In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald penned what could be the most important and long-standing depiction of the great “American Dream.” Gatsby. A man who came from nothing, to take everything. Who didn’t want that? And in America, who couldn’t believe it was possible?
However, the '30s hit, along with the Great Depression, and belief in the glorious, elusive American Dream began to wane. By the early 2000s, the idea of an immigrant coming to the U.S. and working his/her way up the social ladder to prominence was near impossible. The American Dream’s burial ceremony was just about finished. Rockefeller was shovelling the last bit of dirt. Carnegie was reading—whatever Bible verses are traditionally read at a funeral, I don’t know. It was time to give up on the American Dream.
But then.
Suddenly. A man donned in obnoxious gold chains, a leather Miami Heat jacket, and a fresh new haircut stops the procession. Out of nowhere, Khaled bin Abdul Khaled, or as he is known worldwide: DJ KHALED, revives the American Dream.
If you don’t believe that this happened, just wait, I’m sure Khaled will post it to his Snapchat Story.
Now I could take a paragraph to define the American Dream, but that would be 1) boring 2) a bit redundant in an article about DJ Khaled. After all, DJ Khaled is the American Dream.
Khaled’s parents, musicians in their own right, moved to the U.S. from Palestine to start a family in the 1970s. Born on Nov. 26, 1975 (national holiday when?), Khaled began his path to success from a very young age. In the past decade, DJ Khaled has put out eight ground-breaking albums. His top singles include “Hold You Down,” “How Many Times,” “I’m So Hood,” and “I Did it for My Dawgz”. Yea...think you’ve heard of ‘em?
Probably not. Because here’s the most impressive thing about DJ Khaled: his music is not good. He appears to have little to no musical talent. He is one of the most well-known, eccentric, recognizable artists in hip-hop right now, and he does it without making music that anyone likes! Sure, Kanye can craft one of the most impressive discographies in music, Kendrick can drop two instant classics in a row, J-Cole can go platinum with no features; but a true artist can make his mark on history simply because he wants to.
Rather than simply relying on his music like those so called “talented individuals” would do, Khaled has transformed himself into much more. He’s opened a restaurant (of which he advertises on his most recent album), created a brand: appearing in YouTube videos, TV shows, etc. more often than Tyler Perry puts out movies, and most of all: inspired million through his Snapchat stories. If you take one thing from this joke of an article, please, take this:
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By all logical reasoning, this man has no right to be this wealthy and/or famous. His claim to fame is literally taking videos of himself each morning washing his face, watering his plants, and spurring the most cliche, weird inspirational lines I could think of. But ya know, (cue the violins) maybe that’s what the American Dream is all about. Is it logical that Jay Gatsby simply faked it until he made it? Maybe the American Dream defies all logical reasoning. I couldn’t tell you why DJ Khaled has made it. One thing I can tell you is we should all count our lucky stars he did.
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Now, I know this is quite the change of pace from my previous articles. I guess, much like DJ Khaled himself: 
