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We had 10 people who were arrested and they gave each of us $300,000 bail. I'm not going to leave everybody in jail. So that was $3 million worth of bail that we needed to cover.
Yo, what up? What up? It's your boy Whis Khalifa, man. And right now you're watching First with Rap TV.
First time stepping into the ring. Um, I threw up everywhere. Just off of like the first maybe one or two rounds, I was definitely ready to to barf. Now I'm not even getting warmed up till about round eight.
First unusual thing I ever smoked from would have to be an apple. I learned this apple trick way back in the day performing at a lot of colleges and being around some crafty kids. We we made some really really cool apple bongs and it um it benefited me well.
First time running out of room for a tattoo. Uh I haven't inked my whole body yet, so we're still on the quest.
First job I ever had was being a rapper. Um I never had a regular job. Never clocked in for work a day in my life.
First thing my travels have taught me is that the world is flat. Can you wait? Nope. I'm not going into it.
First person to call me Whiz was my father. My original rap name was Wisdom Khalifa, but my dad would just call me Whiz, and that's where the Whiz Khalifa came from.
First memory from high school was walking into Taylor Alderise, a big huge school. It had four floors and I was like, "Wow, man. How am I going to do this?" I was all by myself. I lived in Pittsburgh uh 2 years before, so I was there in middle school, but nobody remembered me because I was 6'1 now. So, I had to reintroduce myself.
First reason it was time to drop Kush on OJ2 was cuz the fans wanted it. If you guys want it, I got you.
First time smoking Khalifa Kush. Burner brought it down from the Bay Area himself. He was We were sampling all different types of bud and this was one that he wasn't sure if I was going to like or not. And I said, "Hey man, let's just try it." and he gave me the bud and I fell in love with it and I've been smoking it ever since. This was 12 years ago and the pack has never changed.
First time collabing with Gunonna. You guys hear the first collab with me and Gunonna. It's called FiveStar. We recorded it at a studio in North Hollywood. I think they called me at like 12:30, maybe 1:00 in the morning and said, "Gun wants to see you in the studio, bro." and I happened to be right up the street. So I hopped in my Rolls-Royce, went over there, took him a jar of weed, like this big. He played me some songs from his album. I played him the song that I wanted him on. And um you guys hear the magic and that's what FiveStar is.
First collab with JCole. We might have some mashups that's that the YouTubers really know about and care about. But I think the first official collab just recently happened. It's a song called Clouds with me and him. The Clouds remix came about because JCole wanted to sample my laugh and I said, "Hey, instead of just sampling a laugh, let me do a verse on there."
First time meeting Mac. Miller was at ID Labs uh probably about 2009. I'm pretty sure he was still in high school and I was out of high school for sure because when I graduated he was a freshman. Yeah. Was in the studio. I was coming home off of tour and he was basically in there doing the same thing that that I was doing at his age just working and soaking up game and putting his homies on.
First crazy story from tour will probably have to be when we got arrested in North Carolina. The way that we got out was legendary. We had 10 people who were arrested and they gave each of us $300,000 bail. I'm not going to leave everybody in jail. So that was $3 million worth of bail that we needed to cover. We ended up having a lot of money under the bus in cash from merch and hard ticket sales and was able to bail me and Will out. The lawyer knocked the charges down. We were able to bail everybody else out with some more of the money that we had and we were back on the road the next day.
First thing most people don't know about Pixsburg is how much fun it is to hang out and party and enjoy a good night out in the Berg. If you ever hang out in Pittsburgh, you'll have a really really amazing time just chilling. It's nothing nothing too glamorous. It's a very classy city, but it's very hometown vibes and you'll you'll feel like a family member at the end of the day.
First time working with Chief Keef was on a song called uh I Hate Being Sober. It was at a time where I was on my run um with the internet and crossing over and doing albums like Rolling Papers and he was working on his first album. Me and 50 shot the video without him, which is crazy. But uh it was always good to to to be a part of SA's comeup.
First thing fatherhood taught me the importance of time. How you use your time is really important. Being a father helps me to enjoy um you know all of the moments that I have, especially with my family. even when I'm working and I'm away from my family, it helps me value it and respect it more and and and want to be there when I do have the opportunity. So, I learned how important time is by being a father.
First time working with The Weekend. First time working with The Weekend was on a song that was on my album and I have C. It's called Remember You. and he actually sent me the record because it was something that he uh really was uh inspired to do and um this was early stages in his career and this was my second album but I have been really familiar with him already. So it was cool to be able to work with him and then tap into that original weekend sound that everybody loves.
First time working with Kendrick. I was working with Terrace Martin at the time actually. I was transitioning out of my my supposed to be album deal with Warner and Terrace put a song together with me and Kendrick uh when his name was still K dot and then we went on to go on tour together and just you know really break down doors and you know open up things for our our generation.
First time linking with Tai dollar sign. We got super stoned. We hung out in the studio. We made music. We rode up to Humble County. We shot the video for Ireie. We've been best friends ever since.
First piece of advice I give, believe in yourself. There's nothing wrong with having confidence. There's nothing wrong with being delusional. There's nothing wrong with seeing things that people don't see. You know, have the consistency to to make something that's real to you, real life. So, believe in yourself, stay consistent, and it'll happen.
Yo, what up? this whiz right here.