One of hip hop's new breed of rap stars, Wiz Khalifa's gangsta rhymes and
relentless beats come with a rock star strut and a body covered in tattoos. Born
Cameron Jibril Thomaz, he was nicknamed "Young Wiz" by his grandfather
(shortened from wisdom) and took his second name from the Arabic word for
successor, before being discovered as a 16-year-old performing on a mixtape with
a gang of new Pittsburgh artists. Taken under the wing of Rostrum Records boss
Benjy Grinberg, his own mixtapes Show And Prove (2006) and Kush And Orange Juice
(2010) created a healthy buzz, and won him a ...