The son of NBA player Walt Hazzard, he signed with rapper Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment, as in-house talent in 2001.

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] DJ Khalil was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Los Angeles, California.

[4] He has produced for a large number of major artists in the hip-hop, R&B and pop genres, including Kanye West, Benny The Butcher, Nasty C, 50 Cent, Pink, The Game, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Eminem, G-Unit, Wale, Usher, Logic, and Guess Who.