Khaled tells Choi that during that time period, he “had to man up,” and faced getting evicted from an apartment, living in his car and staying at dirt cheap hotels.
Although Khaled worked locally at Odyssey Records to make money and help support his family, the job would serendipitously allow him to network with rappers, like Birdman, Master P and Lil Wayne. They would soon after help launch his career in music.
Today, Khaled has an 8-month-old son who he says he wants to raise the same way his parents raised him: in the middle of the family business, he shares in a June segment of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street.
“His father is the definition of drive, and my father was the same way,” Khaled tells Newsweek, referring to himself in the third person. “I want to give my son all the joy and happiness and anything he wants, and I’m also gonna show him the hard work you have to do to get these things.”
“My parents raised me to be a hardworking person,” Khaled tells NBCBLK’s Alex Titus. “They had so much going on all at once and were still able to maintain a great household. That rubbed off on me and that’s why I’m able to juggle all of these different things going at the same time.”
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