Southern Plug Magazine: Leaders of the New School 2017 Volume 2 Issue 1 A | Page 78

With a series of hits that bundled gangster
rhymes, weed talk, pop hooks, and slick
production, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rapper Wiz
Khalifa went from breakthrough single ("Black
and Yellow") to feature film star (Mac and Devin
Go to High School) in the short span of two
years. Along the way there were revered
mixtapes, sports anthems, a friendship with
West Coast legend Snoop Dogg, the proliferation
of his crew referencing Taylor Gang or Die T-
shirts, and a friendship with the late actor Paul
Walker that inspired the massive hit "See You
Again."