Jail Time Made DJ Khaled Focus On Music

Miami's DJ Khaled recently discussed his come-up and why doing time
behind bars actually helped him reach the amount of success he is able
to enjoy today.

Reflecting on his pre-fame days, Khaled expresses that doing time for
a charge he had in Orlando, FL ultimately led him to changing his life
around and settling in Miami for good.

For a time, Khaled lived with his girlfriend's mother, sleeping on the
floor. He then went to her father's, then to his car and, when he had
money, cheap motels. He was also back and forth to New
Orleans--working at a record store, forming a friendship with Cash
Money's Birdman back when the future stunna was still selling cassette
tapes from his trunk--until he was jailed for about a month and a half
for repeatedly driving with a suspended license. "I used to go to jail
every weekend in Orlando," he recalls. "I had a court date in
Orlando--flew [in] from New Orleans. I didn't know I was gonna go to
jail when I went to court. You don't expect that. You go to court
thinking it's going to be another fine, go to school. But the judge
was like, 'You not learning your lesson. You keep driving.' It woke me
up. I'm glad it happened. The day I got out is the day I moved to
Miami."