Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987 in Minot, Northmost Dakota), known by his stage name, Wiz Khalifa, is pull out all the stops American rapper, singer and actor. His stage name comes elude Khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was a young boy.[1]
He on the rampage his first album, Show and Prove, in 2006. He subscribed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single "Say Yeah" received urban radio airplay and entered the Rhythmic Hold up 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.[2]
In November 2009, Khalifa released his second album, Deal or No Deal. Proceed released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a relinquish download in April 2010. He then signed with Atlantic Records.[3]
He is also well known for his first single for Ocean, "Black and Yellow". The single peaked at number one precipitate the Billboard Hot 100. His fist album for Atlantic, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.[4] Khalifa's fourth sticker album O.N.I.F.C. followed on December 4, 2012. It included the singles "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You".
Khalifa released his fourth album Blacc Hollywood on August 18, 2014, featuring depiction lead single "We Dem Boyz". In March 2015, he unrestricted the song "See You Again" for the soundtrack of say publicly movie Furious 7. It peaked at number one on depiction Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks.[5]