TBT: Wiz Khalifa - I'm Blessed to Be a Healer

Summary

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Dumb Blonde Podcast Episode Summary

TBT: Wiz Khalifa – I'm Blessed to Be a Healer

Date: January 15, 2026
Host: Bunnie XO
Guest: Wiz Khalifa
Co-host: Jay

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Episode Overview

This episode of Dumb Blonde features rapper, entrepreneur, and cultural icon Wiz Khalifa. The conversation, hosted by Bunnie XO and co-host Jay, explores Wiz Khalifa’s upbringing as a military brat, his influences, evolution from stoner icon to a mature father and martial artist, approaches to co-parenting, artistic philosophy, healing, and hilarious hypotheticals—like creating his dream strip club. The episode mixes laughs, realness, reflections on healing, and the power of staying true to oneself.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Wiz Khalifa’s Early Life & Influences

[08:51–10:52]

• Grew up as a military kid, living in Germany, Japan, UK, and various US states.
• Born in North Dakota, older sibling born on Guam.
• Parents from Pittsburgh (mom) and New York (dad); met in basic training, divorced when Wiz was 3.
• Moved around, credits this global exposure for broadening his cultural awareness:

  "It definitely exposed me to a lot of different cultures and a lot of different ways of life... I got to experience it young on a personal level." (Wiz Khalifa, 10:23)

• Maintains childhood friendships and values those who knew him pre-fame.
• Spent alternating two-year periods living with each parent after their split—a rare arrangement at the time.

Family Dynamics & Co-Parenting

[17:05–19:54]

• Talks openly about his parents' split, their animosity, and how it affected his own parenting:

  "Having kids, I could never be away from my son for no two years. Like, that's insane. So if I got to get along with his mom... I'm doing whatever I gotta do to make sure that we’re all on the same page." (Wiz, 17:53)

• Recognizes generational differences: their parents didn’t have language or models for co-parenting or healing trauma.
• Emphasizes conscious parenting and generational healing:

  "We're such a generation of kids that are healing what our parents wouldn't." (Jay, 19:02)

Musical Roots, Influences, and Philosophy

[20:22–24:36]

• Started writing and recording lyrics at 9 or 10; inspired by family’s musicality and cousins who rapped.
• Dad listened to all genres (Journey, Bob Marley, Whitney Houston), mom was steeped in hip-hop and was “with the shit.”
• Playful acknowledgment: mom smoked weed and inspired his own habits.
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Snoop Dogg, and the 90s Midwest rap scene all big influences.
• Sees his musical journey as a continual process of self-development, creative experimentation, and business hustle.

From Mixtape Hustle to Mainstream Stardom

[28:00–33:55]

• Dropped first mixtape at age 16; old-school hustle of burning CDs and selling them in school/city stores.
• Signed first to Warner Bros. for a single ("Say Yeah"); learned industry business and self-promotion, but left after label passed on his album.
• Turned to YouTube and (notably) Twitter for fan-building, going viral and establishing an independent fanbase before being signed by Atlantic.

  "I had trended on Twitter a couple times... I knew that I could control the Internet the way that I did." (Wiz, 32:43)

• "Black and Yellow" (2010) blew up globally; Wiz never gets tired of performing it.

  "I love that song. It’s a vibe. It represents a great time in life." (Wiz, 33:33)

Personal Evolution & Mindset

[34:27–39:36]

• Wiz reflects on maturing from stoner rap icon to being more focused on wellness, family, and self-care:

  "You're just starting to see... the more mature me... My actions and the way that I treat myself, it represents all of that too." (Wiz, 34:27)

• Discusses embracing change and outgrowing "the lack of sleep" and always-on grind of his come-up years.

The Role of Artists as Healers & Emotional Intelligence

[40:00–44:15]

• Wiz makes a key distinction: not every artist is a healer—some project their chaos, some offer peace.

  "I don't feel like all artists are healers... some people are projecting their bullshit onto the world... I think peace is the goal." (Wiz, 40:00–40:47)

• Cites how fans tell him his music has changed their lives, got them through breakups, grief, or pivotal moments ("See You Again" being especially powerful).
• Sees his purpose as spreading positivity:

  "My soul's assignment for coming to Earth is to literally make everybody else feel better. Because I feel so good." (Wiz, 43:11)

Surprising Self-Care (Yoga, Martial Arts, Mindfulness)

[44:31–45:01]

• Practices hot yoga three times a week, emphasizing the importance of breath and regular mental reset.
• Credits MMA and martial arts for giving him both mental and physical discipline, appreciating the perpetual personal growth it fosters.

On Artistic Output, Growth, and Standing the Test of Time

[45:16–49:27]

• Fifteen years after "Cushion Orange Juice," he releases a follow-up, proud to return to classic vibes and offer new energy.
• Talks about creative risks, sometimes being unsure about how albums will land, but accepts evolution as necessary for longevity.
• Highlights the timeless nature of music and how some albums catch fire years later, noting that some of his own projects (like "Multiverse") may get appreciated over time.

Fatherhood, Co-Parenting, & Passing Down Values

[50:15–54:42]

• Relishes being both a “girl dad” (to 10-month-old daughter) and father to Bash (12); actively involved, especially in his daughter's fashion!
• Shares the main lesson he’s teaching Bash is self-respect and respect for others; sees it as foundational for earning respect in return.

  "The biggest lesson right now is I teach him to respect himself and to respect others so that they can respect him." (Wiz, 52:58)

• Speaks fondly about positive, supportive relationships with both his children’s moms, Amber Rose and Amy (Cadence’s mom).
• Describes deep mutual respect, healthy communication, and the ability to co-navigate difficult moments with both women.

Martial Arts & Self-Defense

[58:43–63:12]

• Details how he got into jiu jitsu and MMA—motivated by friends, the desire for health, and self-improvement.
• Enjoys the perpetual learning curve and self-discipline inherent to martial arts.
• Jokes he’d get into the ring for a $50 million payout; prefers Muay Thai over boxing due to his height and skillset.

  "If we doing Muay Thai, there's nobody seeing me in Muay Thai... I’m tall as hell too, so you’re not even getting close to me." (Wiz, 62:07–62:14)

Showing Emotion, Being Real, and Building Hypotheticals

[63:25–64:22, 67:24–69:10]

• Admits to frequently crying over touching movies like Encanto and sees emotional intelligence as a strength.
• Ends with a hilarious hypothetical: his dream strip club would be named “Nippleopolis,” themed around “80s baddies,” with different floors for levels of bush, signature drink “The Napoleon Dynamite,” and house rules: “Respect the ladies, tip well and leave room for the Holy Spirit.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Huge inspiration for me growing up... just being like a taller and skinny dude... I definitely model myself... after Snoop's rules."
  — Wiz Khalifa on Snoop Dogg's influence ([02:18])
• "My soul's assignment for coming to Earth is to literally make everybody else feel better. Because I feel so good."
  — Wiz Khalifa ([43:11])
• "I don't feel like all artists are healers, no. Because some people are projecting their bullshit onto the world... I think peace is the goal."
  — Wiz Khalifa ([40:00])
• "If I got to get along with his mom, if I gotta freaking kiss her feet, I'm doing whatever I gotta do to make sure that we're all on the same page."
  — Wiz Khalifa, on co-parenting ([17:53])
• "[My parents did the best they could], but I do know the difference between seeing your parents function and not seeing them function. And I would much rather, you know, my kids see me and their parents function."
  — Wiz Khalifa ([18:19])
• "I want to do, like, a weird summer camp type thing...Games and we boxing and we working out and we having fun. We being creative."
  — Wiz Khalifa, on dream reality TV ([05:58])
• "We're such a generation of kids that are healing what our parents wouldn't."
  — Jay ([19:02])
• "My mom smoked weed and everything. That’s who I got smoking weed from for sure."
  — Wiz Khalifa ([23:03])
• “I cry a lot... I was watching, like, what's that Encanto? ...That was the sweetest freaking movie ever.”
  — Wiz Khalifa, on showing emotion ([63:33])
• "Name? Nippleopolis. The theme is 80s baddies... There’d be a floor for bush."
  — Wiz Khalifa, pitching a strip club ([67:24])

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Timestamps for Notable Segments

• [02:15] – Snoop Dogg’s influence on Wiz’s style
• [08:51] – Military upbringing and global childhood
• [17:05] – Co-parenting and breaking generational cycles
• [20:22] – Early love of music and family influences
• [28:00] – Mixtape hustle, Warner Bros deal, pivot to internet, and blowing up on Twitter
• [33:30] – Never tiring of “Black and Yellow”
• [34:27] – On evolving and mature self
• [40:00] – Artists as healers vs. chaos
• [43:11] – Wiz on his "soul’s assignment"
• [44:31] – Hot yoga and mindfulness practices
• [45:16] – Cushion Orange Juice 2 and the risk of new music
• [52:58] – Teaching son Bash about respect
• [54:00] – Positive, communicative relationships with his kids’ mothers
• [58:43] – On MMA, fitness, and mental discipline
• [63:25] – Admitting to crying over movies
• [67:24] – Dream strip club: Nippleopolis

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Tone and Style

The episode is deeply conversational, raw, and peppered with authenticity and humor. Wiz Khalifa is candid, thoughtful, and open—not just about his career, but about his philosophy on parenting, healing, and personal growth. Bunnie XO and Jay provide laid-back, playful rapport, embracing real-life messiness and comedy throughout. The vibe switches comfortably between reflective and hilarious, with enough outrageous moments to balance genuine insights.

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Memo for New Listeners

Whether you’re a lifelong Wiz Khalifa fan or just curious about the evolution of modern hip-hop icons, this episode offers a blend of wisdom, warmth, and good-humored banter. Wiz shows how staying grounded, evolving intentionally, and embracing healing can go hand in hand with international stardom—and it’s entertaining every minute of the way.

Transcript

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[Wiz Khalifa]

Hey, what's up?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

How you doing? I'm chilling. Dude, I'm so happy you're here.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Happy to be here. Thanks for having me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You are just like the smoothest cat. Always and forever. Every time I see you, you have a smile on your face. You're just a chill vibe. You remind me so much of my dad because I used to always say my dad was like the coolest cat. And then I found out that you were born September 8th. My dad was September 4th.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Oh yeah. That makes perfect sense. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So you gu have just that like super chill, super cool vibe.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. Of course. If I could compare you to anybody, I'm sure you get this a lot. It's. I swear you and Snoop Dogg are like the same human, just different font.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Exactly.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Literally. Was he an inspiration for you growing up?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Huge inspiration for me growing up, especially in my teen years, like just being like a taller and skinny dude, it was like, you know, I've had to find my swag. And then just looking at Snoop, that was like the tallest, coolest, skinniest dude ever. So it's like, you know what I mean? I definitely model myself just my whole approach after Snoop's rules.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I miss Pimp Snoop.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Can we bring him back?

[Wiz Khalifa]

There's a lot of people who don't even know he was a pimp.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Oh, I do.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Listen. I grew up in that lifestyle in Vegas, so I loved Pimp Snoop. I'm like, bring him back. Remember when he used to hang out with Bishop Don Juan all the time and, like, that whole era that he went through?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. He raised us. He raised us right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

He did raise us right. If. So, you know how him and Martha Stewart have that TV show. If they were to replace Snoop with you, who would you bring on as your Martha?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Who would be my Martha? Yeah, I think, like, Chelsea Handler.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, yeah, yeah. She's hilarious.

[Wiz Khalifa]

She's funny as hell. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We love Chelsea in this house. She actually gave as one of the first people who gave us, like, our first break as far as, like, reality tv.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

She believed in our family and, like, shot. I know. She's a fucking. She's.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I didn't even know that. She just said G to me as well.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

She is.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. So that would be like my Martha for sure.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. Dude, I think we need to. We need to do that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

We could.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We need to get Wiz and Chelsea Handler in a fucking TV show together. That would be so fire.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That would be awesome.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I know that you're stoned all the time and you're not smoking today on my podcast, do you feel out of your element a little bit?

[Wiz Khalifa]

No, I'm good. I got high before I came in.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

All right, good.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's all good. I'm not tripping.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What are some of your favorite stoner foods?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Favorite stoner foods? I would have to go with Funyuns as far as chips.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I like to eat a lot of fruit.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I like to eat, like, pineapple and grapes and straw. I just, like, get a big ass bowl of fruit. Just mix it all together.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love it. Reminds me of that. Tick tock. I like a lot of fresh fruit.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

From the Step Brothers. Is that from Step Brothers? I like a lot of fresh fruit.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Cereal any time of the day. That's.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What's your favorite cereal?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Apple Jacks.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Really? That's different. I normally hear, like, Lucky Charms or Captain Crunch.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Okay. For real. I usually hear Cinnamon Toast crunch.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I do love a good Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Or Honey Grahams.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, Honey Grahams is good.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Don't fuck around, Honey nut.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Cheerios.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Delish.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Don't sleep sleep on them either.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Dude, I love me some Apple Jacks.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Are good because they're, like, flavored and they're sweet. And the consistency, they don't get all soggy.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Fast. I like Apple Jacks.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Have you ever thought about doing, like, reality tv? I think you are literally made for it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I did. Thank you so much. I used to watch so much reality TV when I was a kid. Like, Real World and, like, all of that stuff.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I miss the OG Real World.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yo, Me too. And I used to, like, that was my thing. I wanted to be, like, a personality.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And. Yeah. So as I got older, I started to make my own Little series on YouTube. They're called Day to Days, but they're like, you know, they're not TV ready because there's a lot of weed on there.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But, yeah, if I ever got the opportunity to do something like that where I could show, like, my family or my life or just my personality, I would love that. I think that would be hella fun.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I think you have enough star power now to make that happen.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I'm a super fun dude, too. Like, I try anything, like, it don't matter what it is.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I think people would just want to see you, like, raise your kids. Like, I probably like the dynamic between you and your kids.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Even. Even if I got to do, like, stuff with other people's kids as well, too. Like, you know what I'm saying?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I want to do, like, a weird summer camp type thing.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, that would be so, like, play.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Games and we boxing and we working out and we having fun. We being creative. Yeah, I'll be tight.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. If anybody's listening that can make that happen. You guys need to reach out to his team and make that happen.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Wizards was a summer camp.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Have you ever seen that TV show Drunk History?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I have.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay, so say Netflix came to you and they gave you a show called High History. What would your first historical moment be that you would relive? That you'd get stoned and just relive.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I would want to get stoned and relive. That's all good. I mean, history is, like, pretty dark.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, it is.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You think about it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

It is, actually.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So I don't wanna. I don't want to go through that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

He's like, no, dark.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, no dark. I probably want to get stoned and go to, like, a Muhammad Ali fight.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That'd be dope. That would be iconic. Yeah, yeah, dude, that would be so cool.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What a moment in time, huh?

[Wiz Khalifa]

For sure.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I wish boxing was like, it was back in the day, like, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard. I was a huge. My d. A huge Boxing fan growing up. So, like, I got to watch all that growing up, and I just feel like boxing's cool now, but it's not like it was back in the day.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely. Yeah. The sport of it has changed and just, like, how people enjoy it has changed, but back in the day, yeah, it was awesome. It was exciting. Yeah, you had, like, really, really good fighters and multiple really good fighters, too.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So many.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, a lot of them.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Mike Tyson used to hang out in the strip club that I worked at all the time. Was the coolest dude. He used to give me money because I never bothered him. Yeah, he'd be like. I'd walk by and he would just hand me, like, like a thousand dollars and just like, thank you for leaving me alone.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, he just respected that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, no, he was just so. Cuz everybody was always on him and always wanted his attention, and he noticed that I never, like, just, you know, he was already getting bombarded, but he was just the sweetest dude.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That's nice.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's why it's crazy that I love Mike now too.

[Wiz Khalifa]

He's so cool.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, he's amazing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

He's just super chill. He'd be smoking weed and he just. In his own world, he's a good dude, man.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Anybody that can raise pigeons the way he does and love them, right? Because honestly, like, pigeons are like a forgotful. Like a forgotten, like, bird. Because they used to do so much. Like, they used to fucking send messages during the war and, like, you know, like, they were very useful. And now they're, like, known as, like.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You know, dirty birds.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Dirty birds. And, you know, there's Mike over there just raising pigeons.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That dirty bird.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Loving the shit out of a dirty bird. So I learned some cool facts about you and your childhood that I actually had never known about you. Can we go on this journey?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So you were a military kid?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, take me on that journey. Because it says that you were, like, you lived in Germany, Japan, and the UK growing up.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I was born in North Dakota, so my parents were cold as hell when they had me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right. Yeah. North Dakota is like. It's crazy out there how cold it is.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Brutal. Yeah. I went back for a few shows and shit, and I don't know, we might have been there in, like, June, but it still felt like it was, like, December, Yo.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It never gets warm there.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. No, that's crazy. We've been there on a few shows, too, and I'm like, what the is there to do out here besides have kids?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Have babies, literally. Yeah. And be in the military, I guess. Yeah. But so my parents, they. My mom is from Pittsburgh, and my dad is from New York. So they met in basic training, which was away from both of those places. So when they had me and my older sibling. My older sibling was born on Guam, and I was born in North Dakota, which is, like, two totally different things. And then for the earlier part of my life, yeah, I moved around a lot. I did live in. In Europe for a while. I lived in Japan for a while. Lived in a lot of southern states. And my mom being from Pittsburgh, that's how I ended up going back there. And that's where a lot of my roots are at, my real family. And that's why I spent the majority of my time, like, going to school and stuff like that. But it was really cool, like, experience and living all over in different countries, in different states and things like that.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Absolutely.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, how that had to have, like, shaped a little bit of. Well, actually, a lot of, like, how you look at life.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely. It definitely exposed me to a lot of different cultures and a lot of different ways of life.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And I got to experience it young on a personal level. Because I was meeting a lot of kids and just, you know, mingling with them. And now as an adult and really being able to go back and dive into these cultures and experience them as, you know, a grown man, it just. It really, like, broadened my mind and just opened me up to a lot of different things that if I didn't have that, I wouldn't have been, you know, where I'm at.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I thought that was such a cool fact about you. Cause I didn't know that. And I was like, that's actually really cool that you're, like, so cultured.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, it's super cool. And like, all the bass kids around the world, they feel, like, a connection with me. Cause, like, they're like, oh, wiz is one of us.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Because moving around a lot as a child has to be hard, you know, like, because you kind of don't have a sense of feeling, like, belonging anywhere permanently.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's. Is that. And then there's, like, a lot of anxiety, like, from always being the new kid. Because when you're. When you're younger, the concept of making friends, you want to just have friends forever.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But you have to, like, make friends and then leave them. So that be. The hard part is like, oh, I've known you for, like, two, three years, and now I'm never going to see you for the rest of my life.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, are there any friends that you have kept in contact with that you met?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I do. I do. I have a couple friends. My boy Tyrese, from. From Oklahoma. My partner Zach, he came to see me a couple times. My partner Wesley, he live in North Carolina. I haven't seen him in years, but I still remember that fool.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, there's a lot of.

[Wiz Khalifa]

There's, like, girls that I used to date back in the day who be popping up and.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, I'm sure they do. They're like, hey, Wes.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, exactly. I'm like, yeah, you ain't getting. Them days is over.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

No, I get that. I think it's a testament of who somebody is, though, to be able to maintain relationships from childhood, because I have friends from second grade still, you know, so it's like. It just shows that you care and that you are able to keep those relationships going.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, absolutely. Even, like, my friends from Pittsburgh, a lot of them are from middle school and high school, but we just got together for Will's bachelor party, and we still kick it just on the same level, Just talking shit, having a great time. And I really value, like you said, those relationships, it means a lot to me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Is it because people, they know you from before all of this, you know, they keep you grounded.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. When you do it the right way, they seen you on your way up, they know that it didn't just happen overnight. Like, some people, they might look at you, and it's like a magic trick. But like you said, they know you. Like, we were in class together, we rode the bus together, we went to school dances together. You know, those relationships are really valuable.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. Yeah. Every time I go back to Vegas, my girls make sure to humble me every time I'm there, like you are. We knew you before you were Bunny. You know, like, calm down.

[Wiz Khalifa]

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[Wiz Khalifa]

It was a even split.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So my dad remarried and he's still married to my stepmom to this day, so we're still a family. And then my mother, she went back to Pittsburgh. So my dad and stepmom were still in the military and my mother was in Pittsburgh. So I would live with my mom for two years, and then I would go live with my dad and stepmom for two years.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Wow. That's a different agreement. Normally it's like every other weekend.

[Wiz Khalifa]

They hated each other.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, shit. Okay, gotcha.

[Wiz Khalifa]

They didn't get along at all. And it was the 90s, and there was really no concept of, like, how to, like, navigate through that. They didn't have as much talk about that back then as they do now.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So they handled it the best way that they seen fit it and that was that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Do you think that that plays into your role with how you co parent with your baby mamas now? Because now you have two, right? You've got Vash and then you've got the.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

The little girl.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, my girl Kaden is.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. So do you think that seeing how your parents didn't get along back then was kind of like you were like, I'm not gonna be like that, and yeah, that was a driving force.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Making sure you had good relationships with the mother of your children?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I think it, like, subconsciously played a role because to me, that was normal when I was a kid, like, spending two years with one parent and two years with another. But having kids, I could never be away from my son for no two years. Like, that's insane. So if I got to get along with his mom, if I gotta freaking kiss her feet, I'm doing whatever I gotta do to make sure that we're all on the same page. So that's not the agreement. And like I said, my parents did the best that they could, and I don't fault them for that at all. But I do know the difference between seeing your parents function and not seeing them function. And I would much rather, you know, my kids see, see me and their parents function.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely. I'm an 80s baby myself, and I just feel like parents of that era, they were not ready to cope with their trauma. They were set in their fucking Ways you were not gonn tell them how they are going to raise their kids. And like, they were just, like. It was just. I don't know. I feel like we're such a generation of kids that are healing what our parents wouldn't.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, absolutely. I think even just as a. Yeah, I totally agree with that. And I think as adults, our parents went through a lot as well. They had trauma, you know, before, but they were going through a lot as adults. And I think we're blessed because late 20s, early 30s, late 30s looks way different now than it did back in the day.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Dude. Yeah. I'm 45 and I look at pictures of women that were 45 back in the day and they look like the freaking golden girls.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, exactly. Nobody would even know you were 45.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

If you didn't say it. So it's like. And even saying 45 isn't an older age, it just looks different now.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Right?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And we're in a. And we're in an era where we're taking. Taking full advantage of that and where we. We understand what kind of gifts we have based off of what we went through and what we were raised with.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yes, absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And yeah, I mean, if people are lucky enough to still have their parents around, a lot of the times, your parents learn more as they get older too.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

If you become way cooler, super cool. Like, why couldn't you have been like this 30 years ago?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Exactly. There'd be stuff like my son does. I'm like, so you're not gonna whoop his ass and kick him down the steps and run him over with the car? Because that's what you did. To me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That is hilarious. No, I totally get that. So I also read that you started writing lyrics and recording music at age 9 or 10. Like, were you just musical from the gate? Like, have you always had that sense of like, just rhythm and soul?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I think, yeah. Also actually, like, my parents played a lot of music in the house, just like getting ready or cleaning up or driving. So it was always around me and it was something that made me feel good. But I got some of my best memories from music or where I was at or what I was doing. So that kind of translated into my love for music. And then my cousins, they were rapping and doing shit just because they were older than me. So that's when I figured out that I could actually make it. And I was like, oh, okay, this isn't that difficult. It's like when you get an instrument and you start playing, it was the same thing. For me, I was just kind of fucking around, like, writing raps here and there. And then people just start telling me how good I was. So I just practiced and kept going and going and going. And my mind is like. I got a really big imagination. So I would see stuff that people didn't necessarily see as, like, doable. I would see it as like, oh, okay, we could make an album, we could make merch, we could put on a show. You know what I mean? So I just started developing into this over time, but it was all based off of enjoying music and loving how it made me feel. I remember watching music videos and just being blown away or like saving up all my money to go buy, you know, bone thugs and harmony tape or something. You know what I mean? It was so valuable to me. It wasn't like just music. So, like, that's what started me creating and doing what I'm doing.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Music was the soundtrack to your life. Yeah, I feel like our parents, actually, that was one of the really cool things that they did for us is I grew up in a very musical household too. And like, like, you know, I had so many influences. What were some of your influences growing up that inspired you to rap, but also just even that weren't in the rap genre?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, my dad listened to everything. He listened to Journey, he listened to Bob Marley. He would listen to Whitney Houston.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Love Whitney.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Yep.

[Wiz Khalifa]

My dad had like a huge record collection. So we would just sit down and listen to funk records, everything. And my mom was more like the hip hop like she was. She's current.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Mom's the G. Oh, yeah, my mom's.

[Wiz Khalifa]

The G. She listening to short.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, I love it. I love it. Okay, so mom's with the shit.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Yeah, my mom smoked weed and everything.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love mom.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That's who I got smoking weed from for sure. Yeah, My mom is a G. And so, yeah, it was like the combination like we. I had. I had everything. And then we grew up in a really good era of music too, where it was diverse. It was really good R and B along with really good rap music.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Bring it back. 90s R B. Can we bring that back, please? That is like a moment in time.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

That unless you lived it, you do.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Not know what the fuck you miss. Not for real like it 90. I love. I play 90s R&B for my cows. Yeah, he loves Keith Sweat.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, who doesn't love Keith Sweat? That shit makes you feel good in here. Like it's not just. Not just hearing it, but. Yes. So all that influence, but especially like, from. From rap music, Bone Thugs and Harmony was a huge influence to me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Growing up in Pittsburgh, we're in the Midwest, so we were close to Ohio. But just that sound and, like, it just resonated with me. And then the look, they had the braids and the sunglasses and like, they were just hard to me. Like, I love Bone.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I was a Bone girl too.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, for sure.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

When I first got with Jay, he's a three Six mafia dude.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So we literally had Bone Thug and three six Mafia wars in the house. Of course he won because he's daddy, so.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

But no, I'm a Bone Thugs girl through and through. Yeah. They're actually kind of coming on the podcast. I'm really excited.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Hell yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I'm gonna be like, that's probably gonna be a fan girl moment for me.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You got to. Yo, it's Bone.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, for sure. So where do you think that, like, your smoothness came from? Do you think it came from your mom?

[Wiz Khalifa]

My smoothness come from my dad.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Really? Show do tell.

[Wiz Khalifa]

He's just a smooth dude. Yo. He's real mild tempered, mild mannered.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Just everybody loves him. Everybody's best friend. He don't raise his voice. He's, you know, he's just a cool dude. He's a really, really cool dude. And he just been a cool dude. Like, he taught me how to be cool. For sure.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love. Is dad still around?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Good. I love that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yep. I spend a lot of time with my dad, especially, like having my daughter. My dad comes out to the house a lot and just kicks it. And he doesn't really do too much. Like, he used to party and turn up and do all that shit, but now he'd be like in my backyard taking pictures of birds and stuff.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Isn't it crazy how life just like calms you the down?

[Wiz Khalifa]

And I'm like, he's happy. You know, I don't try to really take him out of his element. I used to. I used to be like, daddy, come on, man, let's like go get some jet skis or something. But he's like, nah, I just want to, you know, connect. Yeah, I feel you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I feel that too. I sit outside with my cows all the freaking time. So your name was Khalifa? One came. One part of it came from an uncle, another part of it came from a Muslim grandfather.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, well, the grandfather is his dad, so it was both of them.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay. Gotcha.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, so I was kind of. It's my mom's little brother, but it's my mom's father as well. So while my mom would be out doing whatever she needed to do, whether it was work or just, you know, partying, whatever she was doing, I would hang out with my uncles and be at my granddad's house. And my granddad is like, well, he was. He passed away, but he's straight Muslim. Like, pray five times a day, be in a mosque, you know, seven days a week. You know, helping the brothers out at jail. Like, everybody knew my granddad cause of what he did for the community. So, yeah, that was like a real powerful moment for me, just being a kid and wanting a name that was like, wasn't my name, but I would carry as my name.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And yeah, it came together. It was. It was Wisdom Khalifa at first, but my dad, being cool as hell, he took the dumb off and was just calling me whiz.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

He was like, I don't like the wisdom. I don't like that. He was like, just wiz.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's so cool, though. And I love that you had a grandfather that introduced spirituality into your life.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Do you hold any lessons from him that he taught you?

[Wiz Khalifa]

The majority of it is just like the strength and like family and in yourself, your daily routine. My granddad was a wild dude as well, back in the day, before he, you know, took on his religion. Wow. And he had been to jail a lot of times. He had been on drugs. And he completely changed his life around and, you know, helped kids and helped, you know, other people in the same situation that he was in get out of those situations or at least navigate through them. And that's what I learned from my granddad is just to really be a leader. And he was real stern, too. Like, he wasn't. He wasn't no punk.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

He was gangster, too.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, he was super gangster. He was really upfront. Everybody respected him too. So, you know, just having that as like a backbone, you know, that. That was. That's good. Yeah, that's great for a young man. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's so cool to be able to, you know, look back on that with just fond eyes. So take me on this.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Come up.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay. You dropped your first mixtape at 16. Prince of the city. Welcome to Pistolvania. Take me on that entire journey of when you dropped that first mixtape, going all the way to getting signed with Warner in 2009.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Okay, so I dropped my first mixtape. I think I was like 16 years old in high school. So I'm selling the mixtape in school, like, physically pressing them up and selling it. And I had a.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Kids these days will never understand.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Never. They don't even know. They don't know about burning those CDs. They. They won't have to burn a CD.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

For what they go on TikTok.

[Wiz Khalifa]

There's no CDs to burn anyway.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I know, I know. They took albums away from us. Now they're taking CDs away from us.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's crazy. It's just all in the air.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So I'm selling my cd, I'm going to different stores, and I was a really. A real hustler to the point where I would show up and drop off 10, 20, 50 CDs and go collect the money as well the next week. And people seen me around the city and they really respected what I was doing and the people who I was working with at the time as well. And it just kept building up, building up, building up till I was about 19. And then I got a record deal with Warner Brothers. But it was for a single, it wasn't for an album. And the single did pretty well. It was called say yeah. And while I was on Warner, I learned how to do radio and do drops and meet DJs and go to, you know, car shows and just really promote myself. So I. So from early stages, I got the street hustle, and then I learned the business hustle and the creative side of it as well. I'm always working on that. I lost my record deal at Warner Brothers. They didn't want to do my album because they just couldn't see the vision.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Did you lose it or did you walk away? Because I think I had read that you had walked away from it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

They had the option to do the album, and they didn't take the option.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Gotcha.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Okay. So we had the option to leave or stay, and there was no reason to stay because they weren't going to work on my project.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So we did leave, but they didn't want anything to do with me. They had already just chalked it up, this money that they spent. They were like, it's cool. It's whatever. You can go back to Pittsburgh. So I did go back to Pittsburgh, and that's when the Internet started to change. Like YouTube, Twitter, those were the main vehicles for me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

YouTube was brand new because I graduated in 06, and YouTube was, like, kind of still, you know, like, turning around. But Twitter was brand new. And I was like, okay, cool. I could do something off of Twitter.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And so I started just being on social media and just being consistent and making YouTube videos and making mixtapes that were directed towards, you know, the audience that I had and that I was building, that I knew that I had. And that just took me to a point where I was bigger and better on my own than any, you know, label or anything could market for me.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. So that's when I started to, like, really travel and tour, and then I got my deal with Atlantic through. Through that time.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So you left Warner in 2009, but then you blew up in 2010.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Correct.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

With black and Yellow off of Twitter.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's crazy.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Not many people can say they blew up off of Twitter.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's a scary first of all. It's scary as hell. I get scared going over there. Twitter's crazy.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It was different back in the day.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right, right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It wasn't how it is now.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, for sure. But it's so cool that that is part of your story, that, you know, you used a platform that not some people. Most people get, like, famous off of, like, YouTube from back in the day or something like that. But you got to utilize Twitter the way that you did.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, for sure. Twitter was like a. Like a subculture back then, so you had the mainstream, but people were low key, more tapped into Twitter than anything else. Like, they felt like that was more real life and it was cooler, and we had that edge where I could just keep supplying, you know, those same fans. And it became more popular than the mainstream stuff, and I didn't really see that happening, but that was the goal because we just felt like we were so cool, like, we was cooler than everybody. So I was like, you might as well watch us. And that's what really took us to the top, for sure.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What did that feel like, though? Like, for. Because this was before you even had, like, a number one on the radio, and you're just literally going viral on Twitter.

[Wiz Khalifa]

What.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What were you feeling? What was Wiz in that moment feeling?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I was super confident, really cocky, very aware of myself.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We love a king who can own it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I was owning it. Yeah, man. Like, I knew what I was dealing with. And like you said, I had. I had trended on Twitter a couple times. Whether it was just me coming up with a topic and having everybody on Twitter talking about it or whatever it was. I knew that I could control the Internet the way that I did. And when I dropped certain tapes like Cushion Orange Juice, that shut sites completely down.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You couldn't even go on the site. I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm that Dude.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like, clearly. Y' all let me know.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

How can you not? Yeah, how can you not?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Y' all let me know.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, for sure. Do you ever get tired of singing Black and Yellow? Jay and I literally said this at Stagecoach. Cause he was like, yeah, Wiz is coming out to sing Black and Yellow. And we both started laughing. We're like, poor Wiz. He's probably so tired of singing this song.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Nope. I never get tired.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, really?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I love that song.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That is so cool. I mean, it's a vibe.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's a vibe. It represents a great time in life.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

It's a happy song.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Anytime Black and Yellow comes on, if you're not smiling and dancing and having some sort of a. A moment with that song.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, you're just perform that song all over the world. It doesn't matter what language they speak. Speak. You could say black and yellow.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So I'm good with that. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I could see them in like China and Japan singing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That's what I'm saying.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Getting it on, getting it cracking out there.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I loved it. And listen, they're like, they're crazy when it comes to, like, they're fanatical.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like, I was in Korea and they were singing Young, Wild and free in the airport, just like right in front of me. Oh, this is awesome.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That is amazing. That's a moment in time. You've evolved from black and yellow to like boss, entrepreneur, martial artist. What version of you are we just starting to see now?

[Wiz Khalifa]

You're just starting to see, I think the more mature me. Yeah, yeah. I've always been ahead of my time, just as far as my thought process, but now my actions and the way that I treat myself, it represents all of that too. Yeah. So it's a lot of things that people don't see me doing, but the result of it is just how I am now or how I'm able to operate and move, which I'm really, really proud of and grateful for.

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[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

It slows us down. You know, like how your dad's watching birds and stuff like that. It just. There's something. How old are you now? You're.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I'm 37. I'll be 38 this year.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. So you're 37. 38. Do you feel like you're going to start slowing down a lot or do you. You still have that drive in you?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I feel like I've already slowed down a lot and I think I just changed things that are important to me or just Certain things that used to turn me on, they really don't do it for me no more. And I like that feeling because I'm like, yeah, I'm growing out of stuff and I'm a different person. I'm not who I was. And I like that because some people get stuck and they're just that same person over and over, and then you just become like this novelty, and it's like, I don't want to be, you know, a character. Like, I'm a real person. Like, I might have a very large smile and a great, you know, personality that attracts people, but that's not. My goal in life is to just give that and give that and give that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like, you can love me for that. I'm cool with that. Like, that's straight. You see what everybody else sees, but is the things that are deeper are way more important to me now.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So 2011, you dropped rolling papers and became pretty much like a household name. When you look back at the 2011 rolling paper self, what's something you love about him and what's something you've completely outgrown?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I love the hustle, the drive, the motivation, the self awareness, the self branding. And something that I outgrown is the lack of sleep.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I didn't.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We need our sleep.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I need my sleep. Yo, I'm going to bed. But I didn't care about sleep back then. I sleep on the couch like 45 minutes and get right back up and get to it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I don't think I could do that anymore. It hurts, literally, for. That is exactly what it is. I saw some girl on Tick Tock was talking about. She was. She was coming out of work at like 6am and I used to do that coming out of the strip club. I could never. I would literally probably have a panic attack if I saw the sunrise.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Oh, yeah, it's painful.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. I can't do that at all. Do you feel like artists are healers?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I don't feel like all artists are healers, no. Because some people are projecting their bullshit onto the world.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Wow.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. And some artists are so much artists that they're not even freaking human.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And that's the thing about art. You know, some people, like, value that and live for their art more than actual life itself. But I think the people who focus on being great people are also, you know, great artists as well.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And they're not. I don't think one is better. I think actually the chaos gets celebrated more than actually act the peace.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Well, that's because that's what the earth is operating on right now.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right. But I think peace is the goal.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So regardless of what people are into, we should, we should try to reach that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, we need to figure it out. We need to analyze ourselves as a whole right now and figure out how to get back to that. Yeah, yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Because there's a lot of dark ass art, you know.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

There is. There is. I consider you a healer though, for sure.

[Wiz Khalifa]

100.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You're a good vibe and you're like a happy vibe, you know. What do you think that like your music does for people as far as healing?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I've. I've been blessed to be able and be. Have been told to just change people's lives and just make the best memories for them. Like some people have met their husband or wife at my concert or, you know, I see people making out in the crowd and crying. And a lot of people made life decisions based off of, of what they were doing at the time. And sometimes like you said, soundtrack to your life. The music got em through that and helped them understand or helped them pivot or helped them cope or whatever it was. And I got a lot of weed smoking and riding and just party and feel good stuff. But I also have freaking see you again which is like one of those songs that help people get through a lot of stuff.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. And that's your save me pretty much.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Thank you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like my husband saved me. Like that's that song that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

People will play at a wedding, funeral, a freaking bar mitzvah, like everywhere or graduations or it's never gonna get old.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like. And as an artist, we're blessed to have those types of songs because we don't try. You don't think that it's gonna go that far or do that. But then when it actually does on that scale, you're like, wow, okay, cool. This is what it's all about. Everything else.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I think it does show that people are leaning towards looking for peace too in music. Because songs like that, like see you again, you know, that brings people peace.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You know, for the whole time that that song's playing, it's making them feel a certain type of way.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I think that's the goal with music in general too, is to make people feel something. And the more you learn about how in control you are, the more sensitive you are with that message too.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, absolutely. You strike me as a really deep person for sure. Do you? What do you think that your soul's assignment was for coming to Earth.

[Wiz Khalifa]

My soul's assignment for coming to Earth is to literally make everybody else feel better. Because I feel so good.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I'm so blessed to just wake up and smile. Like I have to make somebody else smile.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. Are you always in a good mood or do you have some down days too?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I never really have down days. I have moments that frustrate me. And that's what it's about too, is like not avoiding chaotic situations, but navigating through them. Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Facing them head on.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You got to go through it to get to it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You got to go through it to get to it. So that defines who you are as well. Like, you can't just go around the bullshit. Sometimes you gotta go through the bullshit that shows how tough you are.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And those are the times where I really just try to center myself and just try to think about what the real end goal is. And it's never to be pissed or never to be upset. So it's easy for me to let that go. Cause I know, like, in the end, I'm not even trying to be mad. So how do we get to where we all cool?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

When you are in those moments that you're like flustered or upset, what is something that you do that maybe somebody listening to, to this podcast could be like, oh, you know what? Whiz does that? I'm gonna try it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Breathe.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. I'm telling you, take a deep breath. Have you ever done like meditation or like box breathing?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I do hot yoga, so that's like a lot of. I do that three times a week.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. I could not picture your tall ass in a yoga pose.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Me all as hell for an hour and a half, sweating in the front of the room with everybody else.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Are you limber as hell?

[Wiz Khalifa]

My hair up in a bun? Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. Dude, we need a frickin reality show, please. We. This is fudgeing gold. It's like content gold.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You in a fucking hot yoga class would be phenomenal to just watch. I would.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I know a lot of ladies who love watching it too.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, I love it. I love it. So let's talk about the 15 year anniversary cushion OG2 that you just dropped. I mean, it was so good the first time. You were like, let's fucking circle back.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a classic. Like a defining moment in my career. Definitely got my identity off of the first cushion. Orange juice. And a lot of people just had great memories of just smoking out, chilling with the homies, having a great summer, hooking up, whatever it is. Getting fresh, traveling. That's what the first cushion Orange juice was really about. And I wanted to return that feeling for people who were there and then people who need that now. And I worked on the album for a whole year, and it was just, like, coincidental that it looped all the way around to the exact same time that I dropped the first one.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And we were ready to drop the second one. And, yeah, the reception's been really good. All the fans love it. They telling me that it's as good as. Or maybe even better than the first one. I haven't heard one bad reaction from it at all. Everybody gets it. It. And is that a.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Is that a fear that you have ever. Like, whenever you drop an album, do you ever get that thought in your mind of, like, what if this doesn't resonate with the masses?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I've had that before. Yeah. There was a couple albums that I dropped where I wasn't completely confident. Yeah. For sure. Because I didn't know there was some experimental stuff. I was like, are people gonna really. With this? Are they gonna accept it from me? Did I do what I was supposed to do? Like, should I have done something else? Like. Like, I've had those thoughts before for albums.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I feel like, as an artist, though, like, each album that you drop is a testament to where you're at in your life at that moment, you know? So I feel like if they all sounded the same, then that would show that you're not showing any growth and people would probably get bored.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You know, because it's the same thing over and over again.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely. It's scary, like, reinventing.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And, you know, and, like, you got to be ready to lose some people to gain some people as well. So it's like you said, it's just a lesson in all of that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I feel like you've been able to maintain who you are, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Over the years, I don't feel like you've changed too much. You've just always been whiz.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I've always been wiz. I never really changed. I got. I'm really multifaceted, and I think that's a strength. That's something that plays to my strong side because I can do. I can mix genres. Right. And a lot of artists aren't really able to do that. They can just stay in one lane, or you expect one thing from them.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But you can expect a plethora of stuff from me, and it's still going to be whiz. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What do you feel like one of your most slept on tracks is like if there was one track that could have got a lot more attention, what would it have been for you?

[Wiz Khalifa]

One of my most slept on tracks that should have got more attention. I have a lot of plaques, so I can't really say that. Everything that I put out, it usually goes like gold or platinum.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. You don't have to pick one if you don't want to.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And then this. The stuff like I did, I did an album. It was called Multiverse. It was a. It was a really good album, but I didn't, I didn't go big with this album. It was, it was for a small, small audience and I think later on down the line people will appreciate that for what it. For what it was.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I don't think it was slept on. I think it's just gonna take a while to get right. Appreciate it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I mean, look at the Google Goo Goo Dolls right now. Their song Iris literally has come back.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

And it was made freaking 20 years ago.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That album could do the same thing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, that's what's cool about music is like, it's timeless.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's timeless. And we listen to records. Right. So there's artists who drop albums that you like. Hold on. I didn't even know this put that out. But you're still going to grab it, put it on and listen to it because you enjoy that artist. So it doesn't matter if it got really hyped up or not. It can still, like you said, enter your world.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. I feel like albums catch fire so much later on now too, because things are like always coming back into style. So it's like all it takes is one video going viral now with it. And literally people are like. Like, it's a whole new set of eyes.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. It creates a narrative that people just want to be a part of.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely. Have you ever done a feature with somebody or featured on something and then like regretted it later?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Nah, I'm. I'm always happy about my features. Yeah. Yeah, I've. I've been blessed to be a part of some really cool ass songs. Payphone with Maroon 5. That was one that I never even seen happen a year. Like shit like that, like. Or the Miley Cyrus song 23.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I mean, doing a song with Miley in general is just fucking.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That's. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Top tier.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I just did a song with Good Charlotte too, before I. Before I came out here.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's amazing. Is it rock?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love Good Charlotte. I'm a West coast girl, so I fucking love Good Charlotte.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Charlotte is the shit.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, they're amazing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

All right, let's switch gears. Let's talk about being a dad because you have Bash, and then you also have your daughter. Now, what would you say is the difference in between raising boys and girls? Have you noticed anything yet? Because I know she's. She's fresh, right? She's like, how old?

[Wiz Khalifa]

She's 10 months.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

10 months. So, I mean, you've got a long ways to go, right, being a girl dad. But just in this short time, do you notice a difference?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Not yet.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, not yet. Because she's so fresh. And then my son is 12, so it's.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right. So much a lifetime of different experience.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think. Think, you know, in the next few years, especially as her personality starts to come in.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I'm gonna start to see the real girl dadness start to happen.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Are you excited about it?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I'm super excited. I mean, I'll be, like, shopping for her and buying her outfits. Aww. I'll be picking out her outfits. Like, we do, like, three a day, so I'm like, let me get one at least.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

She gets three outfits a day.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, my gosh. I love that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Yeah. She's like our little baby doll.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I bet she's fly as hell, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Super fly. She got chrome hearts and all that.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, my. Dude, I. Hello. I've been trying to get chrome hearts forever. Look at her.

[Wiz Khalifa]

She got a little baby chrome.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. That's so cool. What's something that Bash has said to you that's made you, like, question your.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Whole personality as far as, like, giving it to him?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Has. No. No. Has he ever, like, checked you, like, dad, that's not cool, or, like, been, like, you know, like, just made you question, like, what the. You know, he's quick.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like, he. He's all day with it. So, like, sometimes he'll just be like, your teeth look like you ate a piece of cheese or something. I'd be like, damn, bro. Like, he likes to. He likes to rip on people. So, like, he just goes all day.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, that is hilarious. Has he. Does he have your musical inclination?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Like, yeah, he does. He does. He listens to a lot of different types of music. I test him out on new music. So I'll be like, I put on some shit that I know is brand new. I'll be like, you like this? He'll be like, ah, it's cool. Blah, blah. I'll Be like, play me what you like. And he likes old school rap. He likes newer rap. He likes rock and roll. He played me some crazy shit the other day from some band that I never heard before. And then he's got MF Doom on his phone, on his display for his phone. I'm like, all right, cool. So he's developing. He's very eclectic already.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love that. But that's just a testament to, you know, you and Amber obviously showing him pretty good music. What's something you're teaching him that no one ever taught you?

[Wiz Khalifa]

My parents did a good job raising me, so I wouldn't say that. Some that nobody ever taught me. But the biggest lesson right now is I teach him to respect himself and to respect others so that they can respect him.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Absolutely.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Because they're not going to respect you if you don't respect yourself. So I'll be like, the things that you do, they have to be a representation of who you are and what you want people to say about you. And we have those conversations over and over. I'm like, of course you're going to slip up and you're going to make mistakes, but the main thing is to be respectful to yourself and other people. And that's how you demand respect yourself.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

No, that's amazing. I feel like this generation is lacking respect, too. Like, kids nowadays, they're just like. They're wild.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

And the respect factor is not there. So the fact that you're teaching Bash, that is amazing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Absolutely.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

How are you and Amber getting along these days? You guys still getting along?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, we're super good.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I love Amber because, you know, I'm sure you hear this all the time, but, you know, I grew up in Vegas. I up grew group and the whole scene of, like, dancing and working girls and stuff like that. So, you know, for her to be this outspoken role model. Outspoken role model for us, we. I've just always respected her.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Always been who she is.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, she's a great chick. She's a great mom. She's a great friend. Yeah, that's. That's like my partner for real. Like, you don't get too many partners in life. And Amy is too. That's Cadence's mom. We're really great partners, and we've been together longer than me and Amber were together. But me and Amber's relationship is lifelong.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

We ain't in a relationship, but we together, though.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Do you believe in soulmates? Because soulmates don't always have to be romantic either. Like, you Guys can.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I don't know about soulmates, because to me, like, a soulmate, you might not necessarily even have kids with that person or, you know, this. This person might help you build your empire. But me and Amber, like, we're stronger than a lot of people because we have difficult conversations. We navigate through that shit.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yes.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And that's what makes us so, so strong, is we don't argue every time we disagree. We're allowed to disagree, but we're still gonna get through it together because she's not throwing low blows. I'm not being disrespectful. We don't have any underlining, freaking animosity towards each other. And that makes the situation way more positive than anything. It doesn't get negative. You know, we might get a little heated sometimes when we talk because we're both passionate and we both have our own opinion. But the heatedness, I might be stressed out from. From my job, so she might be like, okay, what's wrong? For real? Like, don't just. Just don't just be upset. Tell me what's going on and then we'll talk about this. Or if she's in a situation, I'm like, you don't have to. I'm not checking you at all. You don't have to check in with me. You know what I'm saying? I respect your life. I want you to have all the space in the world. Please have space. I respect your space. I validate your space and all that. I would never want to get in the way of that. That only time we have to come together is when we make decisions. So, like, let's make this work.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I always say, what is it? Communication is key. Comprehension is vital.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So if you have. If you're talking to somebody all day long and they're not hearing you, it's not going to get anywhere. And I love that you guys have that communication. Do you also have that with Cadence's mom? I've met her before, right?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yes, I met her.

[Wiz Khalifa]

You met her stage at a Stagecoach.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. She's beautiful.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Thank you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Gorgeous.

[Wiz Khalifa]

She's a great girl as well. She's like. Like I said. And that's my partner, too. We do everything. She. She makes sure I eat.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That means a lot to a man, especially these days, you know?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Hell, yeah. It's a lot. She holds it down, like, for sure, in ways that other women would never even be capable of. And she does it, like, happily, too, you know?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

When you say that, can you give us an example of something that, like most women wouldn't be able to deal.

[Wiz Khalifa]

With just my schedule in general. I wake up at 5:30 and I'm up all day. I got the gym, I got meetings and zoom calls. I got merch samples coming to the house. I got, you know, fire pit being built. I got, I got three dogs.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

That's that Aries moon. You have an Aries moon?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I do.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I checked it because I have an Aries moon, my husband has an Aries moon. And there's always some shit going on. Like, we've always got a project, always.

[Wiz Khalifa]

A project on top of a project, Right. And we gonna have some fun too, right?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So you gotta be ready to party as well. You gotta do all that and party.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We have to make sure we have fun time. I love that. That seems like you just want to always make sure that you have fun in whatever it is that you're doing. And I think that's a really sweet quality to have because a lot of people don' to enjoy life.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

They get so carried away with just the grind.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Right, right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Like, nope, we're gonna have fucking fun.

[Wiz Khalifa]

We're gonna have some fun. We gonna make some memories. And that's where the inspiration comes from. Yeah, you gotta, like, you gotta actually do shit and live. And then if your life is just beautiful, as poetic, so you, you just, you just grab those feelings and then you just put them into whatever your project is at the time.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yes, sir. Can you take me on the journey of you doing MMA and fitness?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

When?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

How did you get into this? Because. Yeah, I think that's amazing that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Thank you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

It's. It's very taxing on the body to be doing stuff like that. So.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, yeah, I trained pretty hard too. I. I got into it. My big homies, they were doing jiu jitsu at the time, and they're like, hey, you need to come to the gym and we're gonna rough you up and all of this stuff. So as soon as I got to the gym, they instantly were like, you need to lift weights. Like, you're way too small. You gotta eat and you gotta lift weights. You could, you could actually do something if you, you know, I mean, took it seriously. So I got on like a regimen where I was, you know, doing certain amount of calories and making sure I started sleeping. And then I just liked how my body felt and like, what it did to me mentally as well. And the martial arts part of it just kind of turned into its own little thing because I was naturally A little bit gifted at it, but just being the type of person where I want to do something over and over and over and try to perfect it, that's the perfect sport for that because you just get better every day. So each and every day you learn new techniques or just fine tuning or practicing or drilling or. There's always something to do. So it's like that forever project for me. That's how I feel like martial arts is. It's just something that I could practice for the rest of my life. And it is good for my body and it's good for me mentally. It's a skill that I, That I could use if I needed to.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Hopefully not, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

No, I don't. I don't see. But being a dad, though, you got to be ready for that shit too, because it's like, look, I'm not calling security. I'm a beat your dad up.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Right. Would you ever fight in the ring professionally? Would you ever, if they offered it to you? Because I think I had read also that you said you wanted to be a wrestler for a day.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I did.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Would you still do that?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I would more do some wrestling than fighting because wrestling is like entertainment is acting.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Actually, getting in the ring and doing that's not what I train for. Right. But I'm trained good enough to do some shit. I'm always ready. Right. And anybody who's ever seen me do what I do, they. They know what level I perform on. So the whole getting in the ring, it's more for entertainment. Like, it makes everybody money. And it's like, I'm not really into it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Came to you with like a bag, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

What's the bag, though?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I mean, you name your price.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It would have to be like 50 million.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

And then you would get in the ring.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, it would be like Floyd Mayweather prices.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I mean, you know, they might do it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I need 50 M's for my first fight, guaranteed. Cause it's gonna, like, it's gonna pull a big crowd.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And I'm gonna knock somebody out cold.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

What's your move? What is your move? Like, if you had a move in the ring?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Well, if I did boxing, it would probably be like a overhand right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

That's, that's, that's, that's pretty much night night. Or my. Or my. Or my lead left hook. Ooh, yeah. No, well, the lead left is, is orthodox, but it's just coming from the left. So I'm either hit you in the face or a nice Little lead left, body shot.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Gotcha.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But if we doing Muay Thai, there's nobody seeing me in Muay Thai. Like, boxing is different because you only got hands.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But if I get to use my feet and my elbows and my knees. Yeah. It's. Oh, there's nobody seeing me in this.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You're knocking somebody out.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. And I'm tall as hell too, so you're not even getting close to me. Yeah, just one. One round kick. The hardest kick is probably like the spinning back kick.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So, like, if we really.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You'd knock somebody's head off.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Or like break some ribs or like puncture some lungs or something like that. Yeah. Nice spinning back.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I like it. Now we're talking. Yeah, we gotta make this happen, too.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, I like elbows too, because.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Let me just manage you. I'm just kidding.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Cause with elbow, like, when you boxing, you got like the. The gloves are protecting them, Right. But if we do MMA and I elbow you in your forehead and I split your forehead open and you're bleeding, it's gonna be hard for you to fight me for the rest of the fight.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Fight or break a nose or if.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I knee you and break your rib in the first round, you're not really going to want to keep was.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I feel like you're ready for this. I feel like you're.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I don't want to hurt anybody. I don't like hurting people. I like to.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I think you would rock the out of somebody, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But they got to pay me 50M's if you want to see some blood.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

All right, well, whoever's listening, let's make that happen because I'm. I'm tuning in. I want to see somebody get their ass whipped. What? Is something embarrassing you do alone that no one knows about until now?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Now something embarrassing that I do alone that no one knows about? I cry a lot.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Really?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You're emotional. That's sweet, though.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I don't think that's embarrassing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It is to me. Cause I'll be. Why? I was watching, like, what's that Encanto? Or what's that Disney movie?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I'm not sure.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's the one with the Spanish girl and her family. What's that movie called, man? I was crying in that the other day, though. You cried too? I'm crying just thinking about was it was the sweetest freaking movie ever. It's so sweet.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

It's sweet. It's not sad.

[Wiz Khalifa]

No, it's just sweet. It's like the sweetest thing. I mean, of course it's like, sad. It hits you, but it's like. Yeah, it's so sweet. It was like. I was like, oh, man. Here, here we go.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I don't think that's a weakness, though. I think that a man that can, you know, show emotion. That's awesome. That just means that you're in tune with it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah, for sure. I. I think I'm very in tune with it.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

He said I'm very in tune with it. So let's say some aliens came down to Earth and you're the spokesman for Earth. What would you. What's the first thing that you would show aliens and prove to them, like, that we're actually, like, cool people down here?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I would definitely smoke weed with them.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. You don't think they're not already smoking weed?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I think they're, like, past smoking weed. We might. This might be, like, really prehistoric to them. They're like, we've gotta. We got. We gotta bring them back to the origin.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Right.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So I would. Because they're aliens. Like, everything is fast and.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It's just like. Let's slow it down a little bit.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I would smoke some weed with them, and I would probably play them, like, Parliament Funkadelic record.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, there we go.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I would put on some. Some Earth music.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Would you only smoke weed with them or would you drop acid with them?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I don't really do too much acid.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I can't either.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Yeah. So I would rather just smoke the weed.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Smoke weed, listen to records, watch a movie, go for a ride, get burgers.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, any particular burger?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Where. Where are the aliens landing? Are they landing here?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

They'll not here. The Nashville sucks. Let's take them to la. At least. There's probably more to do.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So we go to, like, Astro Burger or something.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay.

[Wiz Khalifa]

In Hollywood because we get to. We get to cruise through Hollywood in the Low Rider and smoke weed and go get burgers.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Have you ever dropped acid before? Have you ever had psychedelics?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

You don't like them?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I think I did too much. Yeah, I did. I did acid with Diplo.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, I would never do acid with Diplo.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It sounds like a good idea, right?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I know.

[Bunny (Podcast Host)]

Nope.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Doesn't sound good to me.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I'm like, it's Diplo. Like, this is gonna be awesome.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Him, I feel like he's on a permanent acid trip.

[Wiz Khalifa]

He is. He's walking acid.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah. So how did that go?

[Wiz Khalifa]

It was. It was. It was interesting. It was. It was. It was intense. That's what it was. It was super duper intense. And it wasn't like, a bad trip or anything.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Right.

[Wiz Khalifa]

But I could definitely feel it. And I would, like, go places and be like, hold on, I need a little second to myself. And then I would just be randomly somewhere else. It was like a movie. I would blink, and then I would wake up in another room.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, no.

[Wiz Khalifa]

And I would blink, and I would wake up in another room.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, no. I would have anxiety.

[Wiz Khalifa]

It was crazy. And I thought I was Aladdin on a magic carpet for a minute.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I thought I was Michael Jackson when I did mushrooms.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Okay, cool.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah, I guess it. I feel that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. I definitely, for sure thought I was, like, sailing over the city on a magic carpet. Yeah.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

So that was your first and only time doing.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Only time.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Okay. He's like, yeah. Never. Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I turned into Aladdin. I'm cool.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

All right, final question. Build your dream strip club name. Theme, signature drink, and house rules.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Name, Nippleopolis. What was the other one?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

The other one was. Hold on. I'm still hung up on Nippleopolis. And how fast you thought of that. You've thought of this before. Was the late. Oops, hold on. Sorry. It was Build your dream strip club name, what's the theme, what's your signature drink, and what's the house rules?

[Wiz Khalifa]

Okay, the. The theme is 80s baddies.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yes. Video vixen.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Yeah. Those are my favorite chicks.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Oh, me too.

[Wiz Khalifa]

So good. Like, nice bodies. Like, perfect boobs. Cute little butt.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yep.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Little bush, you know?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Are you into bush?

[Wiz Khalifa]

I like the little 80s bush.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

We like the bush.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Well, we're not have a bush floor. Yeah. It'd be a floor for bush.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

And then downstairs floor. Shit's hairy.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Upstairs and then downstairs, Nippleopolis.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Regular.

[Wiz Khalifa]

The signature drink will be the Napoleon Dynamite.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I'm crying.

[Wiz Khalifa]

What's the last one?

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I'm sorry. I'm still just hung up on what you're saying here. I'm so. I can't get over the bush floor. Signature drink. And what are the house rules?

[Wiz Khalifa]

House rules. We got to respect the ladies. That's the number one rule.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Yeah.

[Wiz Khalifa]

Tip well and leave room for the Holy Spirit. Leave room for the Holy Spirit.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I like that.

[Wiz Khalifa]

All right, cool.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I like it.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I love that. Welcome to Nippleopolis.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

Whiz. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast, babe.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I'm happy to be here. Thank you.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

I appreciate you so much. Come back anytime.

[Wiz Khalifa]

I will.

[Jay (Co-host or Interviewer)]

All right. Thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Dumb Blonde. I will see you guys next week. Bye.