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DJ Khalil






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DJ Khalil
Birth nameKhalil Abdul-Rahman
Also known asDoc Hazzard
Born (1974-10-16) October 16, 1974 (age 49)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
  • soul
  • Occupation(s)
    • Record producer
  • disc jockey
  • Years active1997–present
    Labels
    • S.O.L.
  • Landspeed
  • Nature Sounds
  • Up Above
  • Aftermath
  • Member of
  • Strong Arm Steady
  • Soul Assassins
  • Parent

    Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1974), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and DJ from Los Angeles. The son of NBA player Walt Hazzard, he signed with rapper Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment, as in-house talent in 2001. Since then, he has co-produced the Billboard 200-number one albums Recovery (2010) and The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) by Eminem, Donda (2021) by Kanye West, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers (2022) by Kendrick Lamar, and I Decided (2017) by Big Sean, among others. Furthermore, he has been credited on the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "The Man" by Aloe Blacc, "Kush" by label boss Dr. Dre, "Survival" by Eminem, and "Hurricane" by West and the Weeknd. As an instrumental artist, he formed the hip hop duo Self Scientific with Chalice Infinite in 1994, as well as the group The New Royales in 2008, which includes Liz Rodrigues, Erik Alcock and Chin Injeti.[1]

    Early life[edit]

    DJ Khalil was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Los Angeles, California. His father, Walt Hazzard, who later changed his name to Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, was a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. At age 13, at a party thrown by his parents, he met Dr. Dre, for whom he would later become a staff producer.[2] Khalil played basketball at the high school and collegiate level, as a point guard at North Hollywood High School and Morehouse College.[3]

    Career[edit]

    Khalil began his career as a disc jockey (DJ), and graduated to producing music. He began creating tracks on the Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler workstation, later working in Propellerhead Reason.[4] He has produced for a large number of major artists in the hip-hop, R&B and pop genres, including Kanye West, Nasty C, 50 Cent, Pink, The Game, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Eminem, G-Unit, Wale, Usher, Logic, and Guess Who.

    Discography[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Self Scientific :: The Self Science". Rapreviews.com. February 13, 2001.
  • ^ "DJ Khalil Interview". aftermathmusic.com.
  • ^ "NBA free agency might end up as boring rerun". Los Angeles Times. July 2010.
  • ^ "Artist Stories". www.propellerheads.se/.
  • External links[edit]


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