Career 2005–2008: Early mixtapes and Show and Prove The management of the studio was so impressed by his lyrics that they allowed Khalifa to record for free.

īy the age of 15 he was regularly recording his music in a studio called I.D. Khalifa stated to that the name also came from being called 'young Wiz 'cause I was good at everything I did, and my granddad is Muslim, so he gave me that name he felt like that's what I was doing with my music.' He got a tattoo of his stage name on his 17th birthday. His stage name is derived from Khalifa, an Arabic word meaning 'successor', and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was a young boy. Soon after moving to Pittsburgh, Khalifa began to write and perform his own lyrics before he was a teenager.

Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh with his mother in around 1996 where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. He is a military brat with his parents' military service causing him to move regularly. His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. Khalifa was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz on Septemin Minot, North Dakota to parents serving in the military.

2.4 2013–present: Blacc Hollywood and Rolling Papers 2.

2.3 2010–2012: Mainstream success, Rolling Papers and O.N.I.F.C.

2.2 2009–2010: Deal or No Deal and signing with Atlantic Records.

2.1 2005–2008: Early mixtapes and Show and Prove.

In March 2015, he released ' See You Again' (featuring Charlie Puth) for the soundtrack of the film Furious 7 and the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks. Wiz released his fifth album Blacc Hollywood in August 2014, backed by the lead single ' We Dem Boyz'. in December 2012, which was backed by the singles ' Work Hard, Play Hard' and ' Remember You' (featuring the Weeknd). The album's success was followed up with O.N.I.F.C. The song became the lead single for his third album Rolling Papers, which was released in March 2011, and also had the Top 40 singles ' Roll Up' and ' No Sleep'. The song, a tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh, debuted at number 100 and eventually peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thomaz then adopted a more radio-friendly, pop-oriented approach with his debut single for Atlantic, ' Black and Yellow'. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010 he then signed with Atlantic Records. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. His Eurodance-influenced single ' Say Yeah' received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008, becoming his first minor hit. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper and singer.

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