Joe Hahn
| Joe Hahn | |
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Joe Hahn in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Hahn |
| Also known as | Mr. Hahn, Chairman Hahn |
| Born |
March 15, 1977 Dallas, Texas, US |
| Origin | Glendale, California |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Musician, director, painter |
| Instruments | Turntables, sampler, keyboards, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | Linkin Park, Fort Minor |
Joseph "Joe" Hahn (born March 15, 1977), is a turntablist and director best known as the DJ and sampler for the American nu metal band Linkin Park.
Joseph "Joe" Hahn was born the youngest of three children (he has two elder sisters) on March 15, 1977 in Dallas, Texas, but he grew up in Glendale, California. Hahn is a second generation Korean American.
Hahn graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale in 1995. He then studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena but did not graduate. Hahn, along with bandmate Mike Shinoda, is responsible for most of Linkin Park's album artwork.
On February 15, 2005, Hahn married Karen Benedit; the couple divorced in 2009.
On October 21, 2012, Hahn married Heidi Woan, whom he had met about two years prior in 2010.
Hahn began deejaying in high school, and he studied illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In college, he met Mike Shinoda and joined his band Xero, which later became known as Hybrid Theory in 1999 with the EP release of the same name as the band, then was changed again into Linkin Park during the recording sessions of Hybrid Theory. Hahn and Shinoda guested in The X-Ecutioners' hit single "It's Goin' Down". Hahn also guest starred in Shinoda's Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied on the song "Slip Out the Back".
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