About Major Lazer
Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music and DJ group, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire, Ape Drums and vocalist America Foster. They were founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was then replaced by both Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. In June 2019, Jillionaire left the group and was replaced by Ape Drums. In 2025, British-Jamaican artist and Internet personality America Foster joined the group. Their music spans numerous genres, mixing reggae with dancehall, ReggaeEDM, reggaeton, soca, house and moombahton.