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中 文 名 维兹·卡利法
外 文 名 Wiz Khalifa
别 名 卡梅伦·吉布里尔·托马斯
国 籍 美国
星 座 处女
身 高 193cm
体 重 75kg
出 生 地 迈诺特,北达科他州,美国
出生日期 1987-09-08
职 业 说唱歌手、词曲作者、演员
毕业院校 Taylor Allderdice High School
经纪公司 大西洋唱片公司
代表作品 Black & Yellow 、Work Hard Play Hard、We Dem Boyz 、See You Again
艺人资料
卡梅伦·吉布里尔·托马斯(Cameron Jibril Thomaz),生于1987年9月8日,以其艺名维兹·卡利法(Wiz Khalifa)出名,是美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡出身的说唱歌手。他于2006年发行了自己的首张专辑《Show and Prove》,并于2007年签约华纳兄弟唱片公司。2008年,他欧陆舞曲风格单曲"Say Yeah",获得城市电台(Urban Radio)的播放并登上Rhythmic四十佳和热门说唱歌曲榜。卡利法与华纳兄弟分道扬镳,并于2009年11月发行了自己的第二张专辑《Deal or No Deal》。他的混音带《Kush and Orange Juice》于2010年4月问世,并提供免费下载;接着,他和大西洋唱片公司签约。他与大西洋唱片合作的首支单曲"Black and Yellow"广受欢迎,登上公告牌百强单曲榜头名。在该厂牌下的首张专辑《Rolling Papers》于2011年3月29日发布。
2012年获得公告牌音乐最佳新人奖。
2015年3月17日,发行电影《速度与激情7》片尾曲《See You Again》。
凭借超越实际年龄的成熟填词能力以及锐利的洞察力,来自美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的Wiz Khalifa是两千年后段最值得关注的后起之秀之一,小时候深受东岸说唱(Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan)、南部的Three 6 Mafia以及Bone Thugs-N-Harmony那特别的flow方式影响,Wiz把几个风格捏合在了一起,发展出了自己的风格,看着这个年轻人的不断成长,就如同看着匹兹堡这个嘻哈小城镇的成长。
出生在军人家庭的Khalifa本名Cameron JibrilThomaz,1987年出生在北达科他州的麦纳特,3岁时父母离异,在来到匹兹堡安定下来之前年轻的Cameron辗转于多座城市甚至包括几个美国外的军事基地,在这期间,写词是他为数不多的兴趣爱好之一,依靠环游世界的经历,他的歌词得到了极大的历练。12岁的时候,Khalifa第一次进入了他父亲建造在奥克拉荷马的录音室录音。
回到匹兹堡后,Khalifa并正式开始了自己的说唱生涯,他不断的到市外小镇劳伦斯维尔的一家叫做“I.D.实验室”的录音室录歌。由于出入频繁,成为了该录音室的老客户,“I.D.实验室”便开始为他提供免费的伴奏和额外的录音时间,同时,一来二往,Khalifa认识了同样常去“I.D.实验室”的一个大人物,Benjy Grinberg ,此人是L.A. Reid在Arista唱片公司公司任职期间的左右手,而他当时正刚刚创建了自己的独立厂牌Rostrum唱片公司,Khalifa顺理成章的签约了Rostrum并且在匹兹堡渐渐声名鹊起。不过,Khalifa真正被全美国所熟知是他于高二那一年(2006年)发行的Mixtape 《Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania》,同年,他发行了自己第一张正式专辑《Show and Prove》,全美主流Hiphop媒体包括Vibe, XXL和滚石都专门撰文介绍了这位年轻有为的说唱新人,并一致把他称为“匹兹堡的嘻哈王子”。而Khalifa也无愧于这个称号,单Mixtape就在当地卖出了几万张,更别提全国范围里卖出的几万张《Show and Prove》了。
2007年,Khalifa签约了华纳兄弟并马上发行了两张新的Mixtape:DJ Green Lantern主持的《Grow Season》和《Prince of the City 2》。而他在华纳的第一支单曲,电子舞曲风格的 “Say Yeah”让他一炮而红,这首歌曲登上了美国公告榜的前40位,并在最热说唱榜上高居第20位。“Say Yeah”取样了1999年荷兰电子音乐组合Alice Deejay的Better Off Alone,也算是那一年开始流行的Rave-hop的领跑人物。
2008年9月,Khalifa发行了新Mixtape《Star Power》,2009年4月他又发行了《Flight School》。同年7月,Khalifa因为自己的专辑《First Flight》屡次被推迟而和华纳分道扬镳,“我在那里学到了很多,并在这个过程中成为了一个更成熟的艺人,”在接受采访时,Khalifa这样说道,“我很高兴能够向前走,掌控自己的下一步计划。” 2009年8月9日,Khalifa和另一位优秀的说唱新人Curren$y合出了一张Mixtape《How Fly》。单曲《Black and Yellow》2010年12月,Khalifa全新单曲Black And Yellow销量超过50万,成为热门金曲。
2015年,歌曲“We Dem Boyz”和专辑《Blacc Hollywood》得到最佳说唱歌曲和最佳说唱专辑提名。歌曲“See You Again”得到MTV音乐录影带大奖最佳嘻哈录影带和最佳合唱单曲提名。2015美国青少年选择大奖得到R&B嘻哈艺人提名,歌曲“See You Again”荣获R&B嘻哈歌曲,合唱歌曲和电视或电影歌曲奖。演唱会The Boys of Zummer Tour得到夏季选择奖:巡回演唱会提名。
2016年公告牌颁奖典礼,他与charlie puth合作的《速度与激情7》的主题曲《See You Again》成功当选年度最佳单曲和年度最佳说唱单曲。2月5日,发行他的同名专辑《Khalifa》。
Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.
Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records. He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.He followed that album with O.N.I.F.C. on December 4, 2012, which was backed by the singles "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You". Wiz released his fourth album Blacc Hollywood on August 18, 2014, backed by the lead single We Dem Boyz. In March 2015, he released "See You Again" for the soundtrack of the film Furious 7 and the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
On February 11, 2014, Khalifa released Blacc Hollywood's first single titled "We Dem Boyz". In an interview with Rap-Up on May 22, 2014, Wiz announced that his song with Adele was "just an idea", and that it hadn't been recorded and consequently wouldn't be on the final cut for Blacc Hollywood.On March 31, 2015, Wiz Khalifa released an EP with fellow Taylor Gang artist Ty Dolla $ign, Talk About It In The Morning.That same month, Khalifa released the song "See You Again", a tribute to Paul Walker, who died during filming for Furious 7.
After releasing several "Weedmixes" on SoundCloud, including "Ziplocc"and "Maan!",Wiz took to Twitter to create hype about his new mixtape, 28 Grams, which was due to be released on May 25, 2014. However, Wiz was arrested for marijuana possession the day before, and there were fears that the mixtape would be pushed back. After posting a "jail selfie" and hashtagging "FreeTrapWiz" on Twitter, he was released hours later, meaning the mixtape would go ahead with its intended release date.
On January 23, 2015, Khalifa was featured on a remix release of the Fall Out Boy song "Uma Thurman". On May 18, they performed the song together on the 2015 Billboard Music Awards show.n the summer of 2015, he began touring the United States with Fall Out Boy and Hoodie Allen in a tour titled "The Boys of Zummer Tour".The tour featured performances of "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy and Khalifa. Later that year, on December 15, 2015, Wiz released the mixtape "Cabin Fever 3". During the Golden Globes on January 10, 2016, Wiz announced that his next album, titled Khalifa, would be released on the 22nd of that month.However, the album was released on February 5, 2016.