Umqambi uwiz Khalifa usinika ividiyo ye "Akukho kulala", elawulwa nguColin Tilley, oye wasebenza ngaphambili kubaculi abafana noLil Wayne, uChris Brown kunye noJustin Bieber. Ingoma ifakiwe kwi-albhamu yakhe yamva nje 'Amaphepha aqengqelekayo'.
U-Khalifa wazalwa ngo-Septemba ngo-1987 eMinot, eMntla Dakota, kwaye wenza i-albhamu yakhe nge-albhamu ethi 'Show and Prove' ngo-2006, neyakhokelela ekubeni asayine iWarner Bros Records ngo-2007.
Emva koko, wakhupha icwecwe lakhe lesibini elithi 'Deal or No Deal', ngoNovemba ka-2009, kwaye kulo nyaka icwecwe lakhe lesithathu lakhululwa, elikhankanywe ngasentla 'Amaphepha aqengqelekayo'.