--- title: Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Marijuana Possession in Texas description: Police arrested the rapper, who was in El Paso for a music festival, after TSA agents performed a search canonical: https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-25T20:50:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:02:28.967Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Marijuana Possession in Texas og:description: Police arrested the rapper, who was in El Paso for a music festival, after TSA agents performed a search og:url: https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b37f6705ea4098/698690cf35ba6f319bc02207/ap802978086853.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Wiz Khalifa-Arrest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Marijuana Possession in Texas twitter:description: Police arrested the rapper, who was in El Paso for a music festival, after TSA agents performed a search twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b37f6705ea4098/698690cf35ba6f319bc02207/ap802978086853.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Pot Possession in Texas  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 25, 2014 8:50 PM CUT  This booking photo provided by the El Paso Police Department shows Cameron Thomaz, better known as, Wiz Khalifa in El Paso, Texas, Sunday May 25, 2014. This booking photo provided by the El Paso Police Department shows Cameron Thomaz, better known as, Wiz Khalifa in El Paso, Texas, Sunday May 25, 2014.El Paso Police Department—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 25, 2014 8:50 PM CUT “So what I keep ‘em rolled up?” rapper Wiz Khalifa asked on his 2011 song “Young, Wild & Free.” The response from Texas police: [Because it’s against the law](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/rapper-wiz-khalifa-arrested-pot-charge-texas#overlay-context=user "undefined"), that’s what. The rapper was arrested for marijuana possession after he was stopped at a checkpoint in El Paso’s airport, the Associated Press reports. Because Khalifa traveled without identification, Transportation Security Administration agents performed a search and discovered a container full of marijuana. TSA personnel then contacted the police, who arrested him. Khalifa, who was born Cameron Thomaz and was in town for a music festival, was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He was released after posting $300 bail. Khalifa’s representation did not return the AP’s request for comment. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/rapper-wiz-khalifa-arrested-pot-charge-texas#overlay-context=user "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/"},"headline":"Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Pot Possession in Texas","datePublished":"2014-05-25T20:50:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:02:28.967Z","description":"Rapper had his \"rolling papers\" but not his identification papers when he was searched by TSA agents in El Paso, Tex.","url":"https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/","keywords":["celebrity","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b37f6705ea4098/698690cf35ba6f319bc02207/ap802978086853.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b37f6705ea4098/698690cf35ba6f319bc02207/ap802978086853.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wiz Khalifa-Arrest","caption":"Wiz Khalifa-Arrest","creditText":"El Paso Police Department—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/114543/wiz-khalifa-arrested-marijuana-texas/","name":"Rapper Wiz Khalifa Arrested for Pot Possession in Texas"}}]}] ```