Wiz Khalifa Released, Facing Felony Charges Over Marijuana Possession

Wiz Khalifa is facing two felony charges after being arrested at his concert last night (November 8) at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

Khalifa, named MTV’s Breakthrough Rapper of the Year, was in town for his headlining national tour Waken Baken. As a big advocate of marijuana in his music, Khalifa earlier in the day encouraged fans via Twitter to attend with their “finest plant life.”

He was arrested at his tour bus and now faces two felony counts of trafficking marijuana and storage/distribution. Khalifa also faces a misdemeanor charge for drug paraphernalia. Nine members of his camp were reportedly arrested with him.

Wiz Khalifa was released earlier today and dropped a quick statement to fans on Twitter.

“Jail sux! But being Taylor’d doesn’t,” he said.

At press time, Wiz Khalifa’s court date has not been disclosed.

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Like many of you reading this, I’ve been to so many Hip-Hop concerts where the air was thick with marijuana smoke. In fact, I was at a Wiz Khalifa show this past April where people were falling out. Why this was such a problem at this location will be interesting to find out.

From the small details so far, I’m think it’s something tied to the fact it was on school grounds. It’s possible this school may have strict policies against drugs and maybe a faculty member or student reported what was happening. At my college, we were deprived of seeing 50 Cent back in 2003. It was because a student had written a letter to faculty stating that 50’s image and criminal background was counter-productive to the school. I was heated being that the switch happened the day off the show, and this was when 50 was red-hot and a month out from dropping Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.

Stuff like this normally amounts to a slap on the wrist. But the fact that he got charged with felony counts means there was likely a substantial amount of weed on that bus. I guess Wiz wasn’t lying about his habit being $10,000 a month.