Key Takeaways:

• Romania’s hashish legal guidelines are among the many strictest in Europe, banning all types of marijuana use.
• Wiz Khalifa’s nine-month sentence stems from lighting a joint throughout his Beach, Please! Festival efficiency.
• The rapper responded publicly in 2024, saying he meant no disrespect and plans to return with out lighting up.

Wiz Khalifa could also be taking a look at as a lot as 9 months in a Romanian jail over the incident the place he lit a joint at 2024’s Beach, Please! Festival. On Thursday (Dec. 18), TMZ reported that the “Black and Yellow” rapper’s authorized staff is “currently in the process of appealing the sentence.”

As the outlet famous, Khalifa could possibly be in for a troublesome struggle given how strict the nation’s legal guidelines are. Marijuana is banned for each leisure and medical use, and it’s categorised as a “high-risk drug.”

The Grammy-nominated artist, born Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was notably detained and charged with illegal drug possession in July 2024 after smoking to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s “The Next Episode” on the Costinești-based competition. He was let go not lengthy after.

“I didn’t mean any disrespect to the country of Romania by lighting up on stage,” Khalifa wrote on X round that point. “They were very respectful and let me go. I’ll be back soon. But without a big ass joint next time.”

Whether within the numerous songs the place he mentions smoking or on his Twitch streams, Khalifa’s love for marijuana isn’t any secret. While celebrating Kush + Orange Juice 2’s launch, the rapper spoke about desirous to make weed “a little less scary.”

“It’s wild. Just being able to walk the streets in New York and smoke weed is so cool, because I remember we used to pull up, and there’s cops everywhere, always, so we would hop out [of] the van, and we would just hurry up and shut the door. But now they don’t care,” he instructed SiriusXM’s Swaggy Sie.

He added, “I speak a lot in other places that aren’t hip-hop communities about weed and just trying to legalize it and push it and change the laws in certain places, or at least make it a little less scary. That’s my job.”

As Khalifa continues to advocate for hashish reform globally, his case in Romania highlights the dangers artists face when native legal guidelines conflict with private freedoms. Whether his attraction succeeds or not, the second underscores how completely different the principles could be when performing overseas.