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DJ Khaled Has Jet Ski Accident, Posts About It on Instagram

"This ain't no joke team, I ain't panicking, I just gotta figure it out."
By Douglas Markowitz
December 20, 2017
Image: It's a Khaled crisis!
It's a Khaled crisis! Via djkhaled on Instagram.
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DJ Khaled has apparently been involved in a Jet Ski accident near his house. How do we know? He posted it on Instagram.

"Jump in the water, try to move the ski out the tree," he says in the video post. "I cut myself."

According to the video, the rap mogul got his personal watercraft stuck in a tree while taking it out for a ride and then cut himself on some branches. Blood can be seen running down his leg, although he otherwise seems fine. He even used the occasion to dispense some worldly advice.

"The key is don't panic. This ain't no joke, team. I ain't panicking, I just gotta figure it out. In life, there's roadblocks. I'm stuck in a tree in the ocean."

Here's hoping you're OK, Khaled. Please never change. 

I’m not going panic !! The

Updated: 12-20-2017 03:48 pm
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Douglas Markowitz has covered art and music in South Florida for nearly a decade, with stories published by Resident Advisor, the Miami Herald, the Sun Sentinel, Artburst, Burnaway, and principally the Miami New Times, where he interned in 2017. In 2023 he was named a finalist for the Knight-Esserman Journalism Award. He is a University of North Florida graduate and former culture editor at the Phoenix New Times.
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