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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