In a 20 question interview with Playboy, Wiz Khalifa gets candid about Amber Rose, Kanye West, drugs and politics.
Check out excerpts below.
On relationship with Amber Rose:
I feel like not being in that relationship helped me out a lot. I learned how to be present where I need to be present. I’d been present in the relationship, but at that age and with what was going on, it just wasn’t right for me. It helps to walk away sometimes, even though it was super hard.
On getting married again:
I think I will, but it will be later. It was cool; it was fun. I learned a lot. Things that would’ve taken me much longer to learn, I learned in a short period of time. I feel like I’ll probably get married again when I’m in my 50s. I was sad after it ended, but I wasn’t depressed; I’ve never really been depressed in my life. I was sad because we were going through a lot and my son was involved, and that hurt me because my main goal is to raise my son how I want. I’m a control freak, and not being able to control that was weird. I didn’t know how to deal with it and didn’t understand that feeling. A year later, I’m way smarter and better equipped to deal with it.
On his e-beef with Kanye West:
That was a weird situation, because it was something I would do in real life. All I did was speak my mind. I’m a Max B fan, and if me and Kanye were in a room and he said, “Yo, I’mma name my album Waves,” I’d be like, “Don’t do that. You’re not allowed to do that.” Nobody really does that these days. Nobody checks n—as like, “Nah, n—a.” No one is above being spoken to, and if you’ve got real friends, they’ll tell you how they feel. That’s how I handle all my situations in real life. Even if I have a problem with somebody, I’m not gonna advertise it. We can go around the corner and we can really do it. But all in front of people? That’s not me. N—as talk sh– every day, and n—as say sh– about my ex, niggas say sh– about my kid. It’s all good. There’s competition in rap, and Kanye obviously sees me as that.
You’ve been vocal about marijuana legalization. How involved are you politically with that issue?
I’m active, and it’s gonna get bigger and bigger. I just bought a grow house, and I’m in business with one of the largest growers in America, but people don’t know that because they’re legal and legit. It’s crazy. We’re gonna be manufacturing and selling, so that’s why I’m gonna be trying to help get bills passed—to talk to the people and explain, “Hey, this is why you gotta do it.”
What have your experiences with other drugs been like?
I’ve done mushrooms. I shroomed in Las Vegas for a weekend on my birthday. I did mushrooms in Switzerland and at Coachella. It was pretty awesome. But I don’t do party drugs. I’ve never popped any pills. I’ve never done coke. Painkillers make me sick; I think I’m allergic to them. I tried Xanax one time, but it made me throw up, so I was like, “Nah, I don’t like this shit.” I did lean, but it just made me sleepy. It’s just cough medicine. I don’t know what it is with rappers on lean, because that shit don’t help. It don’t help you be creative, it don’t help you hear anything differently. I think they do it and they get addicted.
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