DJ Khaled opened up about the moment he realized needed some help to lose weight.

In a recent interview with People, the 50-year-old rapper recalled a performance from October 2025, specifically a part of the show where he gets on his knees to give thanks and show his gratitude.

“So, I get on my knees … but I remember I couldn’t really get up,” he said, adding a few friends reached out afterward to express their concern.

“One of my friends was coming to me like, ‘Yo, you were breathing hard.’ Then, ten minutes later, somebody else told me the same thing,” he recalled. Khaled said when a third person reached out, he realized he needed to make a change.

The Grammy winner also credited his family with inspiring him. He shares two sons — Asahd, 10, and Aalam, 6 — with wife Nicole Tuck.

“We live for our kids and our kids make us live,” he said. “So, I have to do my part.”

Khaled added: “The motivation was there, the inspiration was there, working out and trying to eat better, but I needed help.”

In 2025, Khaled started taking a GLP-1, Wegovy. At the time, he weighed “295, 300 pounds.” Since then, he has lost 75 pounds, and the rapper said he still hopes to lose a little more and bring his total weight loss to 90 pounds.

“I would love to get to 200 pounds,” he says, adding that he is just focusing on his routine and staying consistent for the time being.

“I fell in love with golf, I love the game so much,” he said, adding that he likes to play 18 holes at least six times a week. He also likes to walk the course instead of using a golf cart.

“I get over 10,000 steps a day,” he said.

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