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.

El cantante encendió un porro de marihuana en un concierto en Costinești en julio de 2024, en el que también se le confiscaron casi 18 gramos de cannabis. En un país con una…

The rapper, who has been sentenced in absentia, had admitted to smoking a cannabis joint on stage at a festival last year.