DJ Khaled Bio

Who is DJ Khaled?

Khaled Mohamed Khaled commonly known as DJ Khaled is an American /Palestinian record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive, and author.

At present, he is the o president of record label ‘Def Jam South’ and CEO and founder of ‘We the Best Music Group’.

DJ Khaled: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 26, 1975, to parents who had immigrated to the United States. His brother Alec Ledd (Alla Khaled) is an actor.

His father and mother were musicians and played Arabic music. He developed an interest in rap and soul music at a young age. He is of American /Palestinian nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to the Palestinian Arab ethnic background.

Talking about his education, Khaled attended Dr. Phillips High School.

DJ Khaled: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Khaled initially became acquainted with several young artists and helped them before their breakthrough; these include Birdman, Lil Wayne, and Mavado. During the early ’90s, he DJ’d in reggae sound-clashes. And towards the end of the 90’s he started his radio hosting career, as the host of ‘The Luke Show’.

Khaled began recording his own songs after working with several music artists. Furthermore, in June 2006, his debut album called ‘Listennn…’ was released. His second album ‘We the Best’ was released a whole year later. Since then, he has released other albums like ‘Victory’, ‘Suffering From Success’, ‘Major Key’ and ‘Grateful’.

In late 2015–16, a number of Snapchat videos of Khaled’s detailing his ‘key to success’ received significant attention on the internet. n 2016, he wrote a book, ‘The Keys’, which includes his opinions on success. Additionally, he also had a cameo appearance in promotional material for ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’.

In addition, he has collaborated with some of the famous names in music like Jay Z, Future, Kanye West, Big Sean, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross.

Khaled won the Best DJ of the Year, BET Hip-Hop Awards in the year 2011, 2012, and 2016. Additionally, he was also awarded the MVP of the Year, BET Hip-Hop Award in 2016. He also won the Hustler of the Year, BET Hip-Hop Awards in 2016. In addition, he also won the American Music Awards in 2017.

Khaled has not revealed his current salary. However, he has an estimated net worth of around $65 million at present.

DJ Khaled: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

There was a rumor suggesting that Khaled might be involved in a feud with rapper Birdman. Additionally, he became part of a controversy after he got a major lawsuit alert over his album ‘I Got the Keys’.

In addition, his performance in Electric Daisy Carnival also attracted numerous controversies. At present, there are no rumors concerning Khaled’s life and career.

 Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Talking about his body measurement, DJ Khaled has a height of 5 feet 6 inches or 168 cm. Additionally, he weighs around 106 kg or 234 lbs.

Furthermore, his hair color is black and his eye color is also black.

Social Media

Khaled is active over social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. He has more than 4.59M followers on Twitter.

In addition, he has more than 15.9M followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 3.67M followers and 8.5 million subscribers on the Youtube channel.

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