Wiz Khalif a 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 his stage name tattooed on his 17th birthday.He includes Camp Lo, The Notorious B.I.G. His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning 'successor', and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen.

His parents' military service caused him to move regularly: Khalifa lived in Germany, England, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. Khalifa was born on Septemin Minot, North Dakota, to a mother and a father serving in the military.His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010 he then signed with Atlantic Records.He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, 'Black and Yellow', which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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.Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. West also had it out for Wiz Khalifa, when the musician had the audacity to critique Kanye's album which was then-titled 'Waves.Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper. Many of which featured all-cap assaults, including the 'JIMMY KIMMEL IS OUT OF LINE TO TRY AND SPOOF IN ANY WAY THE FIRST PIECE OF HONEST MEDIA IN YEARS,' tweet he wrote after Jimmy Kimmel spoofed West's interview with BBC and saying, 'Does Kanye West know you're not supposed to be your own hype man?' (via Billboard).

And while the infamous comment he made to Taylor Swift as she accepted an award at the 2009 MTV VMAs, 'Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time,' will always reign supreme in his list of feuds (via YouTube), West has won and lost more than his fair share of fights. It's hard to explain the phenomenon that is Kanye West, but many will continue to try.Īpart from releasing music and sneakers that sell out almost immediately, the rapper produces a steady stream of drama – on and off Twitter.

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