 Waajeed was an executive producer on Dwele's pre-debut project, "Rize," which ultimately led to Dwele getting signed to Virgin Records shortly thereafter.He has been a close friend of Slum Village since its earliest days, DJing for them on their earliest tours, convincing the group to release their first album/demo, "Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol.1)", choosing the group's name, and introducing them to fourth member Elzhi.