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DUB Magazine Feature: Wiz Khalifa
Being different comes with its pros and cons, and Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa admits that he’s a tad different from the norm. “I’m pretty unique,” he says, as the bright Los Angeles, California sun reflects his surroundings through the lenses of his sunglasses. To add to his individuality, a few days before the DUB shoot, he incorporated a yellow streak in the front left portion of his hair. After his 20th tattoo, he stopped counting. His latest is a large shark on his back that he got in August. “I’m not the average person who someone’s going to run into. There’s different ways that people take me. A lot of people think I’m different.”
Being a child of two parents who served in the U.S. Military resulted in a lot of travel for Wiz, coupled with exposure to a wide array of cultures. For much of his childhood, Wiz (born in Minot, North Dakota) would move from Pittsburgh to South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Germany, Japan and England. In the midst of his journeys, he found music as a conduit to express his random thoughts. He laughs about his childhood days when he’d blurt out sundry words, sing random songs, and would do anything to make his presence known.
It was in the third grade that Wiz began rapping, but didn’t take it seriously until he was 13. In 2002, the child rap prodigy caught the attention of Rostrum Records, inking a deal with the independent Pittsburgh label. Soon he would declare himself “prince of the city,” the title of volumes 1 and 2 of the mixtapes released in the years that followed at Rostrum. A year after the 2006 debut of his album Show and Prove, Wiz signed with Warner Bros. Records. In 2008 he came aboard as an act on the DUB Show Tour, performing several hits including “Say Yeah.” “I was happy when I was on the DUB Tour,” he recalls. “It was early in my career. It was kind of quick. I learned a little bit…performing in front of big crowds.”
Being different comes with its pros and cons, and Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa admits that he’s a tad different from the norm. “I’m pretty unique,” he says, as the bright Los Angeles, California sun reflects his surroundings through the lenses of his sunglasses. To add to his individuality, a few days before the DUB shoot, he incorporated a yellow streak in the front left portion of his hair. After his 20th tattoo, he stopped counting. His latest is a large shark on his back that he got in August. “I’m not the average person who someone’s going to run into. There’s different ways that people take me. A lot of people think I’m different.”
Being a child of two parents who served in the U.S. Military resulted in a lot of travel for Wiz, coupled with exposure to a wide array of cultures. For much of his childhood, Wiz (born in Minot, North Dakota) would move from Pittsburgh to South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Germany, Japan and England. In the midst of his journeys, he found music as a conduit to express his random thoughts. He laughs about his childhood days when he’d blurt out sundry words, sing random songs, and would do anything to make his presence known.
It was in the third grade that Wiz began rapping, but didn’t take it seriously until he was 13. In 2002, the child rap prodigy caught the attention of Rostrum Records, inking a deal with the independent Pittsburgh label. Soon he would declare himself “prince of the city,” the title of volumes 1 and 2 of the mixtapes released in the years that followed at Rostrum. A year after the 2006 debut of his album Show and Prove, Wiz signed with Warner Bros. Records. In 2008 he came aboard as an act on the DUB Show Tour, performing several hits including “Say Yeah.” “I was happy when I was on the DUB Tour,” he recalls. “It was early in my career. It was kind of quick. I learned a little bit…performing in front of big crowds.”
To read the rest of Wiz’s interview as well as see more photos of his Challenger, click on the source link below-MHCC
Source: DUBMag
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T-Pain: House Of Pain | Rides Magazine
With the exception of Mr. Sean Carter, you’d be hard-pressed to identify a contemporary hip-hop artist who isn’t a direct beneficiary of the Grammy Award–winning Tallahassee Hero. T-Pain’s euphonic dexterity and staggering influence on the music world have been well documented, but his vehicular interests have yet to be legitimately explored. With a stable of 34 total cars—including one befitting of sheiks and oil tycoons—T-Pain has clearly been successful on both stages. An extension of his animated yet humble character, his rides vary from candy old-schools to those worthy of spilling Grey Poupon in. Branching out into cartoons, commercials and even iPhone apps, Teddy Penderazdoun has expanded his repertoire, becoming a custom-car-shop owner as well. In purchasing the elite custom automotive shop Auto Extremes, located in the Atlanta area, the 25-year-old enterprising entrepreneur has one more canvas on which to bestow his creativity.
How many cars do you currently own? Thirty-four.
Damn. Do you have a favorite out of the bunch? Or is that even possible? Well, now it’s the Bugatti [laughs]. And I guess the Phantom and the Scion are my other favorites.
The Scion? Really? Yeah, man, the Scion is so customizable. Any way you want it, it’s just easy to do. I drive it a whole lot.
Is that paid endorsement? Don’t answer that. But why so many cars? Most people stop at some point. It’s more impulse buying than anything. I never planned on having 34 cars. Even when I was back in Tallahassee, I would say I was gonna have one car, and it was gonna be the best thing you’ve ever seen. That went out the window when they started making other cars I liked, and I had the money to buy them.
What was that one car? Any old-school, any ’70s Chevy. My favorite was actually a ’77, which is weird, I know—normally it’s a ’71 to ’76. But my brother had a ’77, which is probably why I like those so much. We’re real big on box Chevys in Tallahassee. I have an ’88 at the house. I actually just…cont.
You can read the rest of this interview as well as check out some more photos of T-Pain’s rides at the source link below.-MHCC
Source: Rides Magazine
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