DJ Khaled promised big things for his first ever Saturday Night Live musical performance and boy did he deliver. His new album Father of Asahd dropped on May 17, one day prior to his appearance and it was filled with superstar collaborations. He decided to roll out a slew of stars to join him onstage. Since Khaled is a hype man, he let Lil Wayne and Big Sean take over the bars for their new song āJealous.ā Then Khaled brought even more celebrity power, rolling out Meek Mill, Jeremih, Lil Baby and J. Balvin for their new collab āYou Stay.ā It was almost hard to keep up with the level of stars all on one stage.
As if that wasnāt enough, for his second performance he brought out SZA to sing their song āJust Us,ā then a piano turned around to have John Legend seated and playing āHigher.ā That turned into a Nipsey Hussle tribute as the late rapper appeared on that song off Khaledās new record.
On May 16, Khaled, 43, bragged to Hot 97ās Megan Ryte about how epic his SNL appearance would be. āYouāre going to think itās an award show, all your favorite artists, whoopsā¦ā he spilled without giving away who would be joining him onstage. He continued āMy first time on SNL, itās a dream come true, and I knew I was gonna get it one day because Iāve been trying to get it for a long time Iām going to make sure we make it the most legendary Saturday Night Live.ā
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Khaled ā who has had epic collabs in the past with Rihanna, Justin Bieber and more ā said his new album is his best work to date. āWe gonna change the gameā¦The 11th album is the new chapter of more success, more blessings, more loves and what I did with this album. Not only is it my best work, that bar going to be high, really high.ā
His albumās cover features a photo of himself and his two-year-old son Asahd dressed in nearly identical pink, blue and orange tropical print shirts. Khaled has always made his son a huge priority, bringing him to awards shows and heaping praise on his mini-me. By including his name in the album title, he told Megan, āThis is my life, I do it for Asahd.ā