ACE HOOD - Ace Hood was born on May 11, 1988 in Port St. Lucie, Florida and raised by his mother in Deerfield Beach, part of Broward County.  Following a football injury in the 7th grade and after realizing he wouldn't be able to become professional, the Broward County native began to seriously consider rapping as a career.  In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the offices of WEDR 99 Jamz, a South Florida radio station that mainly plays hip hop and contemporary R&B music. After Ace gave him an autobiography and demo tape, Khaled asked Ace to rap over the instrumental of "I'm So Hood" and later signed Hood to his label, We the Best.  Ace was named with several others to the Freshmen of 09 by XXL magazine.

DJ KHALED - was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He is of Palestinian descent and lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida.  Currently, he hosts the weeknight program TakeOver on Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR with fellow host K. Foxx; Khaled states that he has worked for the station professionally since 2003.  Khalid is a Muslim and his parents were also noticeably Muslim. In 1998, Khaled worked as a "sidekick" for Miami rapper Luther Campbell for Campbell's Friday night WEDR radio show The Luke Show.  In his albums, Khaled usually provides "shoutouts" that assert his representation of "the ghetto" and urge fans to listen.

Khaled was recently appointed the President of Def Jam South.