Over the years, Diplo’s relationship with this (publicly voted) poll has been a tad shaky to say the least. There was his conspicuous absence from it until last year (not our fault), preceded by his appearance in Rolling Stone’s writers’ choice poll named ‘DJs That Rule the Earth’ in 2012, which quickly prompted him to take to Twitter to point out the difference in circulation figures between our niche, dance music specialist magazine with the other publication in question; a San Fran institution set up to cover all walks of popular music since 1969. Sour grapes, was it, Dippy?
