Posted on 12/19/2025 10:21:18 AM PST by xxqqzz
BUCHAREST, Romania -- American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country.
Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Costinesti, a coastal resort in Constanta County. Prosecutors said the rapper, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage.
The Constanta Court of Appeal handed down the sentence after Khalifa was convicted of “possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption,” according to Romania’s national news agency, Agerpres. The decision is final.
The decision came after a lower court in Constanta County in April issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei ($830) for “illegal possession of dangerous drugs,” but prosecutors appealed the court’s decision and sought a higher sentence.
Romania has some of the harsher drugs laws in Europe. Possession of cannabis for personal use is criminalized and can result in a prison sentence of between three months and two years, or a fine.
It isn’t clear whether Romanian authorities will seek to file an extradition request, since Khalifa is a U.S. citizen and doesn't reside in Romania.
The 38-year-old Pittsburgh rapper rose to prominence with his breakout mixtape “Kush + Orange Juice.” On stage in Romania last summer, the popular rapper smoked a large, hand-rolled cigarette while singing his hit “Young, Wild & Free.”
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I hope not.
entitled American “entertainer” ignores local laws about drugs and suffers consequences.
Who cares?
Well, When in Rome...
Gee Wiz, know the countries drug laws.
Friggen dork.
“Wiz Khalifa” American my butt at least not the real kind.
Gee whiz, Wiz Khalifa....
Oh and... yikes 😳
And, to think, people pay money to listen to his shit!
Psychotic!
Hard to believe that there are actually people with skulls full of mush (we miss you, Rush) who make these types of guys millionaires. Unreal.
Hope the Vampires flog that grasshopper.
Reverend Lovejoy
That’s not American culture. That’s sewer culture.
I think “Wiz Khalifa” means “I really need to urinate” in Arabic.
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES....
NO SYMPATHY
Does the perp have any distinguishing marks, like tattoos?
In Arabic, Khalifa means "leader" or "ruler," coming from the word "Caliph" and English "Caliphate."
So it must mean "successor and leader to the piss empire."
Keep him, he won’t be missed.
What a total dumb ass!
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