Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa

music artist, actor, composer

Wiz Khalifa was born on Sep 08, 1987 in USA. Wiz Khalifa's big-screen debut came with Gang of Roses II: Next Generation directed by Jean-Claude La Marre in 2012, strarring Timmy (uncredited). Wiz Khalifa is known for Dickinson directed by Silas Howard, Hailee Steinfeld stars as Emily Dickinson and Adrian Enscoe as Austin Dickinson. Wiz Khalifa has got 12 awards and 32 nominations so far. The most recent award Wiz Khalifa achieved is The Webby Awards. The upcoming new movie Wiz Khalifa plays is Spinning Gold which will be released on Mar 31, 2023.

Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, 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, becoming his first minor hit.Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mix-tape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records. 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. on December 4, 2012, which was backed by the singles "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You". Wiz released his fifth album Blacc Hollywood on August 18, 2014, backed by the lead single "We Dem Boyz". In March 2015, he released "See You Again" for the soundtrack of the film Furious 7 and the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks.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 causing him to move regularly. Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh with his mother in around 1996 where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. Soon after moving to Pittsburgh, Khalifa began to write and perform his own lyrics before he was a teenager.His stage name is derived from Khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was a young boy. Khalifa stated to Spinner.com that the name also came from being called "young Wiz 'cause I was good at everything I did, and my granddad is Muslim, so he gave me that name; he felt like that's what I was doing with my music." He got a tattoo of his stage name on his 17th birthday.By the age of 15 he was regularly recording his music in a studio called I.D. Labs. The management of the studio was so impressed by his lyrics that they allowed Khalifa to record for free. This allowed him to receive professional grade studio time at no cost to him. Also, this allowed him to receive more exposure at such a young age than other artists.

  • Birthday

    Sep 08, 1987
  • Place of Birth

    Minot, North Dakota, USA
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Awards

12 wins & 32 nominations

The Webby Awards
2021
Advertising, Media & PR - Best Use of Social Media
Winner - Webby Award
YouTube Creator Awards
2017
Youtube Creator Reward
Winner - Diamond Creator Award
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