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. His parents' military service caused the family to move on a regular basis. The family moved to Pittsburgh when Khalifa was the age of two. Khalifa was born on Septemin Minot, North Dakota to a mother and a father serving in the military. They derived the name from the fact they always used to wear Chuck Taylor shoes. 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. Khalifa stated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that, 'I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. Records, he left the label in July 2009 after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight. 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.

Since then he has released a further six mixtapes and a collaboration mixtape titled How Fly with friend Curren$y. 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. His nickname growing up was 'Wizard' which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen. According to the Black and Yellow Songfacts, his stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning 'successor', and wisdom. In 2005 he released his first official mixtape Read Full Bio Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born Septemin Minot, North Dakota), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, signed to Rostrum Records. Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born Septemin Minot, North Dakota), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, signed to Rostrum Records.

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