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DJ Khaled collects more than just hit songs.
The record producer, 49, brought his watch collection to the Sunday, Nov. 16, episode ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and it’s nothing short of impressive.
After telling host Jimmy Fallon a story about connecting with Nicholas Cage over FaceTime and discussing their shared interest in watches, the DJ pulled out a Louis Vuitton case filled with some standouts from his own collection.
“This is the travel pack,” he joked to Fallon, 51.
Khaled shared a variety of designs, as well as the unique names he’s given them. He first picked up a sparkling gold watch that he says he named “Hit Factory.”
He went on to show off an all-blue watch named “It’s Personal,” a gold watch with orange gems called “21 Savage” and one with a black band and light blue face named “Listerine.”
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The “Wild Thoughts” hitmaker didn’t share the price tags of any of his watches, but in 2023, IFL Watches estimated that his collection was worth millions of dollars.
The site identified Khaled’s gold watch with rainbow gems around the face (which he told Fallon was named “Birthday Cake”) as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Frosted Gold 15412BA, which at the time was priced around $700,000.
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Khaled also spoke about his upcoming album, which he says he hopes to release in early 2026.
“I’ve been working on this album for a minute,” he told Fallon. “I haven’t dropped an album in three years. This is my 14th album and next year, I’ll be celebrating 20 years when I dropped my first music. And I’m turning 50. So all this inspiration has been really what’s going in the album.”
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The producer, whose last LP was 2022’s GOD DID, spoke to PEOPLE about the project in 2024.
“I got two Drake songs and one’s ready to go — both of them are so incredible,” Khaled said, adding that “the new album title is coming very soon as well, and it’s going to be the most powerful album title ever.” (He’s since revealed the album title is Aalam of God.)
He hinted at other collabs, saying: “The other day I was in the studio with 21 Savage and I went, ‘I feel like I got the hardest 21 Savage verses right now.’ You know what I’m saying? I’ll give you one more. Travis Scott. We did something so crazy too.”
The performer also shared that he still loves making music just as much as he did when he first started out.
“From the beginning to now, and where we’re going is on this album. It’s the same feeling I had when I was making my first two albums,” he said. “When you love creating, it comes out different. I’ve been doing music my whole life and it doesn’t matter what it is, I would still be making it. I just love making music. It’s going to be massive.”
