Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" Becomes First Rap Video To Hit 1 Billion Views

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The "Fast and Furious 7" soundtrack hit single took exactly 6 months to hit one billion YouTube views.

Wiz Khalifa is now the only rapper with a music video that has been viewed one BILLION times on YouTube. "See You Again" feat. Charlie Puth hit the mark exactly 6 months after releasing the video in April. Take a bow, Wiz.

"See You Again" was a tribute to the late Paul Walker and the lead single on the "Fast & Furious 7" soundtrack. It went to #1 almost immediately, Wiz's second #1 hit after 2011's "Black and Yellow."

Here is a list of most watched videos of all time on YouTube, as of October 7, 2015:

1. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’ 2,426,500,822
2. Justin Bieber – ‘Baby’ 1,219,883,321
3. Taylor Swift – ‘Blank Space’ 1,188,147,147
4. Katy Perry – ‘Dark Horse’ 1,121,919,001
5. Katy Perry – ‘Roar’ 1,085,316,510
6. Taylor Swift – ‘Shake It Off’ 1,073,453,852
7. Enrique Iglesias – ‘Bailando’ 1,070,883,424
8. Meghan Trainor – ‘All About That Bass’ 1,046,823,436
9. Mark Ronson – ‘Uptown Funk’ 1,045,536,246
10. Wiz Khalifa – ‘See You Again’ 1,004,350,672

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Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" Becomes First Rap Video To Hit 1 Billion Views
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