‘Welcome To My Hood’ DJ Khaled (2011) “Welcome to My Hood” was released January 18, 2011 as the lead single from DJ Khaled’s fifth studio album We the Best Forever on We the Best, Cash Money, and Universal Motown. It features Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, and T-Pain over production from The Renegades, DJ Nasty, LVM, and Cubic Z, structured as a South Florida street record built around heavy 808s, a chant-style hook, and verses focused on local neighborhood identity, day-to-day life in the hood, and constant police presence. The video, directed by Gil Green and shot in Miami residential areas with shots of crowds in the street and box Chevys, positioned the song as a visual statement of Miami rap culture rather than just a radio single. A later official remix with a long guest list including Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Jadakiss, Game, Waka Flocka Flame, Ace Hood, Bun B, Mavado, Birdman, and Fat Joe turned Welcome to My Hood into a broad early-2010s rap lineup piece and helped solid...