DJ ALED KH
EST B E H T LL I T S E W
The current momentum and energy of Miami Hip Hop can largely be credited to its number one music cosigner, DJ Khaled. His Take Over show on 99 Jamz with K Foxx, along with the launching of numerous world-wide hits, has placed Khaled in a position to climb the ladder even further. Khaled recently took his “We the Best” slogan to another level by stamping it on his own record label and signing a label deal with Def Jam.
Have you guys done any remixes to his record “Cash Flow?” We haven’t done a remix yet.
What’s your biggest priority right now? My main focus right now would be Ace Hood. I got my new label deal called We The Best/Def Jam. Ace Hood’s album is called Gutta. It’s dropping August 26th. He’s got a hit record called “Cash Flow.” My main focus is also my album called We Global Now. I’m about to drop my first single in May.
How were you able to finally pull it together after planning it for five years? Well, I broke a lot of barriers with my album. It shows that I work good with artists and put a lot of hit records together. At the same time, I broke a lot of artists on my album. I break artists on the daily. I’m a Hip Hop mogul right now. When I put my hands on something it’s gonna come together. I got that ear and marketing skills. I got that knowledge of hot artists. It’s something I do naturally.
Who’s going to be on the single? I’m real tight-lipped about it. When I leak it that’s when we can talk about it. I want to surprise people. With everyone coming at you, what made you choose Ace Hood to be on the label? You can tell when he steps in a room he’s got that star glow. When you see him he’s got that glow of a star. He’s a superstar but also his swagger is crazy. His delivery is amazing.
As far as We the Best goes, did you always plan to get your own label going or was it something you did because it was the natural next step? That was always planned. That was always going to be a part of my career. That was a goal that I wanted to accomplish five years ago.
Having all that power to break records, I’m sure tons of people come to you to help push their records. Does it ever get overwhelming? It’s called life. It’s something we decided to do. I’m in the music business for life. It’s always gonna be a lot of people but I ain’t mad. People try to win; people try to get on; people try to take it to another level so I’m not mad OZONE | 23