"Could you put the weed out sir"? Yes of course.

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cThe awards were held in Las Vegas, where pot is legal for medicinal purposes, so Wiz thought he would be straight showing up to the star-studded event high before snapping a few pics and touching the stage to perform his tribute to Paul Walker, "See You Again." Unfortunately for Wiz, the LVPD wasn't cool with the rapper lighting up on the premises and threatened to take him on a ride downtown if he continued to smoke.

Photographer Jeff Kravitz captured the moment and took to his Facebook page to explain what happened. "Wiz Khalifa smoked weed on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet blazing some AK-47," wrote Kravitz. A police officer told him to keep that shit off his carpet or he'd have to arrest him. It might be legal for medical in Vegas, but the cops don't have the tolerance they do in LA."

Khalifa's performance went off without a hitch and the rapper alluded to his interaction with the LVPD on his Instagram page.

Wiz and Fall Out Boy are heading out on tour in a few weeks and hopefully, for Wiz's sake, these venues are more weed-friendly:

June 10 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 13 – Holmdel, NJ @ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
June 14 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
June 16 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
June 17 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 18 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 20 – Portland, ME @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion (FOB/Hoodie Allen only)
June 23 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 24 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 26 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre
June 27 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 28 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
June 30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
July 1 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
July 2 – Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
July 3 – Hershey, PA @ Giant Center*
July 4 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 10 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 11 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 12 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
July 14 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 15 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
July 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
July 18 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
July 19 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte
July 21 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 22 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
July 25 – Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 26 – Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
July 28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
July 29 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheather
July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
August 1 – Ridgefield, WA @ Amphitheater Northwest
August 2 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheater
August 4 – San Francisco, CA @ Venue TBD
August 5 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 7 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay
August 8 – Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

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