When his smash single “Black & Yellow” hit airwaves in 2010, Wiz Khalifa cemented himself as one of the loudest voices representing Pittsburgh’s Hip Hop scene.
“With the music, it’s a whole new avenue we done opened up for kids and for people to look up to,” said Khalifa of his impact on the region in an interview with MTV News. “It’s a reality now out there, so it’s really important for us to just embrace ’em and motivate ’em and push ’em forward.”
“You really won’t get it if you’re not from there,” he continued. “Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it’s like no other place.”
Wiz also drew comparisons between his hometown an Philadelphia, a more well-known source of Hip Hop talent. “We always had love for Philly. It was harder for Philly to embrace us because we’re a little bit slower to them or to more East Coast towns. Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It’s closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced. Pittsburgh, it’s just laid-back … Midwest almost on some country stuff.”
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