WIZ KHALIFA x FINALLY LANDS MAJOR RECORD LABEL
Seems like Rick Ross will have to be a patient man if he wants Wiz Khalifa to join him on Maybach Music as Atlantic Records announced the budding hip-hop emcee as their newest signee. Wiz has been quickly rising in popularity since the release of his Kush & Orange Juice mixtape in April of this year. This mixtape is currently ranked as the most popular mixtape of all time on the premier mixtape website DatPiff.com. A large part of Wiz Khalifa’s independent successes have come from his massive online presence and his passionately loyal fans who are simply referred to as Taylor Gang. Wiz Khalifa’s MySpace page has received well over 30 million plays, he’s liked by over 400,000 Facebook members and has over 200,000 followers on Twitter. And, yes, up until this point Wiz Khalifa has been an independent artist.
Also just announced, Wiz Khalifa is set to headline on the 50-city Waken Baken Tour of North America, with special guest Yelawolf, which begins September 16, 2010. Look out for Wiz and the Taylor Gang in a town near you!
SEPTEMBER
16 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
19 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
21 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
22 Providence, RI Lupo’s
24 Montreal, QUEB La Tulipe
25 Kingston, ONT Stage’s Nightclub
26 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
28 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
29 Chicago, IL Metro
30 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
OCTOBER
1 Madison, WI The Orpheum Theater
2 Big Rapids, MI Ferris State University
4 Iowa City, IA The Union Bar
5 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
6 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
7 Denver, CO Ogden Theater
8 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
9 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
10 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
12 Boise, ID The Knitting Factory
14 Vancouver, BC Fortune
15 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodu
16 Eugene, OR Wow Hall
26 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
27 Scottsdale, AZ Venue Of Scottsdale
28 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
29 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
30 Austin, TX Emo’s
31 Houston, TX House Of Blues
NOVEMBER
2 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
4 Orlando, FL Club At Firestone
5 Tampa, FL The Ritz
6 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
10 Richmond, VA The National
11 Norfolk, VA Norva Theater
14 Albany, NY Northern Lights
16 Allentown, PA Crocodile Café
More dates to be announced!
Ross’ label could have been a good look. Rawsey always comes with those fire beats though. Now imagine Wizz on one of those beats? But Atlantic has an arsenal of artists, B.o.B., BG, Kid Rock, Metallica, Yung Joc, T.I., Diddy, Trey Songz, just to name a few.
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