With a real name of William Sami Etienne Grigahcine, DJ Snake was the son of a French father and an Algerian mother. He lived most of his early life in Ermont, Paris where he also first exhibit his skills in art and music. He was greatly influenced by hip-hop artists KRS-One and Cypress and Cut Killer in the film La Haine. His alias, DJ Snake, was derived from his ability to evade the police from arresting him after spreading graffiti around Paris.
According to him, when he started DJing in Paris, most of the people called him DJ Snake, although the name sucks, he still approved it because he thought it’s already too late to change it. He was only 14 when he started being a DJ. He started in some parties in Paris until he met Steve Goncalves, which later became his manager, and encouraged him to make his music.
