News: Wiz Khalifa Confirms Details Of ‘Blacc Hollywood’ Release
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(AUS) Wiz Khalifa has announced that his hugely anticipated new album Blacc Hollywood is due for release on August 22nd via Rostrum/Atlantic records. The official video for first single We Dem Boyz is available for streaming now on Youtube.
Blacc Hollywood marks the third full-length label release from Wiz Khalifa. The GRAMMY® Award-nominated rapper lit up the hip-hop universe with his 2011 debut album, Rolling Papers, highlighted by the AUS platinum-certified single, Black And Yellow, as well as the U.S. platinum-certified hits, Roll Up and No Sleep. O.N.I.F.C. made an incredible American chart debut upon its release in 2012, arriving at #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” and “Top Rap Albums” charts, not to mention coming in at #2 on the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200.
In addition to his massive popular success, Wiz has earned a career total of five GRAMMY® nominations, including nods for such blockbuster tracks as the chart-topping Black and Yellow and 2012’s RIAA U.S. platinum-certified Remember You (Feat. The Weeknd). Other nominated tracks include 2011’s Young, Wild & Free (Feat. Bruno Mars), Wiz’s 3x US and 4 x AUS platinum-certified, top 10 smash partnership with Snoop Dogg (featured on their 2011 collaborative soundtrack, Mac & Devin Go To High School), and Maroon 5’s 2012 worldwide hit, Payphone (Feat. Wiz Khalifa).
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