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Wiz Khalifa Single And Album News

• 17th Feb 2011

Introducing – Wiz Khalifa: one of THE hottest names in rap, who releases the US double platinum-certified, #1 smash hit single,‘Black & Yellow’ on March 7. It’s lifted from the forthcoming ROLLING PAPERS LP out March 28 via Atlantic Records. Despite being relatively new to a UK audience, tickets for the Pittsburgh native’s forthcoming gig at West London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on May 17 sold out in less than 40 minutes, whilst his May 18 gig at East London venue XOYO, had to be upgraded to the Kentish Town Forum to satisfy demand.

The track, ‘Black & Yellow’, is inspired by Wiz’s love for the American Football team – Pittsburgh Steelers (who recently lost the super bowl to the Green Bay Packers) and is enjoying massive radio support in the UK with play listings at the Capital Network and Kiss as well as a B-listing at Radio 1 and A-listings at Choice FM and Radio 1Xtra. The remix features Snoop Dogg, Juicy J and T-Pain.

Born Cameron Thomaz, Wiz Khalifa – the son of two military parents, no longer fits the title held as one of Hip-Hop’s best kept secrets – instead he is setting a new standard by which cool is to be measured. His fan base are known as the Taylor Gang after the rappers love of Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes and with close to a million followers on Twitter and over 3 million friends on Facebook, his video for “Black & Yellow” is nearing a staggering 37 million views on YouTube. If you add to that the accolade of being named the 3rd fastest growing query (people category) of 2010 by Google, we get a picture of not just a star on the rise but a star that has already arrived.

A snapshot of the journey so far:
– His first mix tape –‘Prince Of The City: Welcome To Pistolvania’ – released in 2005
– His first commercial album, ‘Show And Prove’ was released. Okayplayer.com dubbed it “arguably the best album of the year”.
– Accolades from the likes of XXL, Rolling Stone and Vibe Magazine start to pile in.
– Wiz inks a deal with Warner Bros Records.
– Wiz releases ‘Grow Season’ with famed mix tape DJ, Green Lantern in 2007 which is soon followed by, ‘Prince Of The City 2’ (sequel to Prince of The City’)
– Dissolves relationship with Warner Bros and finds himself an independent artist but in 2009 releases three highly acclaimed mix tapes: ‘Flight School’, ‘How Fly’ and ‘Burn After Rolling’.
– Releases the album ‘Deal Or No Deal’ which topped the iTunes Hip Hop chart
– Wiz will release his debut Atlantic Records album, ROLLING PAPERS on March 28.