Claim: Wiz Khalifa is from New York.
Evidence: He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic , `` Black and Yellow '' , which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
He has stated that he got the car in those colors as a tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , whose official colors are black and gold , and its professional sports teams , most of whose colors are black and some variation of gold or yellow.