DJ Khaled

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  • Major Key
    Major Key
    Major Key

    In 2015, DJ Khaled found himself ascending from acclaimed rap producer and cultural presence to a global superstar and social media phenom. It was a persona that he began honing in preparation for his 2016 album, Major Key, and it helped him drop projects that would spend weeks atop the charts. Everything DJ Khaled has become was introduced and solidified on Major Key. Even the title itself was ushered in by Khaled on the social media sessions that helped propel him from producer to everywhere-at-once icon. Back when Khaled began his worldwide domination in 2015, he became a sensation on social, sharing his self-described “keys to success,” which offered insight into how he turned himself into rap’s most in-demand personality and producer. It informs the thematic thrust of the album, which finds Khaled and his massive list of collaborators explaining how they built themselves up into self-sustaining rap magnates. The album, which features JAY-Z, Drake, Future, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, and more, is part who’s who of rap superstars and a helpful manual for anyone wondering what it takes to become a star. On the LP’s first song, “I Got the Keys,” JAY-Z and Future join Khaled for a turn-up anthem, which features the latter two outlining the album’s philosophy during the interlude: “I got the keys/I got them keys, the keys, the keys,” they chant, before adding, “I got the keys to all success/I got them keys, the keys, the keys/We the best.” It became a calling card for Khaled, a way to define his mission as rap’s great connoisseur of positivity. Unlike so many entrepreneurs, DJ Khaled refused to conceal his guidebook. Instead, he turned it into an album, offering insight into his massive rise.

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About DJ Khaled

Mogul, entrepreneur, DJ, producer, “the hip-hop Quincy Jones”—DJ Khaled has no shortage of ways to describe himself. Whatever his exact role is on “Top Off” with Jay Z and Beyonce, “Wild Thoughts” with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, or any of the other hits that bear his name alongside his superstar guests, he’s consistently demonstrated his knack for connecting the right talent with the right tracks. What’s more, he’s always matched his ambition with equal amounts of hustle, swagger, and exuberance. Those qualities have been a huge part of DJ Khaled’s appeal ever since the young man known to his Palestinian immigrant parents as Khaled Mohamed Khaled started out as a radio DJ and mixtape maker in Miami. After making fortuitous early connections with production duo Cool & Dre and the Bronx-based rap crew Terror Squad, DJ Khaled expanded his social network across a series of star-studded albums for Cash Money and the Sony imprint RED. With his shift to Epic and the release of 2016’s Major Key and 2017’s Grateful, he completed his journey from the hip-hop world to the pop charts. He brings energy both to party-starting club tracks like “Wish Wish” with Cardi B and 21 Savage and to the honey-sweet likes of “I’m the One,” his 2017 match-up with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne. And he does it while carving out an outsized role that’s his and his alone.

HOMETOWN
New Orleans, LA, United States
BORN
November 26, 1975
GENRE
Hip-Hop/Rap

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