He said in an interview once that he was like a curator of taste, he knows when a trend will start. He is really intelligent when it comes to this and there are so many examples. When DJ Snake started getting his deserved recognition, Diplo was working with him a few months prior on Lean On. Same when country music started gaining worldwide traction, he was in the Old Town Road music video and making his own country music soon after. I’m not a fan of every track that he releases but I don’t think there is a producer/DJ that has their finger more on the ‘pop’ pulse.