Joe Hahn

Joseph "Joe" Hahn (born March 15, 1977), also known by his stage name, Mr. Hahn, is a Korean American turntablist and director best known as the DJ and sampler for the American rock band Linkin Park. Joseph "Joe" Hahn was born the youngest of three children (he has two older 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. On February 15, 2005, Hahn married Karen Benedit; the couple divorced in 2009. 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 Linkin Park. Hahn and Shinoda guested in The X-Ecutioners' hit single "It's Going Down". Hahn also guested in Shinoda's Fort Minor album The Rising...