DJ Khalil

DJ Khalil
DJ Khalil
Background information
Birth name	Khalil Abdul-Rahman
Also known as	Doc Hazzard
Born	October 16, 1974 (age 50); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop; soul;
Occupations	Record producer; disc jockey; musician; songwriter;
Years active	1997–present
Labels	S.O.L.; Landspeed; Nature Sounds; Up Above; Aftermath;
Member of	The New Royales; Strong Arm Steady; Soul Assassins;
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 Chace Infinite in 1994, as well as the group The New Royales in 2008, which includes Liz Rodrigues, Erik Alcock and Chin Injeti.^[1]