Joe Rogan Experience #1306 - Wiz Khalifa

1. 0:00 – 0:56

   Wiz’s MMA lifestyle and the “shredded” transformation

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      (clears throat) (humming) And we're going live.

   2. WKWiz Khalifa0:07

      Yes, sir. (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:08

      (laughs) What you got on ... Social media?

   4. WKWiz Khalifa0:09

      Mm-hmm. People love you, bro.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      People love you too. Oh, we're live? We're doing it right now.

   6. WKWiz Khalifa0:14

      I'm super excited.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      So we, we've, uh, gawed ... What's the word? Gawked? What's the word when you ogled over someone's body?

   8. NANarrator0:21

      Sure.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:22

      Well, dude, you got jacked.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa0:23

       (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:23

       You went from being skinny to shredded.

   12. WKWiz Khalifa0:25

       Yeah, yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       You're pretty serious about MMA training, man.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa0:28

       It's really just about, like, the lifestyle. You know what I mean? You're a martial artist, so you know, freaking, the mind and the body and the soul go together, so-

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:38

       Yeah. For sure.

   16. WKWiz Khalifa0:38

       All these things, I'm learning about them, I'm, I'm able to put them all together. You can't be a complete person until everything is together.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       Ooh.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa0:44

       So, um, you know, spiritually I've already ascended above my peers. Now I'm taking my body up there.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:51

       How are you doing that spiritually? Through that giant jug of weed you got on the table? (laughs)

   20. WKWiz Khalifa0:54

       Exactly. (laughs) Stay high.

2. 0:56 – 2:47

   Khalifa Kush, strain loyalty, and how much weed Wiz smokes

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:56

      Yeah, for the folks only listening, Wiz brought, literally, like, a, a Mason jar-

   2. WKWiz Khalifa1:01

      Uh-huh.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:01

      ... filled with weed.

   4. WKWiz Khalifa1:02

      Yeah, yep. Yep. Yep. And it's, like, halfway full 'cause I was in the studio.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:05

      Do you have specific strains that you like?

   6. WKWiz Khalifa1:07

      Yeah, I smoke the KK, Khalifa Kush.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:09

      Oh, you got your own shit?

   8. WKWiz Khalifa1:10

      Yeah, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:10

      Mmm.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa1:11

       Yeah, absolutely. 'Cause I, I got tired of smoking all different types of weed, um. It's like a drink, you know what I'm saying?

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:17

       Mm-hmm, right.

   12. WKWiz Khalifa1:17

       Like alcohol, people only drink dark liquor, whiskey or-

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:20

       Yeah.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa1:20

       I only smoke KK.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:22

       Only KK?

   16. WKWiz Khalifa1:22

       Yeah, yep.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:23

       Well, if you mix it up though, you'll get a big hit, right?

   18. WKWiz Khalifa1:25

       Mm-hmm.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:25

       Like, if, if you switch it up to somebody else's stuff, you're like, "Woo."

   20. WKWiz Khalifa1:28

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:28

       Like, your body's not n- ready for it.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa1:29

       My head will go crazy and-

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:31

       Yeah.

   24. WKWiz Khalifa1:31

       ... like, I'll really feel it. You'll see me, like, over in the corner stoned somewhere. (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:36

       (laughs)

   26. WKWiz Khalifa1:36

       I only have to smoke KK, that's it.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:38

       That's the weed, weird thing about weed, right? Like, you, you get used to-

   28. WKWiz Khalifa1:41

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:41

       ... a certain strain.

   30. WKWiz Khalifa1:42

       Yeah. Like, I'll get physically, like, ill if I don't smoke my strain. I'll get runny nose-
3. 2:47 – 4:02

   Weed normalization, parenting optics, and the messy legal landscape

   1. WKWiz Khalifa2:47

      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm happy how legal weed is these days because it's like, I would ... I- My son had a spring concert yesterday and I would feel like shit back in the day walking in there smelling like bud.

   2. JRJoe Rogan2:59

      Ha.

   3. WKWiz Khalifa3:00

      'Cause he goes to private school-

   4. JRJoe Rogan3:01

      Right, right. (laughs)

   5. WKWiz Khalifa3:02

      ... and it's like ... You know what I mean? It's a reflection on him.

   6. JRJoe Rogan3:04

      Yeah.

   7. WKWiz Khalifa3:04

      So it's like, you know, you got the weed head dad-

   8. JRJoe Rogan3:06

      Mm-hmm.

   9. WKWiz Khalifa3:07

      ... blah, blah, blah, this kind of other thing. But it's like nowadays, that shit is cool, like-

   10. JRJoe Rogan3:09

       No one cares.

   11. WKWiz Khalifa3:10

       Nobody gives a fuck.

   12. JRJoe Rogan3:11

       Yeah, it, I've seen it happen 'cause I have a 22-year-old daughter, but then I also have an 11 and a nine-year-old.

   13. WKWiz Khalifa3:16

       Uh-huh.

   14. JRJoe Rogan3:16

       And with the 22-year-old, when she was growing up, it was all weird. It was weird.

   15. WKWiz Khalifa3:20

       Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

   16. JRJoe Rogan3:20

       It was like, if you were a ... you were a loser if you were smoking weed.

   17. WKWiz Khalifa3:23

       Bro, playdates, you know what I'm saying? Like-

   18. JRJoe Rogan3:24

       Yeah, people coming over your house, you got weed at the house.

   19. WKWiz Khalifa3:26

       Yeah, bro.

   20. JRJoe Rogan3:27

       Parents get weird.

   21. WKWiz Khalifa3:29

       I live, like, right up the street from a school so, like, I'm getting real technical with it, like ... (laughs)

   22. JRJoe Rogan3:35

       (laughs)

   23. WKWiz Khalifa3:35

       I'm in a school zone. (laughs) You know what I'm saying? Like-

   24. JRJoe Rogan3:38

       Like, legitimately, yeah.

   25. WKWiz Khalifa3:39

       Bro, like, I could be-

   26. JRJoe Rogan3:41

       (laughs)

   27. WKWiz Khalifa3:41

       ... not here right now.

   28. JRJoe Rogan3:41

       Incarcerated.

   29. WKWiz Khalifa3:42

       For real. (laughs)

   30. JRJoe Rogan3:43

       Yeah. Did you see that lady they locked up today in Dallas? Did you see that shit?
4. 4:02 – 5:31

   CBD as medicine, edibles going mainstream, and dosage pitfalls

   1. JRJoe Rogan4:02

      My wife's mom uses it for arthritis. It's great for older folks.

   2. WKWiz Khalifa4:05

      CBD is the shit. My, uh, my ... I was about to call her my ex-baby's mom. She's still my baby's mom.

   3. JRJoe Rogan4:10

      (laughs)

   4. WKWiz Khalifa4:11

      But she has another baby on the way in her new relationship, but she's able to take, uh, CBD during her pregnancy to help her, uh-

   5. JRJoe Rogan4:18

      Yeah.

   6. WKWiz Khalifa4:19

      ... her nausea and all of that stuff.

   7. JRJoe Rogan4:20

      Yeah.

   8. WKWiz Khalifa4:21

      So it's like, why would you hate on CBD, bro?

   9. JRJoe Rogan4:22

      No, it's amazing.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa4:23

       It's the shit. It's-

   11. JRJoe Rogan4:24

       My friend's son has some seizures. He has, like-

   12. WKWiz Khalifa4:26

       Mmm.

   13. JRJoe Rogan4:26

       ... some sort of epileptic seizure.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa4:28

       Mmm. Mmm.

   15. JRJoe Rogan4:28

       Give him CBD, it's gone.

   16. WKWiz Khalifa4:30

       That's amazing, man.

   17. JRJoe Rogan4:30

       Gives it every day, he doesn't have them anymore.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa4:31

       That's amazing. I love that, though.

   19. JRJoe Rogan4:32

       It's incredible. It's-

   20. WKWiz Khalifa4:33

       That's so good.

   21. JRJoe Rogan4:34

       It's almost, you feel like you're lying.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa4:36

       Right.

   23. JRJoe Rogan4:36

       It does so many different things-

   24. WKWiz Khalifa4:38

       Right.

   25. JRJoe Rogan4:38

       ... that when you talk about weed, you feel like you're lying.

   26. WKWiz Khalifa4:40

       Yeah. I mean, like, these days, in this day and age, I was just telling somebody the other day, smoking pot is gonna be old school, like, you know what I mean? We're still gonna do it, but it's totally moving towards just ingesting it and-

   27. JRJoe Rogan4:53

       Yeah.

   28. WKWiz Khalifa4:53

       ... rubbing it on and all that shit, so people-

   29. JRJoe Rogan4:54

       Sprays.

   30. WKWiz Khalifa4:55

       Yeah, so people are less scared-
5. 5:31 – 7:09

   Joe’s THC-pill ‘reality break’ and the jiu-jitsu predator story

   1. JRJoe Rogan5:31

      Like, I had a friend who made THC pills.

   2. WKWiz Khalifa5:33

      Yep.

   3. JRJoe Rogan5:34

      And I was taking them at a party once and it was a party for a jujitsu tournament.

   4. WKWiz Khalifa5:38

      Okay.

   5. JRJoe Rogan5:38

      So, 'cause it was a jujitsu tournament and then there was this party afterwards, and, uh, by the time the pills had kicked in, I, I have no idea how much was in there, 'cause it was, like, some handmade shit that this guy put together himself-

   6. WKWiz Khalifa5:47

      Exactly, yeah, yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan5:48

      ... little capsules that you buy.

   8. WKWiz Khalifa5:49

      Right. Right, right, right, right.

   9. JRJoe Rogan5:50

      It was as high as I've ever been in my life.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa5:51

       Yep.

   11. JRJoe Rogan5:51

       Like, to the point where I wasn't even seeing people. I was seeing, like, a two-dimensional cutout of the person, and then behind them, I was seeing, like their true intention, their soul-

   12. WKWiz Khalifa5:59

       Oh, yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan6:00

       ... like, peeking out.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa6:01

       Yeah, yeah.Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan6:01

       I was really high.

   16. WKWiz Khalifa6:02

       Fuck.

   17. JRJoe Rogan6:03

       And I was talking to this one dude, and he was just ... Uh, he's a, he was a high-level jujitsu guy who was r- he was really odd.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa6:09

       Mm-hmm.

   19. JRJoe Rogan6:09

       It was a very strange feeling I got talking to this cat.

   20. WKWiz Khalifa6:12

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan6:12

       And then, um, like, a month later he was on the run for rape. Yeah, he, uh, had raped some woman and then he escaped. And then he was o- so addicted to jujitsu, the story was that he started training again with a fake name. But he was, like, this high-level black belt, and there's only that, this ... Especially back then when this happened, this is like the early 2000s, there's only a certain number of high-level black belts that are running around.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa6:37

       Right.

   23. JRJoe Rogan6:38

       So he put on this fake Brazilian name and started training in, like, the Pacific Northwest.

   24. WKWiz Khalifa6:43

       What the fuck?

   25. JRJoe Rogan6:44

       And then, uh, but he's strangling black belts and everybody's like, "What the fuck is, who is this guy?"

   26. WKWiz Khalifa6:47

       Jesus Christ.

   27. JRJoe Rogan6:48

       So people asked, and someone took a picture of him, and they go, "That guy's wanted for rape."

   28. WKWiz Khalifa6:51

       Oh, shit.

   29. JRJoe Rogan6:53

       Yeah, but I remember talking to him on these THC pills being like, uh, like some ... "There's some wiring that's not correct here with this."

   30. WKWiz Khalifa6:58

       Oh, fuck.
6. 7:09 – 9:08

   Mushrooms, reading intentions, and why Wiz doesn’t overdo psychedelics

   1. WKWiz Khalifa7:09

      Yeah, they do, bro. I did mushrooms and they exposed a lot.

   2. JRJoe Rogan7:12

      Woo.

   3. WKWiz Khalifa7:12

      Yeah, yep. Do you do 'shrooms?

   4. JRJoe Rogan7:13

      Yeah.

   5. WKWiz Khalifa7:14

      Yeah, yep. I fuck with mushrooms 'cause-

   6. JRJoe Rogan7:16

      (laughs)

   7. WKWiz Khalifa7:16

      ... that's what happened with me when I was on mushrooms. I was able to see people's true intentions.

   8. JRJoe Rogan7:21

      Yeah.

   9. WKWiz Khalifa7:21

      'Cause being a rapper and shit like that, you know, you'd be having to peel back the layers.

   10. JRJoe Rogan7:26

       Layers and layers and layers-

   11. WKWiz Khalifa7:27

       Mm-hmm.

   12. JRJoe Rogan7:27

       ... and crips.

   13. WKWiz Khalifa7:27

       And I was trying to peel my own layers back (laughs) just for my own-

   14. JRJoe Rogan7:31

       Sure.

   15. WKWiz Khalifa7:32

       ... personal.

   16. JRJoe Rogan7:33

       Everyone is, right?

   17. WKWiz Khalifa7:33

       And I ended up ... Yeah, yep. And I ended up being, like, backstage somewhere and I was like, "Fuck." I was like, "I'm around all these people and, like, I really see their true intentions." And then I was like, "I see what crowd they are," and it was like ... I felt like I was separated. You know what I mean?

   18. JRJoe Rogan7:48

       Yeah.

   19. WKWiz Khalifa7:48

       And it was like ... I was on a boat all the way out here, and they were all on a, on a, all on an island partying, and then I was like, "Damn-"

   20. JRJoe Rogan7:55

       Yeah.

   21. WKWiz Khalifa7:56

       "... I can see what's going on over there." But it was cool. It, uh, it h- ... I, like, m- ... I do mushrooms every now and then. I don't fuck with it all the time. I, I haven't done them in, like, three years 'cause they help you see shit like that. So it's like for me, I'll take that experience and I'll just live with it.

   22. JRJoe Rogan8:13

       Yeah.

   23. WKWiz Khalifa8:14

       I don't need to keep going through it over and over. Like, you probably seen that dude and was like, "Oh, shit, now I know people who are rapey as- (laughs) as soon as I see them."

   24. JRJoe Rogan8:23

       (laughs)

   25. WKWiz Khalifa8:23

       (laughs)

   26. JRJoe Rogan8:23

       But I knew he was dangerous.

   27. WKWiz Khalifa8:24

       Mm-hmm.

   28. JRJoe Rogan8:25

       Like, he was a legitimately dangerous person. Like not just-

   29. WKWiz Khalifa8:28

       That's insane, bro.

   30. JRJoe Rogan8:29

       Not just a trained killer, but he was dangerous, like, the way he thought about things.
7. 9:08 – 14:25

   Why fight culture produces high-character people (and why fans watch)

   1. JRJoe Rogan9:08

      When you think about the world of fighting and competition, I mean, you're dealing with people that are taking the biggest risks. They don't, they don't have to do that.

   2. WKWiz Khalifa9:15

      Right.

   3. JRJoe Rogan9:15

      This is, like, a choice.

   4. WKWiz Khalifa9:17

      Right.

   5. JRJoe Rogan9:17

      They could get a job. The choice is, I wanna get a job trying to fuck up other people-

   6. WKWiz Khalifa9:21

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan9:22

      ... who have a job trying to fuck up people.

   8. WKWiz Khalifa9:23

      (exhales)

   9. JRJoe Rogan9:24

      The killers, the trained killers just going after each other.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa9:26

       Right, right.

   11. JRJoe Rogan9:27

       And when you're around those dudes, one of the things you w- ... One of the things you realize very early on, you ha- ... You can have your preconceived notions about them being, like, m- like, mean people or-

   12. WKWiz Khalifa9:35

       Mm-hmm.

   13. JRJoe Rogan9:35

       ... violent people.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa9:36

       Right.

   15. JRJoe Rogan9:37

       They're people of character.

   16. WKWiz Khalifa9:38

       Yes, sir.

   17. JRJoe Rogan9:38

       You have to have extreme character to pull off what they do.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa9:41

       Yeah, yep.

   19. JRJoe Rogan9:41

       And some of the best people I've ever met in my life are fighters.

   20. WKWiz Khalifa9:43

       Yeah, yep, yep.

   21. JRJoe Rogan9:44

       They, they're, they're a different breed of human being.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa9:47

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan9:47

       They chose that path. They chose it. No one's-

   24. WKWiz Khalifa9:49

       Yep.

   25. JRJoe Rogan9:49

       No one's forcing 'em. We're not in war.

   26. WKWiz Khalifa9:51

       Right.

   27. JRJoe Rogan9:52

       They decide to go and do that, and like-

   28. WKWiz Khalifa9:53

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan9:54

       ... "Oof." That's why it's so exciting to watch, right?

   30. WKWiz Khalifa9:56

       Right.
8. 14:25 – 16:17

   Weed + training synergy, gym culture, and how Wiz gained 35 pounds

   1. JRJoe Rogan14:25

      That's a good combination of getting to the bottom of shit, is weed and martial arts.

   2. WKWiz Khalifa14:29

      Yeah, yup.

   3. JRJoe Rogan14:30

      That's a good combination.

   4. WKWiz Khalifa14:31

      100%.

   5. JRJoe Rogan14:32

      It really is.

   6. WKWiz Khalifa14:33

      I do ... Like, a lot of my thinking is just from, like, after I train, I just sit there and just think about nothing but ... You know what I mean?

   7. JRJoe Rogan14:42

      Yeah.

   8. WKWiz Khalifa14:43

      Ideas come to me. How to deal with situations, you know what I mean?

   9. JRJoe Rogan14:47

      Right.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa14:47

       Because it just ... I don't know. It just happens like that. It just flows.

   11. JRJoe Rogan14:50

       Yeah. Yeah, it flows.

   12. WKWiz Khalifa14:52

       Mm-hmm.

   13. JRJoe Rogan14:52

       And I think, like, the training helps you get all the bullshit off your back.

   14. WKWiz Khalifa14:56

       Right. Hell yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan14:57

       Right?

   16. WKWiz Khalifa14:58

       Yeah, yup. Especially for me too, 'cause like, I party a lot.

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:02

       Mm-hmm.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa15:02

       And I'm in the studio till, like, 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, and I'm drinking and stuff like that. So, to just be going down that path and doing that every day, bro, I look crazy. I feel crazy. (laughs) Like-

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:14

       (laughs)

   20. WKWiz Khalifa15:14

       ... I have to get that off of me, like, out of me. You know what I mean?

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:18

       Yeah.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa15:18

       That's why your gym is crazy, bro. I need to do something like that for myself.

   23. JRJoe Rogan15:22

       It's nice to have a place.

   24. WKWiz Khalifa15:23

       At some point. Like, that's how I look at you, like the OG. So it's like, I'm not going to go do it tomorrow, like, "Hey, everybody build me a gym."

   25. JRJoe Rogan15:29

       (laughs)

   26. WKWiz Khalifa15:30

       But, you know, eventually, that's the goal. When I look back, I'll be like, "I seen Joe's gym and that's, that's what made me."

   27. JRJoe Rogan15:36

       Well, dude, you train hard. I've seen your videos.

   28. WKWiz Khalifa15:38

       Yeah, I w- I w- I, I get to work.

   29. JRJoe Rogan15:40

       You, you work out at Unbreakable?

   30. WKWiz Khalifa15:41

       Yeah, yup.
9. 16:17 – 20:12

   Sparring with legends and the ‘play’ style of Thai sparring

   1. JRJoe Rogan16:17

      And s- doesn't Snoop train there too?

   2. WKWiz Khalifa16:19

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan16:19

      There's this video of Snoop sparring. He's sparring Daniel Sarrafian.

   4. WKWiz Khalifa16:23

      Yeah. Daniel's fucking crazy. You ever met that dude? (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan16:25

      He's a beast. Yeah, I know that guy.

   6. WKWiz Khalifa16:27

      (laughs) Yeah, yo, Daniel is crazy.

   7. JRJoe Rogan16:27

      I've called his fights before.

   8. WKWiz Khalifa16:29

      Daniel-

   9. JRJoe Rogan16:29

      He's a tank.

   10. WKWiz Khalifa16:29

       He is crazy. He love-

   11. JRJoe Rogan16:31

       That guy's a tank.

   12. WKWiz Khalifa16:31

       ... nuts. His thing is like, "Yo, I gotta get hit." Pshhh. I'm like, "All right, Daniel." You know?

   13. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       He's gotta get hit to wake himself up?

   14. WKWiz Khalifa16:39

       Yeah, go ahead.

   15. JRJoe Rogan16:40

       Wow. The- there is-

   16. WKWiz Khalifa16:41

       Take those hits, Danny.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:41

       There's Snoop sparring with him.

   18. WKWiz Khalifa16:43

       Yeah, and Snoop-

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:44

       (laughs)

   20. WKWiz Khalifa16:44

       ... was going at it too. He was trying to take him out.

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:46

       Dude, Snoop throws some good shots, man.

   22. WKWiz Khalifa16:47

       Oh, that's them right there.

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:48

       Yeah, Snoop's got-

   24. WKWiz Khalifa16:49

       Uh.

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:49

       ... skills. He really does.

   26. WKWiz Khalifa16:50

       I'm glad Daniel ducked that one. Uh, uh.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:53

       Yeah, I mean, look-

   28. WKWiz Khalifa16:54

       Get him, Snoop. Oh.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:55

       I guarantee you Snoop would fuck up-

   30. WKWiz Khalifa16:56

       Look, that's funny right there.
10. 20:12 – 23:17

    Kicking mechanics, Taekwondo’s ‘crazy dexterity,’ and technique as a universal law

    1. WKWiz Khalifa20:12

       You got some crazy kicks.

    2. JRJoe Rogan20:14

       Thank you.

    3. WKWiz Khalifa20:14

       Yeah. I seen, uh, what was it? A side kick that you did?

    4. JRJoe Rogan20:18

       Probably turning side kicks.

    5. WKWiz Khalifa20:19

       Yeah.

    6. JRJoe Rogan20:20

       Yeah.

    7. WKWiz Khalifa20:20

       Yeah, you gotta teach me that.

    8. JRJoe Rogan20:21

       I'll teach you that.

    9. WKWiz Khalifa20:21

       Yeah. I want the-

    10. JRJoe Rogan20:22

        (laughs)

    11. WKWiz Khalifa20:22

        I just need the form, 'cause I'm learning just a regular side kick, like a slide or, you know what I mean?

    12. JRJoe Rogan20:26

        You should go to, like, a Taekwondo school. They'd be the best at showing you how to do it.

    13. WKWiz Khalifa20:29

        Mm-hmm.

    14. JRJoe Rogan20:29

        I'll definitely show you how, but-

    15. WKWiz Khalifa20:31

        Yep.

    16. JRJoe Rogan20:31

        ... if you need a place to train, find, like, a really good Taekwondo school.

    17. WKWiz Khalifa20:34

        Mm-hmm.

    18. JRJoe Rogan20:34

        'Cause one thing, Taekwondo has some things that, you know, won't work in MMA if you're y- adding take-downs and-

    19. WKWiz Khalifa20:41

        Mm-hmm.

    20. JRJoe Rogan20:41

        ... punches to the face, but because they don't punch to the face in tournaments-

    21. WKWiz Khalifa20:44

        Mm-hmm.

    22. JRJoe Rogan20:44

        ... you get used to doing crazy kicks.

    23. WKWiz Khalifa20:46

        Crazy-ass kicks. Creative.

    24. JRJoe Rogan20:47

        So they have a lot of weird d- a lot of weird leg dexterity stuff.

    25. WKWiz Khalifa20:50

        Mm-hmm.

    26. JRJoe Rogan20:51

        And if you get good at that stuff, I think that's... Like, if I had a kid that wanted to fight, I would say, "Let's just do some, um, Kyokushin or some Taekwondo first."

    27. WKWiz Khalifa20:59

        Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

    28. JRJoe Rogan20:59

        "Just do some karate, something where you, you're developing leg dexterity."

    29. WKWiz Khalifa21:02

        Yeah. Hell yeah.

    30. JRJoe Rogan21:03

        Then, as you get a little older, then move you into Muay Thai."
11. 23:17 – 48:28

    Wiz’s songwriting workflow, studio setup, and redefining “work” as passion

    1. JRJoe Rogan23:17

       When, when you write, do you write things out or do you, do you do it out in your head?

    2. WKWiz Khalifa23:22

       Hmm.

    3. JRJoe Rogan23:23

       Like, I know Jay-Z supposedly doesn't write anything, right?

    4. WKWiz Khalifa23:25

       Mm-mm.

    5. JRJoe Rogan23:25

       He just keeps it all in his head-

    6. WKWiz Khalifa23:27

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    7. JRJoe Rogan23:27

       ... which is incredible-

    8. WKWiz Khalifa23:28

       It's awesome.

    9. JRJoe Rogan23:29

       ... that he can do that.

    10. WKWiz Khalifa23:30

        Right.

    11. JRJoe Rogan23:30

        It's kind of in- insane.

    12. WKWiz Khalifa23:32

        Yeah, yeah. Yep. I have, I have different processes. So, like, for me, I kinda... I, I have melodies. Like, I'll sing and I'll rap. So it's a lot easier for me to just have a melody in my head and make up the words as I go. But if I'm writing lyrics, like writing words down where I actually rap it-... that's when I'm gonna use the paper, you know?

    13. JRJoe Rogan23:53

        Mm-hmm.

    14. WKWiz Khalifa23:54

        But there's different ways to do it, 'cause I- honestly, this is what my studio setup looks like. It's like a chair. The mic is right here. I don't go in the booth or anything, and my engineer's sitting right there. So, it's like we're, we're coming up with it as w- as we go, like...

    15. JRJoe Rogan24:08

        Mm-hmm.

    16. WKWiz Khalifa24:08

        I'll take a little break, just write something down, and then I'll just jump, jump straight back on it. You know what I mean? So, it, there's different techniques, though, 'cause a lot of the time, sometimes I won't write shit. I'll just go and just make it up and just keep going, keep flowing, or there's times where I could just lay a melody and then write the words to it later. So, it's just different, you know, ways to approach it.

    17. JRJoe Rogan24:31

        So, you just do it based on however you feel that day?

    18. WKWiz Khalifa24:33

        Mm-hmm. Whatever the track really calls for. It's like, if, if the song is something that I get instant inspiration, I'm like, "Oh, I'm gonna knock it out right now." Or if something that I wanna live with for a little bit, I'll just do as much as I'm happy with at that point, and then move on to the next thing.

    19. JRJoe Rogan24:50

        Mm-hmm.

    20. WKWiz Khalifa24:50

        Come back to it later and just make sure everything is fresh. I like to keep everything fresh, keep it fun, keep it loose, and I don't really overthink anything. If it's not there, then I just go, go away from it and find something that's more fun. (laughs)

    21. JRJoe Rogan25:05

        (laughs)

    22. WKWiz Khalifa25:05

        Hell, yeah. (laughs)

    23. JRJoe Rogan25:07

        That's a, it's a beautiful freedom to be able-

    24. WKWiz Khalifa25:09

        Yeah.

    25. JRJoe Rogan25:09

        ... to do that.

    26. WKWiz Khalifa25:09

        Mm-hmm.

    27. JRJoe Rogan25:10

        You know?

    28. WKWiz Khalifa25:10

        Yeah.

    29. JRJoe Rogan25:10

        Y- you obviously picked the right fucking job.

    30. WKWiz Khalifa25:14

        (laughs)
12. 48:28 – 1:04:38

    Early ambition: third grade rapper dreams, Pittsburgh grind, and first deal at 16

    1. JRJoe Rogan48:28

       Like, how, how old were you when you knew you wanted to be a rapper?

    2. WKWiz Khalifa48:32

       Uh, I think I was in third grade.

    3. JRJoe Rogan48:34

       (laughs)

    4. WKWiz Khalifa48:35

       So, real shit. (laughs)

    5. JRJoe Rogan48:37

       (laughs) (clapping)

    6. WKWiz Khalifa48:37

       I think I was in third grade.

    7. JRJoe Rogan48:39

       That's amazing.

    8. WKWiz Khalifa48:40

       I wanted, I wanted to be a Ninja Turtle and I wanted to be a rapper.

    9. JRJoe Rogan48:43

       (laughs)

    10. WKWiz Khalifa48:43

        And I think a rapper was, like, a little bit more realistic. I'm working on being a Ninja Turtle now.

    11. JRJoe Rogan48:48

        (laughs)

    12. WKWiz Khalifa48:49

        (laughs)

    13. JRJoe Rogan48:50

        That's amazing.

    14. WKWiz Khalifa48:51

        Yeah.

    15. JRJoe Rogan48:51

        Third grade.

    16. WKWiz Khalifa48:52

        Yeah, third grade, I was-

    17. JRJoe Rogan48:52

        How old were you in third grade again? You're nine?

    18. WKWiz Khalifa48:54

        Yeah. You nine? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's when I started writing my first raps and shit.

    19. JRJoe Rogan48:58

        Dude, that is hilarious.

    20. WKWiz Khalifa49:00

        Yeah, I was, like, watching music videos. And I remember seeing, like, Puffy and Biggie and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is, like, one of my favorite groups.

    21. JRJoe Rogan49:08

        Wow.

    22. WKWiz Khalifa49:08

        So it was like, "Yo, if I can do that, I'll be a'ight." And then, um, by the time I was, like, 13, uh, that's when the internet was really popular, so you could download, like, instrumentals and shit like that. So you didn't have to, like, have beats or anything.

    23. JRJoe Rogan49:23

        Mm-hmm.

    24. WKWiz Khalifa49:24

        And then they started introducing, you know, uh, at home equipment. They had, like, little TASCAM four-track little bullshit thing that you could ... You know what I mean?

    25. JRJoe Rogan49:35

        Mm-hmm.

    26. WKWiz Khalifa49:36

        So I started fucking around on that, like, doing my own little home studio. Then FruityLoops came out and started making beats. Cool Edit Pro was, like, the, the program back then before Pro Tools. And yeah, that's how I got my start, like, just in the fucking ... In the, in the crib, just putting it together. Then I turned, like ... Then by the time I was, like, 16, I got, like, an internship at a, at a studio in Pittsburgh where I was literally, like, answering the phones and running errands and going to pick up, like, office supplies and shit like that, and in return, they would pay me with studio time. So, like, I would just record, like, off ... You know what I mean? Off the clock.

    27. JRJoe Rogan50:16

        Right.

    28. WKWiz Khalifa50:16

        You know what I mean? And I had, like, four or five songs, and that turned into a record deal.

    29. JRJoe Rogan50:21

        Wow.

    30. WKWiz Khalifa50:22

        Yup, got my first deal at 16.
13. 1:04:38 – 1:30:02

    Tech acceleration: streaming, VR futures, batteries, Teslas, and ‘spoon-fed’ innovation

    1. JRJoe Rogan1:04:38

       How... Do you think that movie theaters will always be here?

    2. WKWiz Khalifa1:04:41

       Mm... I, mm, shit. Nah, I, I, I don't think, I think eventually they gonna be gone. What do you think?

    3. JRJoe Rogan1:04:48

       I don't know, just, it's one of, I kinda, I like that they're real, you know? That there's a place you go.

    4. NANarrator1:04:54

       They've already kind of came and w- gone twice. If you look around old Hollywood, there's old theaters that aren't theaters anymore, but there's new theaters that have taken over them, but those buildings are still there for whatever reason.

    5. JRJoe Rogan1:05:04

       Mm.

    6. NANarrator1:05:04

       I don't know, they're still using 'em or...

    7. JRJoe Rogan1:05:06

       Well, people still like going to the movies.

    8. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:08

       Yeah.

    9. JRJoe Rogan1:05:08

       It's like an, it's a night out thing.

    10. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:10

        Yeah.

    11. JRJoe Rogan1:05:10

        You know?

    12. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:11

        I just feel like it costs so much to, like, keep screens-

    13. JRJoe Rogan1:05:14

        Mm-hmm.

    14. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:15

        ... and actually put movies in there, and then you got the popcorn, and then it's like that's-

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:05:20

        But it's one of the few things that we do in st- with strangers, is like be a part of an audience.

    16. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:26

        Mm-hmm.

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:05:26

        It's like one things, the few things we randomly do with giant groups of strangers. Like l-

    18. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:29

        But I feel like technology is like removing that because people don't like that.

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:05:34

        I think people are uncomfortable with it because most the time we spend on devices.

    20. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:39

        Yeah, for sure.

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:05:39

        Communicating through devices.

    22. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:41

        And especially with like virtual reality becoming more popular like-

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:05:45

        Yeah.

    24. WKWiz Khalifa1:05:45

        ... you know, like, people love access so it's like, if you're making 'em feel like they're there, like, why would you want a random dude walking across your lap when you can just be in the movie, like...

Episode duration: 2:03:34