Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa
Cameron Jibril Thomaz, better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth8 September 1987
CityMinot, ND
CountryUnited States of America
People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy.
I just worked really, really hard to stay in people's faces, so it would be hard to forget about me. I'm just trying to stay popular and do the same thing over and over.
I just try to keep that connection to normalcy. I never want to lose that, being normal. People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy. I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.
My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd. Just going out there and doing my own stuff and being in front of my own people. I love it.
I'm inspired by other people's creativity, just seeing things happen and wondering where they come from. That gets my mind going. Even if it's just wanting to know how something works.
When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist.
You get into the biggest fights with the people you care about the most, because they are the relationships you're willing to fight for.
Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me.
It's hard to watch people change, but it's even harder to remember who they used to be.
It's so hard for cool people these days. They just don't want us to be hip.
I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it.
My mission of life is to entertain people; same I get entertain from some others life missions.
I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.
There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.