Wiz Khalifa's Family Roots: A Journey Through Time

Wiz Khalifa, the rapper from Pittsburgh, is one of the stars diving into his family's past on the new season of "Finding Your Roots. " This show, which airs on PBS, helps famous people learn about where their families come from. The season is called "Great Migrations, " and it focuses on people whose families moved to find better lives. Wiz and actress Sanaa Lathan are part of this episode because their families left the South for the North a long time ago. Wiz talks about growing up in Pittsburgh and how tough it was. He says he had to work hard to make it in the music world. He also shares how his great-grandfather, Willie "Papa Bush" Wimbush Jr. , moved to Pittsburgh after serving in World War II. Wimbush faced a lot of racism when he came back to the South, so he decided to start fresh in Pittsburgh.The show also finds out about Wiz's fifth great-grandfather, who was a slave but still registered to vote even though people threatened him. This part shows how brave Wiz's family was in the past. This season of "Finding Your Roots" has a lot of other famous people too, like actors, athletes, and musicians. It's interesting to see how their family stories connect to big moments in history. Wiz has been in the news lately because he got in trouble for smoking weed on stage in Romania. But that's a different story. The show is more about his family's journey and how it shaped him.