Kaskade
Kaskade
Celebrated Name: Kaskade
Real Name/Full Name: Ryan Gary Raddon
Gender: Male
Age: 53 years old
Birth Date: 25 February 1971
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality: American
Height: 1.75 m
Weight: 72 Kg
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married
Wife/Spouse (Name): Naomi Raddon
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): Three Daughters
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): N/A
Is Maino Lesbian/Gay?: No
Profession: DJ Record Producer, Remixer
Salary: N/A
Net Worth in 2024: $65 million
Last Updated: April 2024

For drowning yourself in music, you might luckily need a DJ to make you rise to the surface of the music, so you could enjoy listening to the motion of beats. Kaskade is a well-known name in the world of DJing; he has seen curious crowds about him, putting notes on festivity and the smiles on many a dancer. He is a man of talent with plenty of patrons who wished he played music for them. Kaskade is a perfect social DJ out on a coaster ride with many records produced and remixed to almost perfection.

Maybe you know about Kaskade very well, but do you know how old and tall is he and what is his net worth in [current date format=’Y’]? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Kaskade’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.

Early Life & Biography

Kaskade’s real name is Ryan Gary Raddon. He adopted the moniker Kaskade on seeing a picture of a waterfall in nature book, thus changing the cascade, meaning falling water to sound Kaskade. Kaskade’s birthplace is Chicago, where he was brought up in the neighborhood of Northbrook and went to study at Glenbrook North High School. He was born on 25 February 1971.

Right from the teenage years, like any teenager, he grew interested in music while the drift into music was natural; he evinced a sort of obsession with house music, which most teenagers have unheard of. During this time, he shopped for music at Gramophone Records on Clark Street in Chicago. On passing out of school, he graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, from 1989-1990, where he would hone his DJ skills in the dorm, a precocious place for sharpening DJ skills. In 1992, he moved to Salt Lake City, where he, alongside his friend, tended to a record store that goes by the name Mechanized.

Personal Life

Kaskade is happily married to Naomi Raddon from whom he has three daughters and lives in Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, California. He is a devout Mormon patronizing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He abstains from alcohol and smoking, something unusual and unheard of for someone raking a good name in the entertainment industry.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 25 February 1971, Kaskade is 53 years old as of today’s date 25th April 2024. His height is 1.75 m tall, and his weight is 72 kg.

Career

In 1995, Kaskade began life anew, DJing on Mondays in the basement of Club Manhattan. In 2000, he along with his wife, Naomi Raddon, moved to San Francisco where he picked up a job with Om Records, and it was here the name Kaskade came into existence, with his real name Ryan Raddon assuming the Kaskade for the rest of his life, which was well-received as he released his first single “What I say” in 2001. In 2003, he broke open a three-album deal with his debut album, “It’s you, It’s me.” The song “Everything” from the album topped the Billboard magazine’s charts.

After the albums “In the Moment” and “The calm,” Kaskade came out with an album called “Love Mysterious” in 2006 of which the single “Be Still” reached among the top 5 positions on the Billboard magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart. He lay in wait for the album “Fire & Ice,” which came out in 2013 and gave him the first Grammy nomination for best dance/electronica album. His other albums are “Strobelite Seduction,” “Dynasty,” “Atmosphere,” “Automatic,” and “Kaskade Christmas.”

Awards and Achievements

Kaskade didn’t have to wait for long before picking up nominations for the Grammys. He began his string of nominations at the Grammys in 2013 with the album “Fire & Ice,” for which he was nominated for the Best Dance/Electronica album. It followed with a nomination in 2014 for the album “Atmosphere” for the Best Dance Recording.

He continued his run at the Grammys with nomination in 2015 for the album “Smile” which was followed by the nominations in the years 2016, 2017 and 2019 for the albums “Runaway (U & I),” “Only” and “Stargazing” respectively in the category “Best Remixed Recording Non-classical.”

Besides the Grammy nominations, Kaskade has picked up awards for America’s Best DJ beginning in 2009 with 4th place, accompanied with 2nd spot in 2010, which turned into the glorious first place in 2011 and 2013. He has placed 2nd again in 2015 and 2016 before ending up in the 6th place in 2017.

Net Worth Net Worth & Salary of Kaskade in 2024

Kaskade Net Worth
Kaskade Net Worth

As of April 2024, Kaskade’s net worth is $65 million, presumably because of the string of nominations at the Grammys. He has had many concert tours earning him thick wads of money.  Besides, he has performed in the American Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Kaskade has all the force and frenzy in a soul to succeed as a DJ and club mixer. He impatiently waits for his first award at the Grammys. Many a lover might have swooned under his window when he was a resident DJ for daytime pool parties at Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas. His inevitable remixing and records cause blood to flow in streams, now gushing, now receding down to the last dreg of music heard by the ears, and the public can have the pleasure of listening without prejudice to his fascinating records.

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