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Birth name | Khalil Abdul-Rahman |
Also known as | Doc Hazzard |
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | October 16, 1974
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Father | Walt Hazzard |
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]