On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Wiz Khalifa: How to Build Your Schedule to Make You Happy & Strategize Your Life 5 Years in Advance
Mon, 09 Dec 2024
What in your day makes you happiest? Where do you see yourself in five years? Today, Jay sits down with the iconic rapper, multi-platinum artist, and entrepreneur Wiz Khalifa. The episode explores Wiz’s journey from navigating the challenges of his youth in Pittsburgh to becoming one of the most recognizable names in the music industry. Throughout their conversation, Wiz shares profound insights into his personal growth, family values, and the discipline behind his success. Wiz reflects on his early days, including the loss of a record deal and the resilience it took to rebuild his career. He discusses his evolution as an artist and individual, emphasizing the importance of gratitude, patience, and staying true to oneself. The conversation also dives into the balance between his professional life and personal responsibilities, particularly as a father. Wiz talks about raising his 11-year-old son, Sebastian, and his new daughter, Cadence, shedding light on how fatherhood has deepened his perspective on life and masculinity. Jay and Wiz also explore deeper topics like handling grief, cultivating self-discipline, and the nuanced concept of masculinity in today’s world. Wiz’s candid anecdotes, whether about quitting alcohol, building financial literacy, or practicing MMA for mental clarity, inspire listeners to live authentically, embrace personal growth, and focus on what truly matters. In this interview, you'll learn: How to Rebuild Confidence After a Setback How to Balance Personal Life and Career Successfully How to Find Gratitude in Everyday Moments How to Stay Calm Under Pressure How to Teach Discipline and Politeness to Kids How to Manage Money as a Creative Professional How to Stay Authentic in the Spotlight Every setback is an opportunity to rebuild stronger, and every triumph is a chance to inspire others. Prioritize what matters, whether it’s your personal growth, the relationships you cherish, or the values you stand for. With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty 100% of Proceeds are donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Visit https://jayshettyshop.com re(NEW) You Free Workshop Do you feel like you’re tolerating a mediocre life? I’ve created a workshop that shares 5 keys for creating a life you truly love. Access at no charge at www.renewyouworkshop.com What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 04:15 Navigating Fame As A Star 09:18 The Craziest Fan Interactions 10:07 Family Matters The Most 11:49 Dealing With Grief 13:04 Seeking Family Support 13:54 Finding Balance In Grief 14:50 Life Before Fame And Success 16:47 What's It Like To Lose A Record Deal? 17:15 Confidence In The Face Adversity 18:37 Advice To Younger Self 19:22 Driven Goals And Compulsion 20:50 Being Contented With What You Have 21:30 What's The Hardest Conversation You Have Ever Had? 24:40 Building Connections With Your Audience 25:50 Ever Caught Anything Crazy On Camera? 26:45 Then VS Now Journey With Other Stars 29:13 Advice For Up And Coming Artists 32:11 How Far Do You Plan Your Goals? 32:49 Best Moves In Money Management 35:58 Dumbest Thing I Have Ever Bought 36:35 Best Investment I Have Ever Made 38:20 Relationship With God 40:30 Moving Around In My Childhood 41:58 How My Childhood Experiences Has Impacted Me 44:48 How My Views On Fatherhood Has Changed 50:17 How I Take Control Of My Career As An Artist 54:17 What I Learnt From My Mom 55:31 Something People Should Know About Me 1:00 How Working Out Helped Me 1:02 My Advice For Men Who Want To Get Into Health And Fitness 1:03 My Perspective On Masculinity 1:08 My Take On MMA And Martial Arts 1:12:09 How I View My New Album And Most Viewed Video 1:16:22 My Motivation To Go Sober From Alcohol 1:18:01 First Thing I Do Before I Go To Bed 1:18:32 Wiz on Final Five Episode Resources: Wiz Khalifa | Website Wiz Khalifa | Instagram Wiz Khalifa | TikTok Wiz Khalifa | YouTube Wiz Khalifa | FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What was Wiz Khalifa's early life like?
How unsafe was it where you were in Pittsburgh?
The streets is crazy out there. I remember one of my first friends getting shot and killed in seventh grade.
Chapter 2: How did Wiz Khalifa handle the loss of his record deal?
Wow. When was your sibling who passed away?
She passed away, I think maybe seven years ago.
How was that experience for you? Losing someone so close to you that you love?
I am grateful that I was able to have the last moments that I had and to be able to prepare for it. It's something that I'm still dealing with.
Chapter 3: What role does gratitude play in Wiz Khalifa's life?
What's a misconception you think people have about you? Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose, the number one health and wellness podcast in the world. Thanks to each and every one of you that come back every week to listen, learn, and grow. Today's guest is the one and only Wiz Khalifa, multi-platinum artist and Grammy nominee,
who rose to fame with his 2011 debut album Rolling Papers, featuring the hit Black and Yellow, Wiz won Best New Artist at the 2011 BET Awards and Top New Artist at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. His song See You Again from the Furious 7 topped charts in 95 countries and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song.
Today we're talking about Wiz's newest album, Kush Plus Orange Juice 2. Please welcome to the show, Wiz Khalifa. Hey.
What's up, man?
What's up, Wiz?
I'm chilling, how are you?
I'm good, I'm good. It's great to have you here. Yeah, good to be here. You walked in with this real chill energy today. I was like, it was very calming.
Yeah, I'm a super chill dude.
I love that, man. Yeah, yeah. What's the first thing you do in the morning?
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Chapter 4: How does Wiz Khalifa balance fatherhood and his career?
Chapter 5: What advice does Wiz Khalifa have for aspiring artists?
Smoke weed.
Every day?
Yeah, yeah. First thing? Well, I take my dog outside. I have a Doberman. He's a puppy. But he's a big puppy. He's like, he's 10 months now. And he wakes up pretty early. So I take him out.
Chapter 6: How does Wiz Khalifa approach money management?
And then I smoked weed. Do you ever remember a day before that was the case?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember the days before that was the case.
What were those days like?
I was in school. So I would just get up and iron my clothes and, you know, go off to school.
Yeah. Was there ever a time in your life where you tried to stop smoking? Or has that ever been a goal?
Nah. I never really fell back off of it. I never had a reason to.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What does it do for you that you feel it needs to be your first habit of the day?
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Chapter 7: What is Wiz Khalifa's perspective on masculinity?
Walk us through what that feels like mentally. Like you just described two polar opposites and the majority of people on the planet will never really experience those extremes. They might experience the loneliness in a room, but they won't experience the 30,000 people screaming your name, wearing your merch, whatever it may be, singing along to your music.
What are you feeling in the in-betweens, in the transition of that to that?
You have to have this thing where you kind of wind down and you know what is for where. Like you can't bring the stage home because eventually you have to, you know, wind down and go to sleep and wake up and do it again. And you can't be, you know, too turned off when you're on the stage because you have to bring enough energy to where somebody is way in the back and they can feel you.
So it's really just like a projection of like, you know, your energy and how you feel. And the majority of the times I'm in a great mood. I have great interactions with my fans and the people around stage and things like that. So it goes good. I'm in a great mood, but it's just a lot of this goes from really, really intense. And then it could just all just be shut off at one second.
And I think that that's like the craziest part to me.
Yeah, I can relate. You know, I'd heard that before and I can relate in a small, very small way comparatively, but I remember doing my first ever live show in 2019. It was at the Ace Theater or maybe 2018, something like that in the Ace Hotel. And it was like, I don't know, 1500 people, 2000 people, maybe. It was my first ever show.
And I remember walking off stage, jumping into the car to get driven back home. And it was just the strangest feeling. Like it's so hard to explain it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wasn't, you know, it wasn't like I don't do music. So I haven't got even that experience, but I'm feeling connected with my audience. Then you get into the back of a black, you know, a black car. You barely know it.
I didn't know anyone in the car with me. I was alone and I'm driving home. And I just felt, I was like, wow, I don't even know how to describe it. The juxtaposition. And then I went on my world tour last year. We did roughly 40 cities around the world. And that was like, you're in a new place every day. And now you're feeling that same thing every day.
And so I know it's much smaller compared to what you've done. But to me, just getting that experience. And I remember that night I was lucky. I came home and my wife had planned a surprise party. So all my closest friends were back in my house. Yeah. And that kind of like, it was a relief. But it is a really weird feeling. Yeah.
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Chapter 8: How does Wiz Khalifa view his relationship with God?
Yeah, it's a great experience. That's such a beautiful place to be. Yeah, yeah, for sure. That gratitude to your community for being there for you, for being present with you. Yeah, definitely. What's been your craziest fan experience or fan interaction, a memory that you have with one of the audience members that stays with you?
I think the craziest stuff is when people come up and get me to sign my name on them so they can get it tatted, or they show me tattoos of my face on them. I think those are the craziest interactions. Cause I have tattoos, I'm covered in them. So I know how important that is.
And to be, you know, just me as an artist and doing what I'm doing and to want to have people to want to like tattoo me on them. It's pretty, it's pretty tight.
Yeah. Have people ever done a lyric as well? Yeah. Yeah.
They do lyrics. They do song titles. They do pictures. They do autographs. They do all types of stuff.
Wow. What's your most meaningful tattoo or one that really speaks to you?
Probably, I got a couple. I got, you know, my mom's name. I got my brother's name. My sibling who passed away. I got my little sister. Yeah, probably like my family tattoos mean the most to me. The rest of them are just like stuff about life that I've learned throughout the way or things that I've called myself throughout life. Yeah, yeah.
When was your sibling who passed away?
She passed away, I think maybe seven years ago. I don't remember exactly how many years ago. It could be like, could be more or less.
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