Q: DJ Khaled, a lot of our readers have seen you at concerts with people displaying flags from various Arab speaking countries.  Our  fans would like to know which country are you from?
A: I'm Palestinian

Q: Can you speak Arabic?
A: A little

Q: How did your start your music career?
A: I was like 13 just loving music; I loved selecting music you know what I'm sayin'. Tapes, CDs, records I loved being a DJ.
Q: How many years did it take for you to blow up and receive the international fame you have achieved?
A:About 10 to 15 years
Q: You are the most successful mainstream artist from a Middle Eastern background.  What advice can you offer to up and coming musicians of Middle Eastern descent who would like to achieve the same success you have?
A:Work 24 hours, go hard. Just grind hard man, get the streets hot.

Q: Has your Arab roots ever influenced any of the music you have
made?
A: Yeah, some times when I make beats I mess with little Arabic sounds
here and there you know.


Q: Was there any one person that gave you the helping hand needed
to make it in the music industry?
A: Fat Joe

Q: Was producing and making music something you always wanted to do?  Or did you have other aspirations in life?
A: Music was what I always wanted to do.

Q: As an artist, did you ever face a point where you reached a "make it or break it momentaz?" Did you ever think you might not actually make it as an artist?
A: I knew I was gonna make it as an artist and I knew that in time I would get bigger and bigger and bigger because I was so focused.

Q: Through your struggles, what kept you focused on your goal to succeed as an artist?
A: Just going hard man and not letting somebody tell me no. I let them know we gotta make it happen.

Q: Can we possibly see DJ Khaled doing something with some Middle Eastern superstars such as Haife Wahbe?
A: I don't know, I mean I am down to do whatever man I am down to do whatever, you know.

Q: What does COEXISTENCE mean to you?
A: It means they put beautiful women on the cover.

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