Wiz Khalifa

I used to be like, Daddy, come on, man.

Let's go get some jet skis or something.

He's like, nah, I just want to, you know, connect.

I'm like, I'll show you.

Yeah, well, the grandfather is his dad.

So it was both of them.

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 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.

Pray five times a day.

Be in the mosque, you know, seven days a week.

You know, helping the brothers out at jail.

Like, everybody knew my granddad because 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.

And, yeah, it came together.

It was wisdom, Khalifa, at first.

But, yeah.

My dad, being cool as hell, he took the dumb off and was just calling me Wiz.

He was like, I don't like the Wiz dumb.

I don't like that.