Wiz Khalifa History

Wiz Khalifa

Cameron Jibril Thomaz  ( 8 as September  as  1987  in  Minot ,  North Dakota ), better known asWiz Khalifa , it is an American rapper. He made ​​his debut with the album show and prove , in   2006 , which led him to sign for  Warner Bros. Records  in  2007 . Wiz Khalifa released his second album Deal or No Deal , in   November 2009 in.  2011  her third album, was released  Rolling Papers , which features the singles " Black and Yellow ", " Roll Up ", " On My Level " and " No Sleep ".

early Years

He was born on  8 of September  of  1987  in  Minot ,  North Dakota , son of military father. ¹  His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years. He lived in  Germany ,  England  and  Japan before moving to  Pittsburgh  where he carried out his studies at Taylor Allderdice High School. ¹

His professional name (Wiz Khalifa) has a meaning: at age 15 he chose that name comes from when I was young, hung out with the greatest, he was told he was a "Young Wiz" O Young Genius and Khalifa means Succeeded in Arabic, and since his grandfather was an Arab he chose that name. Wiz his own name tattooed on his seventeenth birthday. ²  He includes  Camp Lo ,  The Notorious BIG and  Bone Thugs-n-Harmony  among his influences. ³  Most of the lyrics are dedicated to the art of living life in the best way possible.

Race

Khalifa released his first mixtape,  Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania in  2005 . This mixtape was followed by his first studio album, Show and Prove, in  2006 . That year, Khalifa was declared an "artist to watch" in the magazine  Rolling Stone .

In  2007 , Khalifa signed with  Warner Bros. Records  and released two mixtapes through Rostrum Records:  Grow Season , released on July 4, 2007, and Prince of the City 2 , released on November 20, 2007. Its simple debut Warner Bros, "Say Yeah", peaked at number 20 on the list  Hot Rap Tracks  of  Billboard . Khalifa released the mixtapes  Star Power  in  September 2008  and  Flight School  in  April 2009  with Rostrum Records.

Khalifa split from Warner Bros. Records in  July 2009  after numerous delays in the launch of its planned album  First Flight . Khalifa said that " I learned a lot during my time here and I matured as an artist during the process. I'm happy to go with my material and have the opportunity to take control of my next moves." He appeared with  Girl Talk ,  Modey Lemon ,  Donora ,  Grand Buffet  and  Don Caballero  at the Amphitheatre at Station Square Pittsburgh on  31 of July  of  2009 , where he announced that his relationship with Warner Bros. was over. ⁴

Continuing his association with Rostrum Records, Khalifa released the single "Teach U to Fly" and the mixtape  How Fly , in collaboration with rapper of New Orleans  Curren $ y , on  August 9  , 2009. Khalifa introduced a more melodic style in mixtape, alternating between singing and rapping. It was the opening act for  U-God  at the CMJ Music Marathon 2009 in  New York . Khalifa released the mixtape  Burn After Rolling  the  2 of November  2009, where he raps over beats from other artists. He released his second album,  Deal or No Deal , on  November 24  , 2009. ⁵

Khalifa appeared on the cover of the magazine  XXL  in  March 2010 . It was named "Rookie of the Year" in 2010 for "The Source". He made ​​a tour with 20 dates with rapper  Yelawolf , Deal or No Deal Tour. Khalifa launched the free mixtape  Kush and Orange Juice  for download on  14 as April  as 2010 . In  June 2010 , he stated that he was working on a new album, but did not know through what label it would release. ⁶  On  July 30 , Khalifa confirmed to  MTV  that it had signed with  Atlantic Records . ⁷  Khalifa collaborated on the remix the song " Super High " by  Rick Ross , with Curren $ y. It appeared in the mixtape  Grey Goose, Head Phones, and Thirsty Women  rapper  MC , ⁸  and the song "The Breeze (Cool)" rapper  Wale . Khalifa was named Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010 by MTV, winning with nearly 70,000 votes.

Khalifa appeared at the festival Soundset 2010 in  Minneapolis ,  Minnesota . He also performed at the festival Rock the Bells 2010, together with veterans of hip hop like  Wu-Tang Clan ,  Snoop Dogg,  Lauryn Hill ,  A Tribe Called Quest ,  Rakim ,  KRS-One ,  Jedi Mind Tricks  and  Slick Rick .Khalifa turned down an invitation to tour with  Drake  and launched his tour "Waken Baken" a national tour of 50 cities along with rapper Yelawolf. The tour, which lasted from  September  to  November 2010 , sold all entries. ³  In November 2010, while he was at the  University of East Carolina , Wiz Khalifa was arrested for possession and trafficking of  marijuana . He was released the next morning after paying a fine 300,000 dollars , and continued his tour. ⁹  The  29 of March  of  2011  he released his third album,  Rolling Papers . The first single from the album, " Black and Yellow " hit No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 , becoming her first number one.

Khalifa won in the category "Best New Artist" of the  BET Awards 2011 . He collaborated with the English rapper  Tinie Tempah  in the song " Till I'm Gone ", belonging to the album Tempah  Disc-Overy .