All about Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa:

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 rad airplay, charting on the Rhythmic top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.

Early Life:

• Khalifa was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz on September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota, to parents serving in the military.
•  His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old.
•  He is a military brat with his parents' military service caused him to move regularly. Khalifa lived  in Germany, the United Kingdom  and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice high school.

Career:

Rostrum Records president Benjy Grinberg first heard about Wiz Khalifa in 2004 when the rapper's contribution to a mixtape of various new Pittsburgh artists attracted his interest.

When Grinberg finally met the 16-year-old artist, he immediately decided he wanted to work with him, later telling HitQuarters "Even though he wasn't all the way developed you could just tell that he was a diamond in the rough, and that with some polishing, guidance and backing he could become something special." Khalifa signed to the label shortly after and began a seven-year period of artist development.

 Khalifa released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, in 2005. The mixtape paved the way for his first full-length album entitled Show and Prove in 2006. Khalifa was declared an "artist to watch" that year in Rolling Stone magazine.