Wiz Khalifa Explains Title Behind Sophomore LP “O.N.I.F.C.”

    When Wiz Khalifa announced that he was working on a new project last year titled O.N.I.F.C., he left fans little puzzled as to the meaning of the acronym. Now, the Taylor Gang head honcho has revealed the full un-edited title of his sophomore commercial release: Only Nigga In First Class.

    In a recent interview with MTV’s Sway, Wiz explained that O.N.I.F.C. actually stands for Only Nigga In First Class, although the edited version will be One Night In First Class. Inspired by Mobb Deep emcee Prodigy’s 2001 solo debut Head Nigga In Charge (H.N.I.C.), Wiz that the title stems from a few instances while flying first class when he was slighted by the crew for being a young black man with priority seating.

    “I’m just going to tell you what [O.N.I.F.C.] – it’s the Only N[igga] In First Class,” he explained. “It’s inspired by Prodigy’s H.N.I.C. When he dropped that, I felt like that sounded so strong and it really meant something and it had the n-word in it. I wanted to figure out something [along those lines] that was me, too…I said it on one of my songs, like, ‘Ain’t it funny when time pass?/Only nigga in first class,’ and I was just talking about me being a young, rich dude and being black.”

    He added, “It looks crazy to [the workers on an airplane] when I walk up to them and I show them a [first class] ticket, or I’m going to priority seating and they’re like, ‘You sure?’ It’s kind of like that feeling – it’s a good feeling, but it’s like it’s a bad feeling, like ‘Damn, why y’all even feel like that about me?’ When I look around and I see people in first class and they’re getting they’re dinners a little quicker than mine or they’re looking at me or I don’t get the pillow or extra [treatment] – or I get more because they know that I’m supposed to be there, so it’s like the positives and the negatives.”

    The full interview can be seen below.

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    46 thoughts on “Wiz Khalifa Explains Title Behind Sophomore LP “O.N.I.F.C.”

    1. amber is getting fucked by the whole air crew inside the cockpit (pun intended) while he’s worrying about his extra pillow

    2. lol niggas been riding first class…. get your on jet then you can start bragging. oh and i almost forgot! niggas are laughing at you for cuffing amber rose lol

    3. guy looks like he weighs 86 pounds. only nigga to fly with the wind. only nigga to get knocked out by a cheeseburger. looks like he would die after a

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      faggot rap

    4. all i see is hate…hiphopdx needs to ban these niggas ips or something….aint nuthin wrong wit wiz,if you dont like weed raps u can throw away all ur cypress hill,snoop dogg,bone thugs,an method man/redman cds away…wiz is just the new generations weed rapper,hes the new DJ Quik…ive seen him flow like any rapper in the game,literally,an invented his own,so haters can hate on their keyboards while wiz is waxin amber roses ass on tour in europe countin his millions….get a life an stop hatin (THIS GOES TO EVERY COMMENTER ON THIS PAGE)

      1. haha this generations DJ QUik lol good thing wiz produces music and dj’s…fucking dumb kids nowadays im embarrased for my gen

    5. best rappas alive…..

      1. Lil Wayne

      2. Drake

      3. Rick Ross

      4. Wiz Khalifa
      5. Nicki Minaj

      6. 2 Chainz

      7. Lil B

      8. Soulja Boy

      9. Birdman (legend)

      10. Raekwon (legend)

      swag

      1. i wanna see the margin Raekwon made ur top 10 by,like was it Raekwon or Lil Chuckee…and Raekwon got a lil nudge for makin a song with Lil Wayne?

    6. best rappas alive…..

      1. Lil Wayne

      2. Drake

      3. Rick Ross

      4. Wiz Khalifa
      5. Nicki Minaj

      6. 2 Chainz

      7. Lil B

      8. Soulja Boy

      9. Birdman (legend)

      10. Raekwon (legend)

      swag

      1. i dont know if ur joking with all these post u be puttin up but im startin to think u r witch is good becuz u had me goin but i know no 1 can think lil b is even top 1000 of ll time much less 10 good one man or r u really ymcmb butt boy

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    8. Wiz is wack as fuck now I still can’t believe that this the same cat that was killing mobb deeps “the illest” beat years ago. He was pretty nice back then I wonder what happened.

    9. And so icy boi you got 1 out of 10 right. Raes dope as fuck. One dope emcee on your list is an improvement for you. What happened some Wu fans slap a little sense in you lol.

    10. It’d actually be O.N.F.C. Only Nigga in First Class; “In” wouldn’t be capitalized thus not being part of the acronym.

    11. The IGNORANCE of this dude doesnt surprise me just one look at how he carry himself and what he promote thru his garbage azz music, hip hop needs to be flushed down the toilet and we start over these no talent azz bums today

    12. I don’t like Wiz but I like how he admits when something inspired him. I knew as soon as I saw it had something to do with Prodigy – HNIC. Most artists nowadays deny it when something influences him. Drake claims he “never heard 808’s and hearbreaks.” Bullshit.

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