It was released on July 13, 2018, by Taylor Gang Entertainment and Atlantic Records,[2] and is the sequel to his major-label debut Rolling Papers (2011).

[3] The album features guest appearances by Gucci Mane, Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, PartyNextDoor, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Snoop Dogg, among others.

It also features appearances from R&B duo THEMXXNLIGHT, as well as Jimmy Wopo, who is credited posthumously following his death on June 18, 2018, less than a month before the album's release.

In an episode of Genius' For the Record, Wiz Khalifa sat down with hip hop journalist Rob Markman to speak on the album, stating, "With Rolling Papers 2, it's like I'm at a whole new point in my career where people may or may not know what to expect.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 6 reviews.