Khaled Mohamed Khaled, born on November 26, 1975, known professionally as DJ Khaled is an American DJ, record executive, songwriter, record producer, and media personality. Khaled first gained prominence as a radio host in the 1990s on Miami hip hop station 99 Jamz. After gaining some production credits on the group`s material, Khaled then transitioned into curating albums, releasing his debut studio album Listennn... the Album in 2006, which earned gold certification. He followed that up with the album We the Best (2007), which contained the top 20 single "I`m So Hood". His subsequent two releases - We Global (2008) and Victory (2010) - were released after the founding of Khaled`s record label We the Best Music Group. Both albums charted within the top ten on the US Billboard 200, with the latter containing the single "All I Do Is Win", which was eventually certified triple platinum.

In 2015 and early 2016, Khaled gained worldwide attention as a media personality and subsequently attained a large following on social media. This foresaw the release of his ninth studio album Major Key in 2016. The album attained wholesale critical and commercial success; it debuted atop the Billboard 200, it was certified gold and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. He released his tenth studio album, Grateful, in 2017, which contained the singles "I`m the One" and "Wild Thoughts", which charted at number one and number two on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. In 2016, he wrote a book, The Keys, which includes his opinions on success, recounts life stories, and describes contributions from other musicians. Khalid acted in the Crime and Action Thriller Bad Boys For Life in the year 2020.