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. Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh 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. In March 2015, he released "See You Again" 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 on August 18, 2014, backed by the lead single "We Dem Boyz". on December 4, 2012, which was backed by the singles "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You".
His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011. He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. 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. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All TimeĬameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor.
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