standout Cut Killer made his film debut in cult favorite La Haine, a black-and-white drama released in 1995.
A juggernaut in the French hip hop genre, Hajoui's most memorable scene in the La Haine (Hate, in English) saw him take to the decks and drop a powerful 'Nique La Police' ('Fuck the Police') at a peak moment of the movie.
Cut Killer continued to intertwine his music with the cinema with later soundtrack contributions to Gamer, The Dancer and complete scores for a number of French films.
8 Calvin Harris in Entourage
It's no surprise that Entourage (the movie) ended up being a star-studded affair with appearances from celebrities all across the board like Mark Wahlberg and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey. Calvin Harris made the cut as the DJ representative in a fictional movie that main character Vince Chase (played by Adrian Grenier) both directs and stars in.
Calvin lacks any lines in the movie, and instead just provides a few silent, dramatic steely-faced shots seen in the trailer above.
9 Diplo in 22 Jump Street
It's only right that Diplo was the DJ of choice for the stereotypically rowdy 'spring break' scene in 22 Jump Street with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill enlisted as the film's undercover cop main characters. Thankfully, in case you didn't already know it was Diplo, he appears wearing a bro tank with his own name emblazoned on it. EDM fit for the tannest, neon-clad bros blares as partygoers jump up and down while Channing Tatum fights off a villain using a drunk woman as a weapon. Yup.
