Wiz Khalifa's Ancestor Made BOLD Choices | Finding Your Roots | PBS - January 15, 2026 -
Watch more: https://to.pbs.org/4pH4zhG | #FindingYourRootsProfessor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Wiz Khalifa learn about his fifth great-grandfather and the tough realities of the South in the time period following the abolition of slavery. But a bold choice by this ancestor helped pave the way for change.
Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY® and Golden Globe nominated recording artist @wizkhalifa burst onto the music scene with the release of his first major label debut album, ROLLING PAPERS in 2011 which earned him his first two GRAMMY nods for “Best Rap Performance” and “Best Rap Song”. Alongside more than a decade of music and entrepreneurship success, Wiz was also a series regular in Fox’s animated sitcom, “Duncanville''.
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Finding Your Roots
For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.







