{"id":82937,"date":"2026-01-10T01:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82937\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:29:40","slug":"how-his-family-got-to-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82937\/","title":{"rendered":"How His Family Got to Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPittsburgh rap superstar Wiz Khalifa<\/a> is just finding out how his family made their way to western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\n\tKhalifa sat down with host Henry Louis Gates Jr. for Tuesday\u2019s new episode of Finding Your Roots on PBS. In Billboard\u2018s exclusive preview clip, Gates reveals that Wiz\u2019s grandfather Willie Wimbush Jr. and his family headed to his hometown of Pittsburgh in 1955 during the Great Migration \u2014 roughly between 1910-1970 \u2014 when Black people and their families moved from the South to other parts of the country. Once Khalifa\u2019s family reached Pennsylvania, Wimbush decided to settle in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill district, which has historically been a predominately Black neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\n\tHearing this news for the first time, Wiz felt proud. \u201cIt\u2019s really good to learn it,\u201d he said. \u201cJust to know\u2026 just to feel Papa Bush\u2019s ambition through his story. That\u2019s what I could feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tWiz\u2019s episode, titled \u201cGreat Migrations,\u201d will also feature actress Sanaa Lathan and will premiere at 8 p.m. ET on PBS, PBS.org, the PBS App and the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. recently kicked off the show\u2019s 12th season and will feature a range of famous names, including musicians like Lizzo<\/a>, Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 Flea<\/a>, Darren Criss, Rhiannon Giddens and Kristin Chenoweth. Other celebrity guests: Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan, Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas, Danielle Deadwyler, Barry Diller, America Ferrera, Brittney Griner, Sara Haines, Spike Lee<\/a>, Tracy Letts, Delroy Lindo, Hasan Minhaj and Chris Paul.<\/p>\n

\n\tTune in Tuesday and watch the exclusive clip below.<\/p>\n

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