Biography

Cameron Jibril Thomaz, also known as Wiz Khalifa was born on September 8th, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota. He is a rapper out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although he grew up in Pittsburgh Wiz Khalifa lived in Germany, England, and Japan before moving to pennsylvania, aside from North Dakota where he was born. The name Wiz Khalifa came from the arabic meaning of "khalifa" which is successor, and wisdom was shortened to "Wiz". The first deal to set his career off was with Warner Brother Records in 2007, and the first major single by Wiz was "say yeah", and it received radio airplay across the nation. Say Yeah reached the billboard top 100 and the rhythmic top 40 and hot rap tracks in 2008. After, Khalifa left Warner Brothers and released his second album Deal or No Deal. The most popular song by Wiz Khalifa was Black and Yellow, which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard hot 100, the song refers to the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers and shows his recognition to the city of Pittsburgh where he was raised....even though everything that has to do with Pittsburgh is stupid, Wiz is an exception. Wiz has established his skill and fame in the music world, and has recently signed with Atlantic Records. Wiz Khalifas has a huge fan base that follow Wiz and his music and they refer to themselves as the Taylor Gang, Wiz Khalifa raps to anyone that is willing to listen to him and has already made huge steps towards stardom such as winning BET's best new artist of 2011.