DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Khaled Mohamed Khaled
Also known as	Beat Novacane Arab Attack
Born	(1975-11-26) November 26, 1975 (age 41) New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Origin	Miami, Florida, US
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	A&R record producer DJ radio personality rapper hype man
Instruments	Turntables keyboards sampler
Years active	1998–present
Labels	We the Best Republic Roc Nation Epic (current) Young Money Cash Money Def Jam South (former)
Associated acts	Birdman Busta Rhymes Bun B Chris Brown Drake Fat Joe Future Jadakiss Lil Wayne Meek Mill Rick Ross Terror Squad T.I. Nas

Khaled Mohamed Khaled (born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive, and author. He previously went by the name Arab Attack, but changed it after the 9/11 attacks, as he did not want to appear insensitive. He was a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. From 2004 to 2006, Khaled assisted in the production of the hip-hop albums Real Talk by Fabolous, True Story by Terror Squad, All or Nothing and Me, Myself, & I by Fat Joe.

In 2006, Khaled released his debut studio album Listennn... the Album. He went on to release We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), Victory (2010), We the Best Forever (2011), Kiss the Ring (2012) and Suffering from Success (2013). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South and he is also the CEO and founder of We the Best Music Group. Khaled released his eighth studio album, I Changed a Lot, on October 23, 2015. In July 2016 he released his ninth studio album Major Key.