DJ Mustard — May 2026

Dijon Isaiah McFarlane — performing as DJ Mustard, now professionally credited as Mustard — was born June 5, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, and emerged from the Inglewood-adjacent hip-hop production scene that gave rise to YG, Ty Dolla Sign, and the regional California rap resurgence of the early 2010s. He began as a DJ for YG before transitioning to full-time production, and his breakthrough arrived in 2011 when Tyga released Rack City — a track Mustard had originally developed for YG — which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the defining West Coast rap records of the period. Mustard's production identity — which he labeled ratchet music — combined up-tempo club-oriented drum patterns, melodic synth loops, and the sparse West Coast bounce rhythm that characterized the Inglewood sound, creating a template that dominated California rap and crossover radio from 2011 through 2016. His production approach drew from the DJ and club performance background he developed alongside YG: every beat was engineered for physical dancefloor impact at the moment the drop arrived, a club-DJ sensibility applied to hip-hop production infrastructure that set his work apart from East Coast and trap-influenced contemporaries. He produced on all of YG's early mixtapes and his debut album My Krazy Life (2014), contributing to the commercial and critical validation of the West Coast resurgence that YG's career represented. His four studio albums as a solo artist document the evolution of his sound: 10 Summers (2014) introduced him as a frontman capable of assembling star-studded collaborations across the West Coast roster; Cold Summer (2016) deepened the production palette; Perfect Ten (2019) earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album — his first individual Grammy recognition — and featured collaborations with Roddy Ricch, YG, and Post Malone; and Faith of a Mustard Seed (2024) continued his catalog with the most mature production work of his career. His production credit on Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us (2024) — one of the most significant rap diss tracks of the streaming era, which accumulated hundreds of millions of streams and generated widespread critical attention — placed him at the center of hip-hop's most culturally consequential recording event in years. The track won multiple Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2025 Grammy ceremony, making Mustard a Grammy winner for production on one of the most discussed rap recordings in a decade. His Las Vegas appearances at Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand bring his West Coast production catalog to one of the Strip's most prestigious hip-hop nightclub stages, with confirmed 2026 dates including July 11, July 25, and October 31. Guest list through NoCoverVegas covers complimentary entry for qualifying guests at his Hakkasan appearances. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_(music_producer), bandsintown.com/e/1037970263-dj-mustard-at-hakkasan-nightclub, revolt.tv/article/19-best-dj-mustard-produced-songs-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-and-more