His parents are Palestinian and immigrated to New Orleans for a better life, bringing with them their love for Arabic and performance. Young Khaleed took to music young but developed his own interest in rap and hip hop. He got his first break working College Radio and built up the reputation of that of a party animal throwing wild jams. Soon he would work his way up to the number one listened to radio station in Souther Florida 99 Jamz. From there he would collab endlessly with all the big names in he biz originally under the name Arab Attack, a name he would distance himself from post 9/11. But this was just one of many monikers he would adopt, including Big Dog Pitbull, The Don Dada, and Mr. Miami.