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Wiz Khalifa

DOUG JOHNSON: Wiz Khalifa has been recording music for several years. But his new album, “Rolling Papers,” has outsold his earlier albums by well over one hundred thousand copies. Katherine Cole has more about the hip-hop artist and his new album.

(MUSIC “Black and Yellow”)

KATHERINE COLE: That is “Black and Yellow” from Wiz Khalifa’s album “Rolling Papers.” The song honors his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Black and yellow are the colors of the city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Wiz Khalifa is not a Pittsburgh native. He was born in the city of Minot, North Dakota in nineteen eighty-seven. His parents were in the military and the family left Minot when he was still a baby.

Wiz Khalifa lived in Germany, England and Japan as a child. He says moving around helped him learn to enjoy different things. He says his music has a worldwide sound. Here he performs “Wake Up” from the new album.

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Wiz Khalifa’s unusual name was not given to him by his parents. He was born Cameron Thomaz. His family called him Wiz because everything he tried he did well. His grandfather is Muslim so he took an Arabic word for the rest of his stage name. Khalifa means successor or leader.