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The Pittsburgh rapper broke the news on social media on Friday (Feb. 13), as fans and collaborators offered their condolences.<\/p>\n
Wiz Khalifa<\/a> is sharing gratitude through the pain. On Friday (Feb. 13), the Grammy-nominated rapper revealed that his father, Laurence Thomaz, has died.<\/p>\n \u201cToday my father decided not to wake up,\u201d he wrote in a series of posts on X. \u201cI will always love him, miss him and be [grateful] for the things he taught me. He went out like a true yogi, at peace and on his own time. I love you forever Laurence W. Thomaz.\u201d<\/p>\n In a follow-up post he added, \u201cThe last conversation i had with my dad was him telling me how proud of me he was for the movie i was in and I promised him i would do more. LT Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n After several fans offered their condolences, Wiz dove deeper into what his father meant to him.<\/p>\n \u201cMy father\u2019s passing was sudden but seeing how many people love and respected him makes happy and i know he\u2019s proud that he left a positive impact on this earth. Literally all he ever wanted,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The elder Thomaz\u2019s bond with Wiz echoed in how the \u201cYoung, Wild and Free\u201d rapper raised his son, Sebastian, whom he shares with ex-wife Amber Rose. In an episode from the 2019 docuseries titled \u201cWiz Khalifa: Behind The Cam,\u201d Laurence Thomaz reflected on how his grandson changed his son\u2019s life for the better.<\/p>\n \u201cSebastian\u2019s matured him, but it\u2019s made him more serious and understand: \u2018I have to be here; I can\u2019t do the dangerous, reckless things I was doing before: I have this little guy to look out for,\u2019\u201d Thomaz said<\/a>.<\/p>\n A military man, the elder Thomaz planted the seeds of music in the mind of Wiz at a very young age.<\/p>\n