At home, on the golf course, and into a new phase with DJ Khaled, the most relentlessly inspiring man in music
, in the living room of the more-than-12,000-square-foot South Beach mansion he’s affectionately dubbed “the Resort,” Khaled cues up “Heart of the City.” He says it’s the type of energy that he wants from his upcoming 14th studio album,. The kind of music people play “to motivate themselves, to sing or rap along to,” he says. “Anthems.”
There’s certainly an abundance of material for people to latch onto. Like the video of Khaled asking his private chef about each of the dishes on his plate before abruptly interjecting, “Have you ever played rugby?” Or the clip of Khaled at home one night faced with a bountiful spread of seafood leftovers.
He tells me he’s seen the phrase on merch at golf tournaments. And his love of golf is helping to break barriers, with rappers like 2 Chainz and Offset among the celebrities following Khaled’s lead and getting more involved in the historically stuffy, white pastime. Khaled even recently landed on the cover of
Khaled is joined by his videographer as well as his content manager, the creative force behind his endless stream of candid videos. The operation is pretty no-frills, and Khaled is a natural in front of the camera. He warms up with his first swing and lets out an animated celebration that’s on its way to becoming a new catchphrase: “Right down the middle, let’s go!” I briefly feel like I’m behind the scenes on a TV show, except instead of actors, this is a man’s real life.
I feel like God gave me a purpose to find a way to make the world better, and that’s a big responsibility. But I’m going to do my best. FOR ALL OF HIS boundless energy and enthusiasm for winning, Khaled has experienced setbacks, even if he’s more reticent to talk about them. When Khaled famously got lost on his Jet Ski in 2015 — trying to get back to his house after a visit with Rick Ross, still out at sea as darkness fell — he posted through the chaos with a familiarity you don’t typically get from celebrities. After all, this was social media, where the primped and pruned presentations of our lives tend to embellish even the most humble of lunch spreads. Khaled, meanwhile, had found a way to connect to the masses by offering up his authentic self.
Sure enough, as we pull into the store’s parking lot, a swarm of kids follow us up the block and ask for photos, and Khaled obliges. Earlier in the day, maybe around hole six, he’d posted an Instagram story from our golf cart, letting fans know he’d be going to the store later that day. The fans heeded his call, though I’m told the scene was even more chaotic on opening day.
Khaled says his parents sometimes joke with him about running for president, but he’s never been interested in that sort of thing. “As far as politics, I never got into it,” he says. “It’s a never-ending conversation of back and forth. There’s never an answer.
“Working with Drake is so dope because Drake is just a genius,” he says. “And I have this thing called ‘I like what Drake likes.’ So working with Drake, the ideas flow incredibly. I know it’s going to be great because I love Drake’s vision, and I don’t question it and I listen, you know what I’m saying? And the same way, he loves my vision. That’s why we work with each other.”
Back inside on the couch, Khaled tells me about going to Mecca at the end of last year, a trip that, he says, set this next chapter of his life into motion.
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