Facts of Wiz Khalifa
| Full Name | Wiz Khalifa | ||||||
| First Name | Wiz | ||||||
| Last Name | Khalifa | ||||||
| Birth Name | Cameron Jibril Thomaz | ||||||
| Profession | rapper, singer, and actor | ||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Ethnicity | African-American | ||||||
| Birth City | Minot, North Dakota | ||||||
| Birth Country | America | ||||||
| Father Name | Laurence Thomaz | ||||||
| Mother Name | Peachie Wimbush | ||||||
| Gender Identity | Male | ||||||
| Sexual Orientation | Straight | ||||||
| Horoscope | Virgo | ||||||
| Date of Birth | September 8,1987 | ||||||
| Age | 32 years | ||||||
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How Much Is The Net Worth Of Wiz Khalifa?
Cameron Jibril Thomaz professionally known as Wiz Khalifa is an American rapper, singer, and actor whose net worth is estimated to be around $50 thousand as of 2019. His huge net worth lists him among the highest paid and wealthiest rappers in the world.
His musical skills and performance have named him a legend in the music industry. He is popular for his hip hop genre songs including See You Again, Young, Wild & Free, and Black and Yellow.
Net Worth Details: Salary And Income Sources
As mentioned earlier, Khalifa is estimated to have a net worth of around $50 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Similarly, another source, The Richest reveals his net worth to be around $55 million.
He mainly earns from his career as a rapper, musician and actor. The average salary of a musician is estimated to be around $50,000 having pay scale of around $25,000 to $98,000. The salary of the rapper can reach high up to $119 thousand after years of experience and high skills. A rapper also grabs a bonus of $30,000, profit sharing of $40,000 and commission of approximately $2,000.
He had a keen interest in music from an early age of 15. His first records were publicized by a local studio; I.D. Labs. After that, he was signed by the Rostrum Records in 2004. Under the HitQuaters Label, he released his first mixtape; Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania in the following year. In 2006, with the same mixtape, he was announced as the 2006 “artist to watch” by Rolling Stone.
After that, he signed to Warner Bros. from where he released his first single ‘Say Yeah’. In 2009, he left Warner Bros. and came up with his second album ‘Deal or No Deal’. Following a year in 2010, he was signed by Atlantic Records for around $5,000,000.
Wiz then released albums and singles including Kush and Orange Juice, ONIFC, Work Hard, Play Hard and Remember You, Blacc Hollywood, See You Again, We Dem Boyz, Rolling Papers 2 and many more.
He is often compared to be American Rappers like XXXTentacion ($5 million), Ludacris ($25 million) and Machine Gun Kelly ($8 million).
Here See The Income Of Wiz Khalifa From His Record Sales
| Albums | Units Sold | Per Unit Cost | Wiz Khalif’s Earnings | Revenue |
| Show and Prove | 50,000 | $10.99 | $60,995 | $549,500 |
| Deal or No Deal | 50,000 | $10.99 | $60,995 | $549,500 |
| Rolling Papers | 600,000 | $10.99 | $731,934 | $6,594,000 |
| O.N.I.F.C | 75,000 | $10.99 | $91,492 | $824,250 |
| Blacc Hollywood | 400,000 | $10.99 | $487,956 | $4,396,000 |
| Rolling Papers 2 | 80,000 | $10.99 | $97,591 | $879,200 |
| Other albums | 1,000,000 | $10.99 | $1,291,890 | $10,990,000 |
A source reported that Wiz Khalifa solely earned around $2.7 million from his album sales only. Similarly, his earnings from the album sales are estimated to be around $3.8 million.
Some of his greatest hits are See You Again, Young, Wild & Free, KK, and Black and Yellow.
| Songs | Earnings |
| See You Again | $2.9 million |
| ‘Young, Wild & Free’ and ‘Black and Yellow’ | $11 million |
| KK and other songs | $13 million |
Likewise, Kahlifa earns approximately more than half of his net worth from his tours and concerts; around $35 million. A reliable site cited that artists get around 85% of the total earnings from the tours.
| Tours and Concerts | Earnings | Revenues |
| Deal or No Deal | $4,250,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Rolling papers | $15,300,000 | $18,000,000 |
| Blacc Hollywood Big Secret | $8,500,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 2050 | $2,833,333 | $10,000,000 |
| American Beauty/ American Secret | $1,050,000 | $10,500,000 |
| Total | $31,933,333 | $53,500,000 |
Apart from his career as a musician cum rapper, he also makes money from his successful career in acting. He appeared in a few numbers of movies including Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation, Punk’d, This is How I Made It, American Dad!, and few others.
For his outstanding and great hits, he received several awards like Black Reel award, IFC Award, GMS awards, and total o 7 awards. Moreover, he was consecutively nominated for the Grammy Awards from 2012 to 2016 and Golden Globes in 2016, Bet Awards 2011 with other 19 nominations.
As of 2019, he is set to be appearing in TV series Duncanville, and documentary Tale of the Tape.
Instagram & YouTube Earnings And Endorsements Income And Business Ventures
Besides his highly successful career, he also gathers chunk of money from his social media platform; Instagram & YouTube. From Instagram, he earns around $45,731 to $78,397 per sponsored post. This makes him one of the top earners from Instagram.
On the other hand, Khalifa makes monthly income between $19.3 thousand to $308.8 thousand. A source estimated his yearly earnings to be approximately $2231.6 thousand to $3.7 million. Also, Khalifa earns around $15 million in revenue from YouTube ads alone.
Regarding his endorsements deals, his most popular lucrative endorsements deals include Kush Brand, Bing, Converse, Gap, Grenco Science, and many more. A source reported that he earns around $1 million Supreme Cannabis Company and other $5.7 million worth shares in Toronto-based pot. Wiz’s estimated earnings from the endorsements is around $500,000 per year.
Apart from that, he has an online web store named Wiz Khalifa. He offers customized items including T-shirts, hoodies, and much more have a price between $50.00 to $12.00. Similarly, he also has his own Bash clothing line. His clothing line collections features sweatshirts, accessories, shorts and bomber jacket.
Khalifa also makes huge sum from selling his music and miscellaneous merchandise on Amazon. While sources reported that he makes $6.4 million from selling merchandise until now. In the like manner, Wiz earns approximately $6,269,816 from his investments made.
Assets, Houses, Cars, Jet, Expenses, Taxes, Insurances, Charity Works
The millionaire Wiz Khalifa is living a lavish lifestyle in his Los Angeles house. Recently, he bought the house for $3.4 million which was actually listed in $4.6 million. Back in 2012, Wiz purchased a $900,000 house in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The thousands of dollars Pennsylvania house is featured in 2.8 acres of land.
Similarly, he seems to be quite fond of cars. He has quite a hot taste for the cars. Some of the luxury cars that he owns are
| Cars | Price |
| 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS | $2,822 to $3,000 |
| 2015 Cadillac Escalade | $64,000 |
| 1998 Pontiac Bonneville | $5,000 to $10,000 |
| 2005 GMC Envoy | $3,000 |
| 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS | $23,000 to $15,500 |
| 1968 Chevelle convertible | $42,000 |
| 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 | $31,000 |
| Chevrolet Camino SS | $15,000 to $33,000 |
| Porsche 991 | $120,600 to $113,200 |
Similarly, he also has a private jet that he bought in late 2012.
His taxes payments and expenses throughout the years shared by a verified source lists as:
| Year | Taxes | Expenses |
| 2006 | $563,948 | $198,248 |
| 2007 | $561,670 | $192,412 |
| 2008 | $1,426,390 | $491,331 |
| 2009 | $3,259,964 | $1,123,070 |
| 2010 | $1,852,584 | $599,015 |
| 2011 | $8,929,798 | $3,069,893 |
| 2012 | $3,247,014 | $991,844 |
| 2013 | $1,938,049 | $501,361 |
| 2014 | $5,815,066 | $1,845,345 |
| 2015 | $2,785,279 | $726,560 |
| Total | $30,379,763 | $9,739,079 |
Well, he loves his cars and has million dollars insurance for his cars collections. Moreover, he is also low-key engaged in charity works such as Music for Relief, Pencils of Promise and many others. IN 2015, he donated around 1,700 backpacks to Taylor Alllderdice High School.
Interesting Fact: Wiz Khalifa spends $10,000 monthly on Cannabis aka Marijuana and is a stoner.
Controversy
Wiz Khalifa was also part of some controversies. He was arrested in 2014 for marijuana possession for a few hours.
Back in 2016, Wiz sued a lawsuit for around $1 million against his former manager Benjy Grinberg and Rostrum Records claiming his contract was unfair.
Wiz Khalifa Personal Life- Age, Parents, Sister, Divorce, Married, Children, Girlfriend, Height, Weight
Wiz Khalifa aka Cameron Jibril Thomaz was born on 8 September 1987 under the sun sign Virgo. He was born in Minot, North Dakota, the United States to parents; father Laurence Thomaz and mother Peachie Wimbush. His sibling male to transgender; sister Dorien Lala Thomaz died at the age of 32.
As of 2019, Wiz Khalifa is 31 years old and holds American nationality. Moreover, he belongs to African-American ethnicity. He stands tall at the height of 6 feet 4 inches or 193cm and weighs around 83 kgs or182lbs.
Coming to his personal life, Wiz Khalifa is a divorcee. He was married to model Amber Rose from 8 July 2012 to 7 June 2015. The ex-couple met each other in 2011 and dated for a year before their engagement in 2012. Wiz and his wife are blessed with a child; son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz. Now they both share the custody of their son after a divorce.
Sources have revealed, Wiz Khalifa is currently dating his girlfriend supermodel, Winnie Harlow.
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