In 2005 he released his first official mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, and later in 2006 he released his first full length street album entitled Show and Prove. Since then he has released a further six mixtapes and a collaboration mixtape titled How Fly with friend Curren$y. He released his debut album, Deal or No Deal, in November of 2009, it reached #1 on the iTunes hip hop chart, and then reached the top ten on iTunes' overall album chart the week it was released. Previously signed to Warner Bros. Records, he left the label in July 2009 after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight. Khalifa stated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that, "I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. I'm happy to be moving on with all of my material and having the chance to be in control of my next moves".He is also the founder of the rap crew Taylor Gang, which includes friends Kev Tha Hustler, Ekko, Smallz Money and Gene Stovall. They derived the name from the fact they always used to wear Chuck Taylor shoes.
Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 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. His parents' military service caused the family to move on a regular basis.
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 1990 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. He began to perceive the world differently than most kids, and he would write his thoughts down every day.These thoughts would become the foundation for his future recordings.
By the age of 14, with a few songs under his belt, Wiz was already drawing comparisons with his commanding voice and witty wordplay. While he has been influenced by artists such as Jay-Z, Camron, and the Notorious B.I.G., Wiz was determined to create his own identity that would, one day, be loved and revered by fans.
Ready to take the next step, Wiz began his search for a recording studio to record new songs. He found one, ID LABS, where owner Eric Dan immediately recognized Wiz's talents. Along with Chad Glick of ID Management, they began to network Wiz to another Pittsburgh native, Benjy Grinberg of Rostrum Records. Benjy realized the raw talent that Wiz possessed, and immediately brought him into the Rostrum family in 2002.
Soon after, Wiz Khalifa began his ascent into the music scene in the Pittsburgh area. He has been hailed by the award winning Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pop music critic, Ed Masley, as having “the skills, the looks, the confidence, the drive, and the charisma for the job.” The New Pittsburgh Courier says, “The combination of a young, charismatic M.C. with a slew of stop-and-rewind rhymes together with a local independent label with major industry connections has set the stage for a hip-hop artist representing Pittsburgh to reach superstar status for the first time ever.
In 2010, with the success of Kush and Orange Juice still present, Wiz Khalifa signed with Atlantic Records. Wiz's style along with his production team, Johnny Juliano, Sledgren, and E. Dan make this a winning combination for success.
He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011. He followed that album with O.N.I.F.C. (abbreviated for mainstream markets from "Only Nigga In First Class") on December 4, 2012 which was backed by the singles "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You". O.N.I.F.C. debuted at number two with 131,000 in first week sales.
Pittsburgh City Council declared 12-12-12 (December 12, 2012) to be Wiz Khalifa Day in the city. Khalifa graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School and in January 2012, purchased a home in nearby Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
In April 2013, Khalifa revealed that after having his son he decided to work on a new album that he was planning to release in 2013. On April 17, 2013, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y announced that they will drop their collaboration EP Live in Concert on April 20, 2013. The EP featured seven new songs. On June 24, 2013, he announced that his fifth studio album would be titled Blacc Hollywood and would be released in 2013. On September 3, 2013, Khalifa revealed he had recorded songs with Miley Cyrus, Adele and Juicy J for Blacc Hollywood. In October 2013, Mannie Fresh confirmed that he provided production for the album. On February 11, 2014, Khalifa released Blacc Hollywood's first single titled "We Dem Boyz". The album was then supported by the singles "KK", "You and Your Friends", "Stayin Out All Night", "Promises" and "So High".
Khalifa released an EP with TY Dolla $ign on March 31, 2015, entitled "Talk About It In the Morning". That same month, Wiz released the lead single for the film "Furious 7" called "See You Again" as a tribute to Paul Walker. The single has since gone on to global success. "See You Again" spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, tying for the longest-running rap number-one hit in the US.
On January 23, 2015, Khalifa was featured on a remix release of the Fall Out Boy song "Uma Thurman". On May 18, they performed the song together on the 2015 Billboard Music Awards show. In the summer of 2015, he began touring the United States with Fall Out Boy and Hoodie Allen in a tour titled "The Boys of Zummer Tour". The tour featured performances of "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy and Khalifa. Later that year, on December 15, 2015, Wiz released the mixtape "Cabin Fever 3". During the Golden Globes on January 10, 2016, Wiz announced that his next album, titled Khalifa, would be released on the 22nd of that month. However, the album was released on February 5, 2016. On May 24, 2016, he released "Pull Up", a standalone single in promotion of his sixth album, Rolling Papers 2, which was released on July 13, 2018.
On April 20, 2020, Khalifa released, The Saga of Wiz Khalifa. The album included collaborations with Tyga, Logic, Mustard and Ty Dolla $ign. In May 2020, Khalifa featured on the song "Drums Drums Drums" with Travis Barker.
In 2021, Khalifa competed in season five of The Masked Singer as "Chameleon". He finished in third place.
Pure
Wiz Khalifa Lyrics
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We like to smoke it for the medication
Unwind and just smoke one
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
If you’re smoking on it don’t
It California Grass man
If I'm smoking on it
Don't got sticks or seeds man get so high
I get so high you won’t believe man
I be smoking all the time
They call me ganja man
And this don’t come from the
Store it’s from the weedman
Roll it up don’t give a fuck about police man
Burn a pound look like we’re
Gonna need a fireman
Thought I had a problem
Went to see the preacher man
Said "Ain’t nothing wrong you
Been smoking gas man"
Even used to get in trouble
With the teacher man
He said "Next time you come to
School high be the last man"
I be teaching bitches how to
Clear the bong man
All these plants you would think
I was a farmer man
Eyes low, blowing smoke, need a driver man
Even though it’s against the rules
Let me smoke man
You gotta know you break it down and roll one
We like to smoke it for the medication
Unwind and just smoke one
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
Give a fuck ‘bout what you heard
I’m from the ‘Burgh man
I be smoking hella grass like I’m Bob man
I be rolling hella weed up to his songs man
I be chiefing all day like
Cheech and Chong man
I be smoking even though you
Think it’s wrong man
I be hoping that my locks is getting long man
Even went really hard with the wax man
Fuck it, every now and then I take a dab man
I ain’t there ‘less they let Khalifa roll man
If you can’t roll a joint then use a cone man
Smoke so much you would think
I was an island man
Told them "Don’t need to knock it
‘til you try it man"
Got so much OG Kush I could pile it man
On the boat I get high like a pilot man
Learn the rules, check the pack
‘fore you buy it man
Roll it up, light it up, that’s that fire man
You gotta know you break it down and roll one
We like to smoke it for the medication
Unwind and just smoke one
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
You gotta know you break it down and roll one
You need to understand how to break down and roll a joint
We like to smoke it for the medication
We enjoy smoking it for its medicinal purposes
Unwind and just smoke one
Relax and simply smoke a joint
It’s the perfect kind of meditation
Smoking weed is the ideal form of meditation
If you’re smoking on it don’t
If you're smoking marijuana, make sure you
Forget to pass man this that Kush we call
Don't forget to pass it, this is the high-grade Kush known as
It California Grass man
It's California Marijuana
If I'm smoking on it
When I'm smoking marijuana
Don't got sticks or seeds man get so high
I don't have stems or seeds, I get extremely high
I get so high you won’t believe man
I reach such a high level that you wouldn't believe
I be smoking all the time
I smoke marijuana constantly
They call me ganja man
They refer to me as the ganja man
And this don’t come from the
And this doesn't come from the
Store it’s from the weedman
Store, it's from the dealer
Roll it up don’t give a fuck about police man
Roll it up, don't care about the police
Burn a pound look like we’re
Smoke a pound and it appears like
Gonna need a fireman
We will require a fireman
Thought I had a problem
I thought I had a problem
Went to see the preacher man
Visited the preacher
Said "Ain’t nothing wrong you
He said, 'There's nothing wrong, you'
Been smoking gas man"
Have been smoking high-quality marijuana'
Even used to get in trouble
Even got in trouble
With the teacher man
With the teacher
He said "Next time you come to
He said, 'If you come to
School high be the last man"
School high, it will be your last time'
I be teaching bitches how to
I teach women how to
Clear the bong man
Properly clean the water pipe, man
All these plants you would think
With all these plants, one would assume
I was a farmer man
I am a farmer, man
Eyes low, blowing smoke, need a driver man
Eyes lowered, exhaling smoke, require a designated driver, man
Even though it’s against the rules
Despite the fact it's against the rules
Let me smoke man
Let me smoke, man
Give a fuck ‘bout what you heard
I don't care about what you heard
I’m from the ‘Burgh man
I'm from Pittsburgh, man
I be smoking hella grass like I’m Bob man
I smoke a lot of marijuana like I'm Bob Marley, man
I be rolling hella weed up to his songs man
I roll a lot of weed to Bob Marley's songs, man
I be chiefing all day like
I constantly smoke like
Cheech and Chong man
Cheech and Chong, man
I be smoking even though you
I smoke even though you
Think it’s wrong man
Believe it's incorrect, man
I be hoping that my locks is getting long man
I hope that my dreadlocks are growing longer, man
Even went really hard with the wax man
I even experimented heavily with marijuana concentrates, man
Fuck it, every now and then I take a dab man
Screw it, occasionally I use marijuana extracts, man
I ain’t there ‘less they let Khalifa roll man
I'm not satisfied unless they allow Khalifa to roll the joints, man
If you can’t roll a joint then use a cone man
If you can't roll a joint, then use a pre-rolled cone, man
Smoke so much you would think
I smoke so much that one would assume
I was an island man
I am an island, man
Told them "Don’t need to knock it
I told them, 'You don't need to criticize'
‘til you try it man"
Until you experience it, man'
Got so much OG Kush I could pile it man
I have such a large quantity of high-quality Kush that I could create a pile, man
On the boat I get high like a pilot man
On the boat, I get high like an airplane pilot, man
Learn the rules, check the pack
Understand the guidelines, examine the package
‘fore you buy it man
Before you purchase it, man
Roll it up, light it up, that’s that fire man
Roll it up, light it up, that's the potent marijuana, man
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CAMERON JIBRIL THOMAZ, EDWARD RAMEER MURRAY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Twelve
Still to this day one of my favorite wiz Khalifa songs 🔥
Jelani Powell
And a lot a people just don't the vibe
It's an acquired taste frl
Exquisite
Maurice Jefferson
6 years later and this song still hit hard af 🤧🤝
Aaron Baker
Any 2020 TAYLORS out there?
DALV
Of course
3rdeyevisions
wasssupp
Upon WAVs
Always
Chase Wilson
YESSIR
ScreenGoat 916
This was my shit senior year of high school. Still vibes for a sesh
LuxxiousLee
Swear to god #2k14