Shaq Debuts Duo Project with Son, Myles O'Neal, at Tomorrowland

Shaq and Myles O’Neal played their first performance as O’Neal Boyz at Tomorrowland’s Rave Cave.

It was a 2013 visit to Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium that famously inspired Shaquille O’Neal to take up DJing bass music as DJ Diesel. More than a decade later, he has introduced a duo project alongside his son Myles O’Neal called O’Neal Boyz at the first weekend of the colossal festival’s 2024 edition.

Shortly before the father-son act debuted at Tomorrowland’s Rave Cave stage on Sunday, they announced their new endeavor on the festival’s One World Radio. “We’ve got some special news,” Myles told the host, AdamK. “We’re debuting our duo, a father-son duo. First father-son duo in the space, O’Neal Boyz.“

This claim isn’t true, to be totally fair. Detroit techno forerunner Kevin Saunderson and his son, Dauntiez Saunderson, are one father-son pair who have been billed on lineups as a duo for at least a decade. For that matter, there’s literally an Ibiza-based house and techno duo called FATHER AND SON. Outside of dance music, hip-hop artists DJ Reminise and DJ K-Swizz also perform as a father-son duo.

But if Shaq’s DJ career thus far is any indication, his and Myles’ new project will make its fair share of waves nonetheless. Since DJ Diesel debuted at the now defunct Atlanta adaptation of Tomorrowland called TomorrowWorld, his raucous brand of dubstep has landed him at festivals like Lost Lands and enabled him to headline his very own Red Rocks Amphitheatre concert, among other accomplishments.

Where can you catch the next O’Neal Boyz set? As of right now, that remains to be seen. Needless to say, EDM’s newest father-son DJ duo should have no problem making their next move known when the time is right to do so.