We finally know the reason why Justin Bieber and DJ Khaled squared off in a game of road hockey

Back in January, DJ Khaled told the world he and Justin Bieber were up to something when in this Instagram video he posted.

What we found interesting about the video, though, was the two were playing road hockey.

Well, we finally know the reason why the two squared off in a game of road hockey all those months ago, and it has something to do with Khaled's new single that came out at the end of April.

As per Billboard, here's how Khaled got Bieber to be on the song "I'm The One."

They wound up listening to the track in Bieber’s truck, which, Khaled wonderingly says, “has stars in it, a reclining fur seat, shit like a movie.” The Biebs started bobbing his head. He liked it. Bieber said he’d play around with it. Before Khaled could leave, he made him play ground hockey. “I took the beating for the song,” says Khaled.

He took the beating for the song and there's video to prove it.

In the same Billboard article, Bieber praised Khaled and his ability to make you believe in something.

Khaled calls this sort of thing “going into their world.” “His energy is infectious,” says Bieber. “He’s got an amazing ear for hits, and when I heard the beat for this track, [Bieber’s collaborator] Poo Bear and I decided to jump on and write the hook. Khaled is a good friend and a lot of fun to be around, and when he believes in something, he makes you believe.”

It's a good thing Bieber believed because the hit debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.

(H/T: Uproxx)