All About DJ Khaled's Early Life And How He Became Famous

 DJ Khaled, is an American DJ, record executive, and record producer. He's worked with major artists including Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Lil Nas, Snoop dogg, Justin Beiber and Ludacris. He once hooked up with the terror squad, and at a time, proposed to Nicki Minaj online with a $500k engagement ring.

He later asked Nicole Tuck to marry him, and she accepted. Well, they got married and have two sons together. 

But before these, before he became famous, got his own record label and even amassed a networth of about $75 million, before DJ Khaled leaked his own sex tape when his hit "Hold You Down" reached the top of the charts in America, here's a snippet of what his life was like prior to fame.

DJ Khaled was born Khaled Muhammad Khaled. He was given the same first and last name by his mother and probably that's why he lives shouting his name. His parents are from Palestine and came to the United States in search of a better life. They moved to New Orleans and brought their love for performance and their Arabic music with them.

Young Khaled also fell in love with music, but he was more into rap and hip-hop, and he got his start as a college radio dj. He also gained notoriety for his penchant for organizing crazy parties on top of all of this.

He worked his way up to become southern Florida's top radio personality on the radio station 99 Jams, and after that, he started working with everyone in the industry. After September 11, he stopped going by the name Arab Attack, which he was using at the time.

Khaled Muhammed Khaled was born to American-born Palestinian parents on November 26, 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the third child of a family of three. Young Khaled developed a love for music because his parents usually played arabic music around the house.

Although he was incredibly young, Michael Jackson was his first idol. Later, however, he became interested in rappers and hip-hop artists, and his parents fully encouraged this. He gave break dancing a shot, and his style is that of a b-boy. He began djing at the age of 14, and became well-known for his unique style of fusing hip-hop and dancehall music.

He began by going by the name Arab Attack, but he experimented with numerous other rap names. He went by Mr. Miami and the Dawn Dada. He would occasionally change these up until he found DJ Khaled. According to him, he didn't change it because he liked the way that one slid over the top.

In 1993, he obtained employment at the Odyssey record store in New Orleans, where he made connections that led him meeting Little Wayne and Birdman. He began his career in college radio, but he would get a greater notoriety as the host of the wackiest house parties, a custom he still does today. He soon went on to work with a Miami rapper named Luther Campbell as a sidekick and on a pirate radio station.

He wasn't content with being a sidekick, so he also helped produce the hip-hop albums "Real talk" by Fabulous, "true story" by Terror Squad, "all or nothing" by Fat joe, and "me myself and I" by Fat joe.

He started conducting his own radio show on 99 Jams in 2003, and the station quickly rose to prominence as the most listened-to in southern Florida.

At the same time, he would release his own albums, and he made sure you would always hear his name at the start of each and every song.

When DJ Khaled's debut album, "listen," was published in 2006, it immediately debuted at the top of the Billboard Independent Album Chart. "We Global", "Victory", "We the Best Forever", "Kissed the Ring", and "Suffering from Success" were among the albums he released after "we the Best" in 2007.

He established his own business in 2009, "we the best music," where he would serve as CEO, and in 2010 he was named the record label president for Def Jam South.

The man now enjoys commemorating his accomplishments and will continue to throw epic birthday parties, each growing in splendor with each passing year. One year's roster, for instance, had T.I., Ludacris, Rick Ross, Keisha Cole, Trick Daddy, Jim jmJones, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Birdman, Pitbull, and Dre from Colin Drake.

Khaled and his wife Nicole Tuck have two sons, Asahd Tuck Khaled, born on October 23, 2016 and their second son, Aalam Tuck Khaled, born on 20th January, 2020.

Now, DJ Khaled's signature songs include "all I do is win", "put your hands up", "wild thoughts", "I'm the one", inclusive in this list are a lot more.