A biography for Wiz Khalifahasn’t been written yet.
“I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and then some who have their own personal favorites. When I do my show, I try to take into consideration all those people.”
“I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.”
“My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle.”
“Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.”
“Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing.”
“I groom, but it doesn't take me a long time to get to what people see.”
“I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.”
“I started writing songs when I was eight.”
“I don’t chase after anyone, If you wanna walk out of my life, then I’ll hold the fucking door open for you.”
“I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.”
“The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.”
“I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.”
“I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.”
“I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working.”
“I never got nervous performing my own material.”
“My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.”
“I don't take time off.”
“I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.”
“Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.”
“The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.”