--- title: Wiz Khalifa Turns Adele's "Hello" Into a Stoner Anthem description: Wiz Khalifa is no more immune to the power of Adele than the rest of us. canonical: https://time.com/4194643/wiz-khalifa-adele-hello-stoner-anthem/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T22:04:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:16.235Z og:title: Listen to Wiz Khalifa Turn Adele's "Hello" Into a Stoner Anthem og:description: "Roll one up and let's get high" og:url: https://time.com/4194643/wiz-khalifa-adele-hello-stoner-anthem/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to Wiz Khalifa Turn Adele's "Hello" Into a Stoner Anthem twitter:description: "Roll one up and let's get high" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Listen to Wiz Khalifa Turn Adele's "Hello" Into a Stoner Anthem > Sponsored content. 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When the 28-year-old rapper recently appeared on Los Angeles’s Power 106, he was asked if he could write to any beat. “I have to feel it,” Khalifa responded. Radio host Mister Cap then proceeded to play an instrumental version of Adele’s “Hello” for Wiz to freestyle over, prompting a weed-inspired [remix](http://time.com/4188977/adele-hello-parody-snow-days/) from the hip-hop artist. “Roll one up and lets get high,” he belts out. “I am trying to get fried.” **Read More:** [Wiz Khalifa Joined Taylor Swift On Stage For an Emotional “See You Again” Duet](http://time.com/4029270/taylor-swift-on-stage-chemistry-wiz-khalifa/) After he finished laying down his reinterpretation of the song, Wiz decided to name the updated track “Hella Os,” because, well, he’s Wiz. _Khalifa_, the rapper’s forthcoming self-titled album, is set to drop on Feb. 5\. 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