A Romanian court has rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession.
The Constanta Court of Appeal’s decision came after Khalifa filed an appeal in January against a December 2025 conviction.
Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Constanta County.
Prosecutors said he was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and consumed some on stage.
The court convicted Khalifa of “possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption.”
The appeals court on Thursday rejected as inadmissible Khalifa’s appeal to annul the sentence, and struck down a request to suspend the sentence.
In April 2025, a lower court issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei for “illegal possession of dangerous drugs. Prosecutors appealed and called for a higher sentence.
Romania criminalizes possession of cannabis with a prison sentence of between three months and two years. The law also provides for a fine.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced to 9 months in jail in Romania on drug possession charges
