He cites a scene with Cut Killer in the French film La Haine as well as hip-hop artists KRS-One and Cypress Hill as early influences.

In his youth, Grigahcine produced graffiti art, earning him the moniker "Snake" because he was able to consistently evade the police.

[20] In his early career, Grigahcine performed at clubs including Le Bains Douches in Paris.

He remixed Kanye West's "New Slaves", AlunaGeorge's "You Know You Like It", Duck Sauce's "It's You", Major Lazer's "Bubble Butt" and Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet".

[12] He performed at the 2015 Coachella Music Festival with guest appearances by AlunaGeorge and MØ, who did vocals on "Lean On" with Major Lazer.

[32][33] In October 2015, DJ Snake and fellow electronic producer Tchami were injured in a car crash, causing them both to miss a scheduled stop at Toronto's Monster Mash festival.

[35] In December 2013, "Turn Down for What", DJ Snake's collaboration with Lil Jon, was released on Columbia Records.

[36] The song was featured in a commercial for the Sol Republic DECK, a wireless speaker, which aired in October 2013.

The song's accompanying music video premiered on 16 March 2016 on DJ Snake's YouTube account on Vevo.

[68] The track infuses tropical house sounds and was released by Interscope Records and made available for purchase on iTunes on 10 June 2016.

On 2 January 2017, DJ Snake started promoting the album's fourth single "The Half", featuring Jeremih, Young Thug and Swizz Beatz.

[71] In fall 2017, DJ Snake performed at the Arc de Triomphe to promote Paris' bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In late August 2018, DJ Snake announced via his social media platforms that he would be releasing a new song later that year.

Throughout the year 2016 and into early 2017, DJ Snake was part of the Pardon My French Tour with Tchami and Mercer.

For his special venue at the Accor Hotel Arena (Paris), in 2018 DJ Snake had an exclusive collaboration between his own trademark Pardon My French and the denim brand Levi's.

The very limited edition was available as a world exclusive at the Champs-Elysées Levis flagship the day of the venue (24 February 2018) and encountered a huge success.

[76] List of Premiere Classe released tracks: DJ Snake is a fan of French football club Paris Saint Germain.