DJ Khaled
by Finnall on Jul.08, 2010, under DJ Khaled
Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled, better known by the stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, label executive and radio deejay.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 26th November 1975, Khaled got his first job on the Miami-based urban radio station WEDR. Although initially working as the sidekick to Miami rapper Luther Campbell on his Friday night show, Khaled soon got his own slot and continues to present the weeknight show TakeOver to this day.
Between 2004 and 2006 Khaled worked as the main producer on a number of hip hop albums, including Fat Joe’s All or Nothing, Fabolous’ Real Talk and Terror Squad’s True Story. However, Khaled continued to write his own material and, in June 2006, released his debut solo album.
Listennn… the Album, which featured dozens of well-known rappers and hip hop artists, reached number twelve on the US Billboard 200 chart and produced three hit singles: Holla at Me (ft. Lil Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Pitbull), Grammy Family (ft. Kanye West, John Legend and Consequence) and Born-N-Raised (ft. Trick Daddy, Pitbull and Rick Ross).
His next album, 2007’s We the Best, climbed to number eight on the Billboard 200 and produced two Top 30 singles: We Takin’ Over (ft. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman and Lil Wayne) and I’m So Hood (ft. T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross and Plies). This was followed by 2008’s We Global, which reached number seven in the charts and produced the Hot 100 singles Out Here Grindin (ft. Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Boosie, Ace Hood and Trick Daddy) and Go Hard (ft. Kanye West and T-Pain).
DJ Khaled’s latest album Victory was released in March 2010. To date it has produced two singles – Fed Up (ft. Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne) and the Top 30 hit All I Do Is Win (ft T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg) – and the title single Victory is due to be released shortly.
