

Thomaz graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Philadelphia in 2006, the same year he released his debut album, Show and Prove, with Rostrum Records

He released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, in 2005. He began writing his own music at the age of 9, and by 2002, Thomaz was recording music at a professional studio. Thomaz spent time with both parents throughout his youth, and lived in Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom before his mother settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1996. Both parents were in the Air Force and divorced when Thomaz was 3 years old. Him and Snoop Dogg are my favorite rappers," the 24-year-old told MTV.Rapper, singer, and songwriter known by his stage name, Wiz Khalifa, was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz on September 8, 1987, in Minot, North Dakota, to Peachie Wimbush-Polk, and Laurence Thomaz. Khalifa is particularly pleased to be working with Cam'ron. will feature more collaborations between Cam'ron and Khalifa. The high demand demonstrated for the young rapper's mix tape bodes well for his sophomore album, set to be released later this year.

Amber Rose, a model who became Khalifa's finance earlier this month, has a small role in the project as well, as she sings on one of the tracks. The project is a collaboration with several other popular artists including, Cam'ron, Rick Ross, and Taylor Gang members Chevy Woods and Juicy J. Khalifa's mix tape project features 17 songs, but he is not the sole artist on each track. Name me a more motivated artists right now." the new era of music… the same wiz doin his thing forever being creative. One Khalifa fan wrote, " the new face of hip hop. The 24-year-old rap artist was pleased with the immense demand for his project, and when the site crashed he enthusiastically tweeted, "Yeah Taylors, we crashed that !!"ĭ is reporting that as of this afternoon, over 250,000 fans had downloaded "Taylor Allderdice." Many fans left enthusiastic comments at. last night, and soon after the site was overloaded and crashed, CBS News reports. Khalifa tweeted that his new mix tape was avialble and offered a link for fans to download the project around 9 p.m. The project is presented by Taylor Gang and Rostrum Records. "Taylor Allderdice" is named after the high school in Pittsburgh that Wiz Khalifa attended in his teenaged years. Facebook Twitter Email Print Img No-img Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Comment 0Ĭould rapper Wiz Khalifa be too popular for his own good? Upon releasing his new mix tape "Taylor Allderdice" for free download online, so many fans attempted to obtain the album that the hosting site,, crashed.
