Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced to nine months in prison in Romania on a drug possession charge.
Khalifa, 38, was sentenced Thursday, December 18, more than a year after he was charged with allegedly possessing 18 grams of cannabis following a performance at the Beach, Please! festival in the coastal village of Costinesti in July 2024, the Associated Press reported Thursday, citing Romania’s national news agency, Agerpres.
According to AP, the rapper — real name Cameron Thomaz — was convicted of “possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption,”
In April, Khalifa was issued an $830 fine for “illegal possession of dangerous drugs” by a lower court in Constanta County, however, prosecutors appealed the court’s decision and sought a stricter sentence, per AP.
Us Weekly has reached out to Khalifa’s representatives for comment.
The “See You Again” rapper was first charged in July 2024 following a headline performance at a music festival. At the time, prosecutors alleged that he was found in possession of 18 grams of cannabis and said he consumed the drug on stage.
“During a performance at a music festival held in the resort of Costinesti, the accused was found to have possessed more than 18 grams of cannabis and to have consumed (on stage) another quantity in the form of a handmade cigarette,” prosecutors with Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) said in a statement at the time, per news agency Agence France Presse.
AFP reported that Khalifa was charged, but not held in custody.
“Last nights show was amazing. I didn’t mean any disrespect to the country of Romania by lighting up on stage,” Khalifa said in an X post at the time. “They were very respectful and let me go. I’ll be back soon. But without a big ass joint next time.”
Khalifa’s run-in with Romanian authorities came the same month that he and girlfriend Aimee Aguilar welcomed their first child together.
“I gave birth exactly a week ago today, so I am a week postpartum,” Aguilar, 31, said in a July 2024 TikTok video showing off her post-partum body. “This is what my stomach looks like.”
“I ended up tearing. So, during the labor and I pushed her out, I tore. I have stitches down there,” she said. “So I think I’m going to wait another week or two before I start doing anything strenuous on my body.”
“To all my other mom girlies, you’ll get through this,” she added. “Your body will do its thing in its time. Don’t ever compare your postpartum body to anybody else.”
Khalifa also shares son Sebastian, 12, with ex-wife Amber Rose.
During a January 2024 appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the rapper spoke about turning up “stoned” at parent-teacher conferences for Sebastian.
“I’m pulling up stoned. They expect it,” the rapper quipped to host Alex Cooper. “They know what’s up. It’s not like back in the day [where] you’re considered a bad parent if you smoke weed. I’m pretty sure my son smells like weed. I don’t know because I can’t smell it, but I’m pretty sure he smells like pot.”
“I’m pulling up high because I want them to connect with the real me. They’re not going to get a fake version of me or this made-up parent that society makes you think that you’re supposed to be,” he said. “I am who I am, and it’s not because I’m a celebrity or anything.”
