Multiplatinum rapper Wiz Khalifa has signed with 10K Projects and will release his new single “The Calm,” via the label this evening.
\n\nThe deal sees Khalifa returning to the Warner Music Group family and reunite with his close friend and former project manager, Marsha St. Hubert, who is now co-president of 10K Projects. The rapper signed with Warner Records at the age of 18, before signing with Atlantic Records four years later, beginning a long and successful stint with the label.
\n\n“It’s good to be home and back with my day 1, Marsha,” Wiz Khalifa says.
\n\nKhalifa is one of the most successful rappers of the last 15 years. On Thursday, he received 12 new RIAA certifications — including an incredible 16-times platinum cert for his “See You Again” (feat. Charlie Puth), as well as two new Diamond (10x platinum) for “Black & Yellow” and “Young, Wild, & Free” with Snoop Dogg.
\n\nThe new track was written by Wiz, Eric Dan, Kenneth Wright, Edward Murray, Mackenzie Stotts, and Jermal J Harper, and produced by Wiz, Dan, Wright, Sledgren, and Ricky P. An album is likely in the coming weeks.
\n\nSt. Hubert says, “I’m excited to welcome Wiz back home to…
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