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US rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced to jail in Romania

US rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced to jail in Romania

Africa Links 24 with Sunday Dennis
Published on 2025-12-19 14:25:58

American hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa has been handed a nine-month prison sentence by a court in Romania over a drug-related offence connected to a stage performance in the country last year.

The conviction was delivered in absentia after prosecutors overturned an earlier judgment that had imposed only a monetary penalty.

Khalifa, born Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was arrested in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis during a live performance at a music festival in Costinești, a resort town along Romania’s Black Sea coast.

He was briefly held by authorities before being…

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