Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and actor. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he signed with the local independent label Rostrum Records to release his debut studio album, Show and Prove (2006). His contract entered a short-lived joint venture with Warner Bros.
Records the following year.
His Eurodance-influenced 2008 single "Say Yeah" received urban radio airplay and entered both the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Songs charts, becoming his first minor hit.
Early life
By the age of 15, he was regularly recording his music at a local studio called I.D. Labs.
Impressed by the young teen's talent, E. Dan, the owner of the studio offered Khalifa an intern job at the studio in exchange for free recording time.
Dan, being a veteran of the Pittsburgh hip-hop scene, would help develop and mentor the young artist early on in his career.
Honors
Pittsburgh City Council declared 12-12-12 (December 12, 2012) to be Wiz Khalifa Day in the city.
Khalifa graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School and purchased a home in nearby Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in January 2012.
Personal life
Khalifa began dating model Amber Rose in early 2011. They got engaged on March 1, 2012, and married on July 8, 2013.
They have one son, born in 2013.
On September 24, 2014, it was announced that Rose would be filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
As of 2015, Khalifa and Rose have joint custody of their son.
On June 16, 2024, Khalifa announced that he and his girlfriend of five years, Aimee Aguilar, are expecting their first child together, a daughter.
Khalifa is open about his use of cannabis, and he has claimed in many interviews that he spends $10,000 a month on cannabis, and also smokes daily.
As of early 2014, Khalifa no longer pays for cannabis and is sponsored by The Cookie Company, a medical marijuana dispensary which sells his "Khalifa Kush" (KK) strain, which he partnered with RiverRock Cannabis to create.
Khalifa began training in the martial art Brazilian jiu-jitsu in May 2017 with Rigan Machado, an 8th degree red and black belt.
Shortly after, he began training in Muay Thai with former UFC bantamweight title contender Cat Zingano and at the Unbreakable Performance Center in Los Angeles.
On April 24, 2018, Yokkao hosted a private Muay Thai seminar with Thai boxing legend Saenchai for Khalifa at Unbreakable.
In April 2023, it was announced that Khalifa would be taking on his first BJJ match against an unconfirmed opponent under the High Rollerz ruleset.
In July 2024, Khalifa was arrested in Romania for illegal drug possession following an incident where he smoked cannabis onstage during a concert.
On December 18, 2025, Khalifa was, in absentia, sentenced by the Romania-based Constanta Court of Appeal to nine months in prison.
However, it is unclear if an extradition order will be filed by Romania to get Khalifa, who is both a US citizen and does not currently reside in Romania, extradited to the country.
On December 19, 2025, however, it was reported that the decision to sentence Khalifa to nine months in prison in Romania for the July 2024 cannabis charge was final.
