DJ Khaled Biography (Age, Height, Wife & More)

DJ Khaled Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Family, Career & More)

Khaled Mohamed Khaled, better known as DJ Khaled, is a radio personality, YouTuber, rapper, disc jockey, record label executive, record producer, author, online celebrity, and hip hop superstar from the United States. His YouTube channel has over 8.6 million followers, making it one of the most popular on the internet.

Previously known as ‘Arab Attack,’ he changed his stage name to DJ Khaled following the 9/11 attacks. Khaled began his career as a radio presenter and DJ for a Florida-based radio station. In 1998, he joined the hip hop group ‘Terror Squad.’ He was a radio presenter for the Miami-based urban radio station ‘WEDR.’ His snapchat videos, which were promoted by the YouTube channel ‘h3h3 productions,’ helped him earn fame and become an online star.

DJ Khaled has collaborated on several albums (extra songs and remixes) with superstars including as Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Akon, Kanye West, and Jadakiss. He garnered two ‘Grammy’ nominations and won the ‘DJ of the Year Award’ at the ‘Ozone Awards’ in 2008. DJ Khaled published a book named ‘The Keys’ in 2016 in an effort to motivate people to follow their ambitions and make them a reality. His route to achievement is also revealed in the book.

Personal Details

Physical Appearance

Personal Life (Family, Friends, Girlfriends, Children)

Early Life

DJ Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on November 26, 1975. His parents, who had immigrated to the United States from Palestine, were artists who performed Arabic music. They moved to New Orleans with barely $20 and sold clothing from their vehicle to support their family. DJ Khaled attended Dr. Philips High School but was unable to finish his schooling due to his family’s financial difficulties.

On October 23, 2016, DJ Khaled and his fiancée Nicole Tuck (unofficial manager of DJ Khaled) had a healthy baby boy called Ashad Tuck Khaled. During his baby’s birth, he kept the Snapchat going and played songs from his album ‘Major Key.’ DJ Khaled participated on ‘Red Nose Day Special’ with celebrities such as Ben Affleck, Paul Rudd, Orlando Bloom, and Jack Black to raise funds for needy children.

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Career

DJ Khaled began learning to DJ in his parents’ garage when he was 13 years old. While in New Orleans, he began networking with hip-hop musicians such as Lil Wayne and Birdman. Later, he came to Miami to pursue a career as a DJ, and Luther Campbell helped him by making him a regular DJ on ‘WEDR’ radio station’s ‘The Luke Show.’ With his rising success, he released his first official mixtape, which was followed by other albums that were commercial blockbusters. His first solo album, ‘Listennn….the Album,’ published by ‘Koch Records,’ was a modest success, reaching at number 12 on the ‘Billboard Hot 200.’

Following that, he collaborated on several albums with rappers like as T.I., Fat Joe, Akon, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Big Boi, Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, T Pain, Fabulous, P. Diddy, Jadakiss, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dog, and Jay Z. He released albums like as ‘We Takin Over,’ ‘I’m So Hood,’ ‘All I Do Is Win,’ ‘I’m on One,’ ‘Out Here Grindin,’ ‘I Got the Keys,’ and ‘I Changed a Lot’ between 2007 and 2016. These albums were nominated for or won the ‘BET Hip Hop Awards,’ and they were also certified gold or platinum.

After striking a management agreement with Jay-Z, DJ Khaled released his ninth studio album, ‘Major Key,’ in July 2016. ‘Major Key’ earned Khaled’s first number one album on the ‘Billboard 200.’ In 2007, he got the ‘Best Video’ award for his track ‘We Takin’ Over.’ He also won ‘DJ of the Year’ at the ‘Ozone Awards’ in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, he was nominated for a ‘BET Award’ in the category of ‘Best Music Collaboration’ for his remix of the song ‘I’m So Hood.’

In 2008, 2015, and 2017, he was named ‘MVP of the Year.’ In 2016, he was named ‘Hustler of the Year’ at the ‘BET Hip Hop Awards.’ D J Khaled went on to release ‘Shining,’ the first song off his 2017 album ‘Grateful,’ in partnership with Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles. The album’s second song, ‘I’m the One,’ put him in the company of superstars like as Quavo, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, and Chance the Rapper.

The song garnered 1.2 billion streams in the United States. His eighth album, ‘Major Key,’ is without a doubt one of his greatest. ‘You Mine,’ Khaled’s single from the album ‘I Changed a Lot,’ was a big hit. Trey Songz, Future, and Jeremih all contributed to the song.

‘Father of Asahd,’ his eleventh studio album, was released in May 2019. It included Cardi B, 21 Savage, and Meek Mill, among others. Within months of its release in the United States, the album debuted at number two on the ‘US Billboard 200’ and got gold certification.

Khaled is the head of the Def Jam South record label. In addition, he is the creator and CEO of ‘We the Best Music Group.’ His net worth is believed to be $35 million.

Facts

• His parents were also artists who performed Arabic music.
• His parents urged him to seek a career in the music business.
• Is a lover of Marvin Gaye, the late singer.
• At the age of 18, he began working at a record shop in New Orleans, where he met Lil Wayne and Birdman in 1993.
• At the start of his music career, he gained recognition in Miami as a radio DJ, and he performed on 99 Jamz, a renowned hip-hop radio station.

DJ Khaled Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Family, Career & More)