He then followed it up with his major-label bow, Rolling Papers. In the fall of 2010, Wiz Khalifa landed a surprise number-one hit in his hometown tribute "Black & Yellow." The song became ubiquitous when the Pittsburgh Steelers adopted it for their 2011 Super Bowl run. It made a new deal - this time with Atlantic Records – seem all but inevitable. By 2010, Wiz's time had arrived, thanks to a new class of emcees that mixed a street ethos with fashion-forward cool and deft rhymes. Undaunted, Wiz continued to build support for his cleverly rendered hipster thug style, issuing numerous mixtapes as well as a potent indie album, 2009's Deal or No Deal. New Album From Rap Superstar Sits Atop Billboards Top Rap Albums & Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Charts & Debuts At 2 On The Top 200 Albums. After two more failed singles, "All in My Blood (Pittsburgh Sound)" and "Youngin On His Grind," Warner dropped him. The deal yielded an acclaimed single, "Say Yeah," which turned Alice Deejay's rave chestnut "Better Off Alone" into a strip-club anthem the song got plenty of buzz on the Internet but barely skirted the U.S. Records for his precocious 2006 indie album Show and Prove. The Pittsburgh rapper landed a deal with Warner Bros. The previously released tracks Iced Out Necklace, Bad Ass Bitches, and Memory Lanewhich he performed on Jimmy Kimmel.
Wiz Khalifa is 'proof' that persistence pays off. JMultiverse, Wiz Khalifa’s new album, is available to fans.
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