Career
He is perhaps best known for his production on American rapper Eminem"s 2010 and 2013 albums, Recovery and The Marshall Mathers LP 2, as well as his production of the multi-platinum single "The Manitoba" by Aloe Blacc. He is the third born son of former University of California, Los Angeles player and coach and National Basketball Association player Walt Hazzard. DJ Khalil was born Khalil Abdul-Rahman 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.
Khalil played basketball at the high school and collegiate level, as a point guard at North Hollywood High School and Morehouse College. 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. He has produced for a large number of major artists in the hip-hop, Rhythm & Blues and popular genres, including 50 Cent, Pink, The Game, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Eminem, G-Unit, Wale, and Usher.
