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Wiz Khalifa was invited out to throw the first pitch at Wednesday night’s Pirates game at PNC Park, and surprise, he had a political statement to make during his appearance. But before you get all triggered and start deleting Wiz songs you have in party playlists, it had nothing to do with the national anthem and everything to do with marijuana legalization.
As you can see above, Wiz sported a “Legalize It” tee for his visit, and really hammered home his message by faking a massive puff before his first pitch:
@wizkhalifa rockin the "Legalize It" shirt for the first pitch at the @Pirates game tonight pic.twitter.com/brUPbtihnf
— Bev (@TBev13) September 27, 2017
Pretty much what you should expect from a guy who has an album titled “Rolling Papers” and tunes like “Still Blazin” and “This Is Not a Marijuana Song”, right? Well, the Pirates organization probably knew what they were getting from Wiz, but the MLB was not having it and issued this buzzkill statement Thursday morning:
MLB statement re: Wiz Khalifa: “Marijuana is probated substance in all of our drug programs. It's unfortunate this situation occurred." 1/2
— RobBiertempfel (@RobBiertempfel) September 28, 2017
MLB statement cont: “The #Pirates have informed us that this should not have happened.” 2/2
— RobBiertempfel (@RobBiertempfel) September 28, 2017
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You probably won’t be shocked to learn that Wiz is talking pot today at the Thrival Music Festival:
So @wizkhalifa about to talk about medical marijuana at #thrivalfestival pic.twitter.com/URgHJwRuTd
— Ben Schmitt (@bencschmitt) September 29, 2017
Oh man…the main event @wizkhalifa on the #ThrivalFestival stage discussing…what else…cannabis pic.twitter.com/HBsyr5f0aJ
— Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) September 29, 2017
Sidenote: In case you were wondering, Wiz’s first pitch was just okay:
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