How is wiz khalifa

His charm, persona, and weedy wit were in peak form from the time of his major-label debut, 's Rolling Papers on through 's slick The Saga of Wiz Khalifa. After his parents divorced when he was three, he lived in various places and military bases around the world.

His first attempt at committing lyrics to paper was around age nine, and at 12 he was already recording and producing his own records in his father's Oklahoma studio. Settling in Pittsburgh during his high school years, Khalifa laid down the groundwork for a solo career and kept busy recording music in a local studio, I. He stood out among the studio's regulars, prompting the I. Labs' staff to offer him free beats and recording time, plus bringing him to the attention of Benjy Grinberg , a former executive assistant to L.

Reid at Arista Records who had started up a new independent label, Rostrum Records. Signed to Rostrum, Khalifa built a buzz in Pittsburgh with a few singles, but he began to draw ears nationally during his senior year in high school when his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, dropped in early With the release of his independent full-length debut, Show and Prove , later that year, major publications featured profiles on the young rapper.

Unable to come to an agreement on his debut album for the label, the rapper announced he was leaving Warner in and returning to Rostrum for the album Deal or No Deal. As the NFL team progressed toward the playoffs, Khalifa 's track became their unofficial anthem, and when the Green Bay Packers emerged as the team's opponent for the Super Bowl, Lil Wayne responded with the answer song "Green and Yellow.

Billboard chart a month later. Also arriving that same year was a feature film with Snoop Dogg , Mac and Devin Go to High School , along with its accompanying soundtrack. Clean copies saw the abbreviation standing for "One Night in First Class. Shortly afterward, he announced details of a fifth studio album, entitled Blacc Hollywood , which was released in August In he released his first official mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, and later in he released his first full length street album entitled Show and Prove.

Previously signed to Warner Bros. Records, he left the label in July after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight.

They derived the name from the fact they always used to wear Chuck Taylor shoes. Khalifa was born on September 8, in Minot, North Dakota to a mother and a father serving in the military. The family moved to Pittsburgh when Khalifa was the age of two. Over the next thirteen years, he would move between Pittsburgh and South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Germany, Japan, and England as his parents were reassigned to different posts.

In October of Wiz was separated from his mother,who left him in the hands of her sister while she served in Operation Desert Storm. During his travels, Wiz was forced to mature quicker than his peers. He was constantly faced with new surroundings, new schools, and new sets of friends, and he found it difficult to become attached to anyone outside his family roots. This nomadic life gave Wiz an opportunity, though, to broaden his mind and offered him many experiences from which to draw inspiration.

Soon he was garnering national attention with his mixtape Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania. Approximately 60 grams of marijuana was found on his tour bus while he was in North Carolina for a concert. Reportedly the name comes from the Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers that Khalifa is famous for wearing. His next album, O. He also launched his own concert series called the Under the Influence of Music tour. In Wiz Khalifa released Blacc Hollywood. He also collaborated with Raw Rolling Papers on a line of smoking-related products.

Khalifa was married to model Amber Rose. They had one child together, son Sebastian, before divorcing in