Wiz Khalifa

Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.

When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist.

The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy.

I love tattoos.

I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.

I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.