Key Takeaways:

• Mustard’s well being journey included quitting lean, altering his weight loss plan and embracing tennis.
• The dying of Fredo Santana pushed him to take his well being significantly.
• His transformation displays a deeper shift in how hip hop artists method wellness.

While Mustard (previously DJ Mustard) will get to listen to his identify all around the world, his precise bodily body has been getting slimmer. The producer of Kendrick Lamar’s famed “Not Like Us” lately detailed how he misplaced 120 kilos and improved his general well being.

Speaking to Men’s Health for its Winter 2026 concern revealed final Tuesday (Jan. 6), Mustard admitted he was self-conscious whereas on stage throughout Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl halftime performance. Although he was then 220 kilos and much from what he mentioned was his heaviest weight of 340 kilos, he nonetheless was fearful about how he regarded.

Mustard admitted that it was unhealthy consuming and a behavior of consuming lean (prescription cough syrup combined with soda) that bought him to his heaviest round 2018. It was the dying of his pal, rapper Fredo Santana — who reportedly died resulting from problems of heavy Xanax and lean use in 2019 — that bought the “tv off” producer to vary his way of life.

For Mustard, losing a few pounds was a matter of life and dying, and his physician had been telling him the place to start out. “I’ve been trying to lose weight for my whole adult life,” Mustard advised Men’s Health. “I’ve had five different trainers. I’ve done every diet you can think of… I remember the doctor would always tell me I have a fatty liver. So, I’d say, ‘How do I get rid of a fatty liver?’ He’d say, ‘Lose weight.’ How do I get rid of high blood pressure? Lose weight. I got tired of hearing that.”

The Los Angeles native began listening by strolling (and ultimately working) and consuming higher. He even bought meal inspiration from his “super into health” digital camera man. When he stepped on a scale in 2021, he weighed a svelte 215.

Now the 35-year-old reportedly hovers round 225, and he’s maintained his weight due to a newfound love for tennis he picked up after working with singer Ella Mai. “I’m just an extremist,” Mustard, who performs each day, mentioned. “When I start to feel like I’m gonna be good at anything, I’m going to try to be better than all my friends.”

Mustard additionally revealed that moreover engaged on his personal album, he’s nonetheless sending Kendrick Lamar beats.