Wiz Khalifa

Rapper - Pittsburgh, PA

In June of 2007, Wiz Khalifa made history for the city of Pittsburgh by signing a major record deal with Warner Bros. Records. Led by his Rostrum Records team, Wiz burst into the national hip hop spotlight by way of a riveting grassroots movement. Rolling Stone magazine honored Wiz as a "New Artist To Watch" and his "Pittsburgh Sound" video was selected for the Editor's Hot List a few months later. XXL's March 2007 issue featured Wiz in their coveted "Show and Prove" section. Mass Appeal had Wiz as the lead artist for 2007's "Next of Kin." He has been praised by VIBE magazine as "an East Coast star in the waiting,",while also recently being featured in their October 2007 issue as a "Next" artist. Major magazines overseas in 2007 also took notice of the 19-year old prodigy's talent, with features in UK's Hip-Hop Connection and France's RAP US.

The year 2007 also showcased Wiz live on stage with national acts such as Nas, T.I., Rich Boy, Lil Scrappy, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, The Clipse, Ghostface, Lupe Fiasco, Styles P, and Bone Thugs N Harmony.

Wiz has also continued to get lots of honors from the online community. AllHipHop.com named Wiz as one of the Best New Artists of 2006 with Lupe Fiasco and Rick Ross. His debut street album "Show and Prove" was labeled by Okayplayer.com as "arguably the best hip hop release of the year". The Prince of Pittsburgh has had nine songs featured on XXLMag.com's "Bangers" section, seven on AllHipHop.com's media zone, while firmly putting his city of Pittsburgh on the national hip hop map.

In early 2007, after bringing home "Best Male Artist" and Lyrcist Of The Year" at the 1st annual Pittsburgh Hip Hop awards, Wiz premiered his worldwide debut video "Pittsburgh Sound." It exploded via the Net and in the spring of 2007 FUSE TV debuted it on Cable, eventually being chosen by fans as an "Oven Fresh Keeper" on the channel. In the summer of 2007,he put out a new mixtape, "Grow Season," with DJ Green Lantern, performed on the DUB tour, and released a video for "Youngin On His Grind" that has been featured all over the Internet.

Wiz's massive presence on the Internet has attracted many new fans to his music. In the past year, Wiz Khalifa's profile on Myspace.com has exploded, being visited in excess of 800,000 times, tracks played over 1,250,000 times, and accumulating over 38,000 "friends" from all over the world.

Now with a debut major label single "SAY YEAH" beginning to buzz nationwide, Wiz is officially ready to be the new face of rap. With his Rostrum/Warner Bros. Records team behind him, Wiz is garnering more attention than ever. Stay tuned for the latest.