Wiz Khalifa acquired a nine-month jail sentence in Romania after lighting a joint throughout a competition efficiency.

Wiz Khalifa landed a nine-month jail sentence in Romania after a court docket finalized a drug possession case tied to his 2024 music competition efficiency, the place he lit a joint on stage.

The Constanța Court of Appeal issued its ruling on December 18, reversing an earlier choice that had fined the rapper solely round $700.

Romanian prosecutors efficiently appealed below a regulation that criminalizes the possession of harmful medication for private use. The incident unfolded during the summer of 2024 when the Pittsburgh-born artist was briefly detained after smoking cannabis during his set at a Romanian festival.

Authorities launched him shortly after, however the authorized course of continued.

Romania enforces among the hardest drug legal guidelines in Europe. While nations like Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands have eased penalties for small-scale hashish possession, Romania nonetheless treats such offenses as felony, even when meant for private consumption.

The Romanian court docket clarified that the case concerned solely possession, not distribution or trafficking.

Wiz Khalifa has lengthy been vocal about his marijuana use, weaving it into his music and public persona. Tracks like his 2011 hit “Black and Yellow” and the “Kush + Orange Juice” mixtape have turn into synonymous together with his cannabis-friendly picture.

He launched a sequel to that mixtape in 2025, fifteen years after the unique. Despite the ruling, the rapper stays within the United States.

Romania and the U.S. do have an extradition treaty, however in accordance with the U.S. Department of State, extradition just isn’t computerized and will depend on a number of elements, together with twin criminality and prosecutorial discretion.

Unless Khalifa travels to a rustic that enforces Romania’s warrant, he’s unlikely to be compelled to serve the sentence.

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