On Thursday, May 13, University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA welcomes Wiz Khalifa along with special guests Fashawn and Jasmine Solano plus Eugene's own NO I.D. & Yung If and DJ Crown.
After bursting onto the national Hip Hop scene in 2006, Wiz Khalifa has continued his ascent to the top of the Hip Hop ranks. His debut street album, Show and Prove, was labeled by Okayplayer.com as, arguably the best hip hop release of the year." Khalifa's first video, Pittsburgh Sound, debuted in the spring of 2007 on FUSE and was selected by fans as an "Oven Fresh Keeper. Later that summer Khalifa released his second mixtape, Grow Season, with DJ Green Lantern. He went on to perform on the DUB tour, and released his second music video, Youngin' On His Grind.
Rolling Stone magazine honored Wiz in 2007 as a New Artist To Watch and his "Pittsburgh Sound" video was selected for the Editor's Hot List a few months later. XXL's March 2007 issue featured Wiz in their coveted Show and Prove section. Mass Appeal named Wiz as the lead artist for 2007's Next of Kin. He was praised by VIBE magazine as, an East Coast star in the waiting, while also being featured in their October 2007 issue as a Next artist. Major magazines overseas also took notice of the then 19-year old prodigy's talent, with features in UK's Hip-Hop Connection and France's RAP US.
In June of 2007, Wiz Khalifa signed a major record deal with Warner Bros. Records through his long-time independent label, Rostrum Records. Wiz's first single on Warner Bros., Say Yeah, peaked at 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic charts. He followed Say Yeah with his second single, Make It Hot, which peaked on the iTunes Hip Hop chart at 23. Wiz then released several critically acclaimed mixtapes including Star Power (released in September of 2008), Flight School (released April 17, 2009) and Burn After Rolling (September of 2009). Khalifa also teamed up with fellow MC, Curren$y, to put out the How Fly mixtape, which was released in August of 2009.
Wiz returned to being an independent artist after a split with Warner Brothers in the Summer of 09. This did not slow things down, however, as he released his second album on Rostrum Records in November, entitled Deal or No Deal. The album had an insane amount of buzz months before it was released and it reached #1 on the iTunes Hip Hop chart the day it came out. Numerous sold out album-release shows followed, as documented in the new This Plane video.
Wiz's profile on Myspace has exploded, being visited in excess of 6,000,000 times, tracks played over 21,000,000 times, and accumulating over 100,000 friends from all over the world. Moreover, Wiz has been a Trending Topic multiple times on Twitter and has gained over 60,000 followers.
Fashawn, who visited the WOW Hall in December with The Grouch, is recognized as a leader in Central California's hip hop scene. His debut album, Boy Meets World, was produced entirely by Exile (Mobb Deep, Ghoastface Killah, Jurassic 5).
In 2006, Fashawn released his first mixtape, Grizzly City. Catching the attention of fellow Fresno emcee Planet Asia, the then 17-year-old emcee was invited to go on the road with him. Knowing this was a chance of a lifetime; Fashawn dropped out of school to follow his dreams and has never looked back. Since then he's had the honor of working with premier DJs, Mick Boogie and Terry Urban on the Orisue clothing sponsored One Shot One Kill mixtape, and with Hip-Hop internet heavyweights OnSmash.com and NahRight.com on his Higher Learning mixtape. Both efforts garnered him nationwide recognition. Then, just two months prior to releasing his debut album, he released an 11-song collaboration with multi-platinum producer The Alchemist titled The Antidote -- considered one of the top mixtapes released in 2009.
The road and the studio is no mystery to Fashawn as he's been fortunate enough to work with and/or tour with some of the industries top artist. Working with Ghostface Killah (Def Jam), Talib Kweli, DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), DJ Khalil, Evidence, J Cole, Blu, Mistah Fab, The Alchemist, Aloe Blacc, The Grouch, UNI, and Planet Asia, as well as The Roots.
Jasmine Solano is a Brooklyn-based rapper and DJ whose debut single, That's Not It is set to become an underground favorite in 2010. Born in Philadelphia, her career began after she took an opportunity to host her own radio show called The Secret Spot, featured on Boston's WERS 88.9FM, for which she received the Urban Music Award for Best Female Radio Personality.
After moving to New York, Jasmine and DJ Wonder released That's Not It and circulated a variety of her DJ remixes around the blogosphere, arousing a good deal of buzz for the rapper in the process as well as an opening slot on an international tour with punk/hip-hop group Ninjasonik. Her infamous monthly party, Electric Punanny with New York City's downtown stars Melo-X, Roxy Cottontail and Phone By Tone has spread worldwide.
Jasmine Solano has produced a variety of indie videos with Va$htie, managed small indie labels and continues to DJ as the darling of the New York City downtown nightlife. She's been featured in a variety of publications and has performed as a rapper at Miami's Winter Music Conference, Lyricist Lounge, Rock The Bells and MySpace Music Shows including opening slots for Ghostface, Rakim, The Clipse and Sean Kingston. Since then, she's also gone on tour with Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids, Wiz Khalifa and is the host of online radio show, Frank Radio on Frank151.com. Jasmine has since continued to write, produce and create her own style of music, all the while representing NYC's universal culture.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 9:00.
SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $15 Advance, $18 Door . 
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