He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2018, and was promoted to étoile in March 2023, becoming the first mixed black person to reach a principal rank in the company's history.
[4][10] In September 2020, in response to the Paris Opera's inaction following the George Floyd protests, Diop, along with the four other black dancers of the company, wrote a manifesto titled "De la question raciale à l'Opéra de Paris", which questioned certain practices within the opera house and called for urgent changes to address racial discrimination.
Alexander Neef [fr], the general director of Paris Opera, announced actions to tackle racist caricatures in classic ballet.
[7][14] He took on more lead roles including Basilio in Don Quixote, Solor in La Bayadère and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake,[14][3][15] filling in for more senior dancers who were indisposed.
[14] In March 2023, the 23-year-old Diop was promoted to étoile, the highest rank at the Paris Opera Ballet,[4] after dancing as Albrecht in Giselle during a tour to Seoul, South Korea.
[18][5] He also served as an episodic guest judge on Drag Race France, and starred in a campaign for Jacquemus' collaboration with Nike.