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Subscribe now to Sway’s Universe for exclusive interviews and groundbreaking moments! In this electrifying episode of Sway In The Morning, Wiz Khalifa steps into the studio to celebrate an incredible milestone—8 billion streams and the iconic Black and Yellow plaque. From discussing his journey in music and acting to sharing insights on his fitness transformation, Wiz opens up about his evolution as an artist and person. Witness Wiz’s genuine reaction as Pandora surprises him with a special award honoring his colossal achievements. Plus, he shares gems on staying authentic in the entertainment industry, advice from 50 Cent, and his role in the powerful film Moses the Black. Don’t miss this unforgettable conversation filled with laughs, revelations, and inspiration. Watch more content and stay connected with Sway’s Universe for the latest in hip-hop, culture, and beyond. #WizKhalifa #SwayInTheMorning #SwaysUniverse #BlackAndYellow #HipHop #MosesTheBlack
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Wiz Khalifa on Connecting with Fans
04:10 - Wiz Khalifa Discusses "Mothaless Brooklyn"
07:45 - Wiz Khalifa on Music Career and Recognition
10:39 - Wiz Khalifa Receives Billionaire Plaque
12:35 - Thank You for Coming Out
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Y'all give it up for the one, the only,
0:02
my bro.
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Khalifa.
0:11
Hey.
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Oh, man.
0:15
Looking ill as always.
0:18
Hey, Whiz, go ahead. Have a seat, man. I
0:20
got I got a uh I got a uh a mic for you,
0:23
too. We didn't really plan nothing out.
0:26
Nothing.
0:26
Yeah. Yeah. Whiz just said he'll come
0:28
and I was like, "All right." All right,
0:30
Whiz. So, we got him.
0:31
What we got to do?
0:31
You said you was going to bring
0:32
Trying to beat me up last time.
0:34
Well, we do that, man.
0:35
Wiz
0:38
my little brother. You're still my
0:39
little brother. That's true. Because,
0:42
you know, Wes has been in physical
0:43
fitness for a long time now. And this
0:45
dude has
0:46
really shifted his mindset and,
0:49
you know, showed us how you could do
0:50
that before your very eyes. You know how
0:52
hard it is to shift your mindset
0:54
at any stage of your life. So, I want to
0:56
say salute to you, Whiz Khalifa.
0:58
Thank you. I appreciate that. Whiz means
1:00
a lot.
1:01
No, thank you, man. We We were talking
1:02
about
1:04
He had the first time. What was one of
1:05
the first time you saw him perform?
1:07
The first time I saw him perform live
1:10
was in Minneapolis,
1:12
Minnesota at a at a venue called Sounds
1:15
Set a Festival. and Tracy G and I was
1:18
standing on stage just by the side and
1:22
we them boys dropped and I felt like for
1:26
the first time crowd surfing because the
1:29
crowd was moving me to the crowd and I'm
1:32
standing on the side and me and Tracy
1:34
two females going hold up we them boys
1:37
[Â __Â ]
1:38
we was trying to mosh pit baby
1:40
trying to mosh pit it was so I just felt
1:43
like maybe you standing on stage that
1:46
day with 50,000 people and what was
1:49
going through your mind watching all of
1:52
those people connect with something that
1:53
you wrote?
1:54
Anytime I'm on stage, um I just think
1:57
about how I felt in the crowd watching
2:00
somebody
2:01
on stage and I was always inspired and
2:04
just it really pushed me to a point
2:07
where I would focus and like manifest
2:10
things and just I would take it home. If
2:12
I look if I looked at somebody with a
2:13
good performance, I'd be like, "Yo,
2:15
that's how I want to do it." So, when
2:17
I'm on stage, I'm like, there's somebody
2:19
out there who's watching me, they're
2:21
watching my every move. And they're not
2:23
just like singing the words, but they
2:25
feel what I'm doing on every stage. They
2:27
could feel my my smile. They could feel,
2:30
you know, when I stick my chest out or
2:33
they could feel every little moment, you
2:34
know? So, I'm really tapped in and just
2:36
paying attention to the to the emotions
2:38
of the crowd as well as just really
2:41
trying to have fun up there. Like, I
2:43
feel like I kind of catch the Holy Ghost
2:45
when I get
2:46
It was spiritual. It was I was like,
2:48
Tracy, we we got to go up there.
2:50
Spiritual and contagious. Cuz we caught
2:52
it, too.
2:53
Yeah. No, that's what happens. I mean,
2:55
it's the best part because you can be be
2:58
a fan or maybe know like one or two
3:00
songs, but when you go to a show, that's
3:03
when you really become a fan. you might
3:04
hear a song you never heard before and
3:06
be like, "Yo, I'mma go back, listen to
3:08
that song, and then just listen to his
3:10
whole catalog after that." So, it's a
3:12
real good opportunity to make new fans.
3:14
What I walked away with because I mean,
3:16
I've been blessed, thank you, God, to be
3:18
in this industry for so long. I've seen
3:21
Run DMC, I've seen Jay, I've seen Nas,
3:23
I've seen Big, I've seen so many
3:26
artists. Tracy and I, I walked away, I
3:28
was like, "Yo, he's a rock star." like
3:31
you you connected that day and I was
3:35
anything that happens for you the way
3:37
God blesses you from this moment on it's
3:40
welld deserved like you put in the work
3:42
and and we watched it and I think that's
3:45
why whether you have music out or not
3:47
even watching your journey fitness
3:49
everything you're doing you just have
3:51
the people support like you have that
3:53
with you so blessings you know how I
3:55
feel about you so blessings always for
3:58
realiz Khalifa man right Yeah, man.
4:01
Yeah.
4:02
Beautiful cologne. Beautiful cologne.
4:05
Which one?
4:07
The chiefy we wearing the chiefy wee.
4:11
It's a very special place.
4:13
All right. Where's I I I saw um just all
4:17
the promotions around Moses Black,
4:20
right? Yeah.
4:21
And this huge project that he's doing
4:23
with the likes. Omar eps is probably in
4:26
my opinion one of the greatest actors
4:29
big to come out of our culture 100%
4:32
right and I'll I'll debate that with
4:34
anybody 50 Cent obviously has become a a
4:39
huge mo he's a part of this movie as
4:41
well your acting in this movie and your
4:44
what's the the character you're playing
4:45
is 2 three
4:46
2 three
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right and 2 three is based on what talk
4:51
about with 23's character like building
4:53
this character is based on from a modern
4:55
day into a medieval day.
4:58
Yeah. So, the movie is based off of uh
5:01
Omar's character and um he's more of
5:04
like a a leader in his neighborhood and
5:08
he went to jail and he came home and
5:10
he's starting to have these flashbacks
5:12
and these visions of some biblical
5:14
stuff. And it it's a story that relates
5:17
to him called Moses the Black where a
5:19
man was a thief and he stopped the way
5:22
that he was living and he got his people
5:24
around him to join him and stop doing
5:26
the way he was living. But in that
5:28
process a lot of stuff happened. So it
5:30
translates in current time in the
5:33
streets in Chicago and that's where 23
5:35
plays. I didn't really have the same
5:37
revelation that Omar did. I'm still on
5:40
my you know I'm still outside. Yeah.
5:43
Yep.
5:45
What do you think about how we've all
5:47
experienced you finding your voice in
5:49
music? What is it like for you to find
5:51
your voice as an actor, especially with
5:54
this role?
5:55
It's really fun because um it's all
5:57
storytelling and that's what music is as
6:00
well. Um I' I've be able to tell my
6:03
story, been able to tell the story of my
6:05
city, been able to tell other people's
6:07
story and help them write their stories.
6:10
And that's the same thing through acting
6:11
is um whatever the main story is of the
6:15
movie, but also the character. You get
6:17
to, you know, really dive in and just
6:20
figure out layers of life that kind of
6:22
matter that other people skip over and
6:25
it just, you know, it just makes life
6:26
more poetic and beautiful. Mr. Man, did
6:30
do did you and 50 50 being such a su
6:33
successful in production now. Did he did
6:35
he offer you any insight on gems on
6:38
because you're not just an actor on the
6:40
movie, right?
6:40
Right. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I'm like
6:42
um it's it's a lot of stuff that happens
6:44
behind the scenes that I'm still
6:45
learning.
6:46
Okay.
6:46
Cuz I don't take credit for [Â __Â ] And he
6:48
was like, "Bro, you got to stop that."
6:49
Like I I put my name on everything. Like
6:52
50's like, "Nah, dog. Like if I put $5
6:55
on that [Â __Â ] it's 50 Cent production."
6:58
like
7:02
so he definitely told me to start taking
7:03
more credit for [Â __Â ] And um also
7:07
um he's he was just telling me how to
7:10
leverage being an artist and acting. He
7:12
was like don't ever let the acting step
7:15
on your artistry cuz the artistry pushes
7:17
you acting. So he was like I'll do
7:19
movies. He was telling me his his um his
7:21
set schedule. He was like, "I won't go
7:23
past a certain amount of time because I
7:26
have to do shows and still be 50 Cent."
7:28
And um that was important to me because
7:30
people will try to talk you out of it.
7:32
They'll be like, "Hey, cut your hair and
7:33
remove your tattoos." It's like, "No,
7:35
bro. I still got to be me."
7:37
You know what I'm saying? And coming
7:39
from him, he was like, "That's more
7:40
profitable in this day and age."
7:42
Yep. As you can see, he's living proof
7:44
of it, right?
7:44
Yeah, for sure. Then then I then I then
7:46
this next question cuz I was thinking
7:49
2006 show improve came out and hip-hop a
7:52
lot of artists have a hard time
7:54
adjusting to the times.
7:56
It's been a minute came out your single
7:58
right
7:59
and every time I hear you rap, I still
8:02
feel like I'm hearing a new song.
8:04
I'm hearing a new whiz. Yeah.
8:07
Do you even think about how the public
8:09
will receive a song anymore?
8:10
No, I don't.
8:11
You don't. I don't.
8:12
Freedom.
8:14
I don't cuz I know if I [Â __Â ] with it,
8:15
somebody will.
8:17
Yeah. Cuz the energy that I put into
8:19
making these songs. Um I I listen to it
8:22
with a different ear than just somebody
8:24
who's creating it. So sometimes you
8:27
could get like demo itis or you can
8:28
really like love your own stuff, but I'm
8:31
I critique my stuff really, you know,
8:33
from a from an outsers's point of view.
8:35
And I'm glad that that hit you like
8:37
that, man, because I'm having so much
8:38
fun and this is a new new era for me and
8:41
I got a whole new era of fans and just a
8:43
new motivation to do this. So, I'm glad
8:45
it comes off like that.
8:46
It comes off like that. Especially what
8:48
I think is a line you say,
8:50
"I've been selling packs since you
8:52
[Â __Â ] was using flipones." Yeah.
8:54
Yeah. I had a hard time saying [Â __Â ] I
8:56
don't really say that. That was a long
8:59
time you've been selling packs.
9:00
Yeah, I know. It surprised me cuz we got
9:03
to like date ourselves sometimes. Like
9:05
it's like dog. Like that's really
9:07
ancient respect.
9:08
You know what I mean? Like I think I was
9:10
talking with somebody about my ringtone
9:11
when I used to sell weed in high school.
9:13
It was uh Every day I'm hustling
9:15
and like every time I hear that song I
9:17
just think about hitting licks. Like it
9:19
just gives me that flashback.
9:20
Okay. You still get like triggered.
9:22
Yeah.
9:23
I just want to go bust a pack down.
9:27
Before you cut out, I want to ask you a
9:30
question about taking credit
9:32
because I think a lot of people have a
9:34
hard time, they'll do for a lot of
9:36
people, but have a hard time receiving
9:38
things. They have a hard time asking for
9:40
help.
9:41
And I think it's interesting that you
9:43
said you have a hard time
9:44
taking credit when you work so hard.
9:47
Um, how you think you're going to work
9:49
on that in the future? Because I can see
9:51
you producing and executive producing. I
9:54
watched your doc, you know, all of those
9:56
things. like
9:56
how do you think you'll eventually get
9:59
over that?
9:59
It's just honestly to me I think it's a
10:01
fear. Um I think I could get more done
10:05
behind the scenes than if you know that
10:07
I did it. You know what I mean? And a
10:09
lot of stuff I'm just trying. So if it's
10:12
trash and I put my name on it.
10:15
You did it.
10:17
Who did this [Â __Â ]
10:18
I don't want to claim the good stuff.
10:21
But no, it's true. It's a fear and it's
10:22
just like, you know, I'm just testing it
10:24
out. But I think just letting that go,
10:27
and this is to answer your question,
10:28
just letting that go will let everybody
10:30
see my good sides, my flaws, not just my
10:33
perfections, but they'll see everything,
10:34
which I let them see anyway. But this is
10:36
another way to let them in.
10:38
Hey, man. Give it up for Where's
10:39
Khalifa?
10:41
Hold up. Wait, hold up. Where's Hold up.
10:44
This is some Is Gina Views and DJ Head
10:46
here? Are they here?
10:49
I see.
10:49
I see. I saw
10:51
I see glasses.
10:52
Come on here. Come up here, man. I want
10:53
I want to bring Hold up, man. I want to
10:55
bring our family up here. Head. DJ Head,
10:57
come up here.
10:58
DJ Head,
10:59
come on. DJ Head with the Sirius XM
11:01
family. Give it up.
11:02
Would you Who'd you come with?
11:04
See you, fam.
11:04
Gina, come stop playing. Gina, that's
11:06
not not here. Gina, people watching.
11:09
Where she at? Is she over there?
11:10
Maybe she went had a drink.
11:12
Gina, come on. Gina, stop. Not in front
11:13
of people. I'm embarrassed right now.
11:15
There she go. Okay.
11:17
Where she at?
11:18
There she comes. All right.
11:21
J1. Okay. This what we want to do.
11:23
citizens. Hey, Gina, what's up? Gina
11:25
Views is up in the building.
11:27
Hi, Gina.
11:27
Okay. Yo. Okay. Uh Tracy Heather, come
11:31
here. This is something really special.
11:32
Chrissy, jump in it, too. You might as
11:34
well. J1, come here. Whiz has no idea
11:37
that this is taking place. Nope.
11:39
And man, we really love you. Is I I
11:42
consider myself your big brother.
11:44
You are.
11:44
Okay. And you've done nothing but
11:47
contribute contribute contribute to this
11:50
culture, our community, and the person
11:52
you've been. You've been a solid dude
11:53
through it all. You've been a great
11:55
example. You've been 100 and
11:57
transparent. J1, what do we have for him
12:00
right there?
12:01
So, on behalf of Pandora, we want to
12:03
present you with this billionaires
12:04
black.
12:06
8 billion streams.
12:08
8 billion streams of Pandora. 8 billion
12:12
streams. A billion. A billion. A
12:15
billion. 8 billion.
12:18
That's dope. Wow.
12:19
And it's black and yellow. That's tough.
12:22
Yeah.
12:23
Wow. Incredible.
12:24
How does that feel, man? You going to
12:26
take credit for that?
12:27
I mean, I can't not. It's got my name on
12:29
it.
12:31
Congratulations, man. Congrats.
12:33
Congratulations, man. Give it up for
12:35
Whiz Khalif,
12:38
bro.