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Snoop Dogg Launches Death Row Cannabis

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For over 30 years, through countless chart-topping hits and landmark artists, Death Row Records has stood as one of the music industry’s most iconic and culturally significant platforms.

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Today, it is under powerful new management. Recently acquired by Snoop Dogg, the infamous musical empire has reemerged as a multi-category cultural platform across music, fashion, entertainment, and cannabis, all united by the blockchain for a new generation. 

Today at 8AM PT, their first cannabis drop will be announced on social media at @DeathRowRecords and @DeathRowCannabis, using an animation of their globally recognized logo and reveal of their branded pre-roll tube. The teaser video was created by artist MylarMen with a soundtrack by Kevin Gilliam aka DJ Battlecat. The 22-second clip is sure to electrify the global fans of the label while being a buzzy beginning of Death Row Records’ domination of the weed nation.

Promising to return Death Row to its former glory, all elements of the former label are being refitted for today’s audience and their evolving tastes. The first drop debuts in limited edition commemorative metallic bags, featuring the iconic hooded prisoner figure seated in an electric chair on the front. Important to note: this is a brand new version of the prisoner that was designed for the launch of the cannabis brand – the main difference being he has one hand broken free and is smoking a fat doobie. 

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Another especially exciting note for those cannabis connoisseurs is the man responsible for curating Death Row Cannabis. AK – hand-selected by Snoop himself – is a longtime West Coast legacy cultivator and industry insider, best known for his role alongside former partner WizardTrees in sprouting, selecting, and expertly growing the RS11, Studio 54, and Shirazi strains from exotic cannabis breeder DEO. He’s the man behind the IYKYK brand SMKRS, and he is also well known as the VP of Cultivation for TRP LLC, who owns a majority of the Cookies stores across the nation including their facilities in Florida.

AK’s reputation for growing “fire” weed and his palette when it comes to selecting winning strains, keeps people camped out in lines in front of their dispensaries.

Launching in-stores next week, Death Row Cannabis is not one to keep its fans waiting. The brand will soon make an announcement with an exact date and locations for their debut drop.

Select Cookies California stores (Brentwood, San Bernardino, and San Diego) will be the first locations to carry Death Row Cannabis, with other locations and more states to follow soon. 

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Snoop Dogg’s Blunt Sold For A Staggering Amount At A Charity Auction

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Here’s a fun question: How much money is a Snoop Dogg blunt worth? On one hand, the rapper is perhaps the most iconic marijuana-associated celebrity, so a joint once owned by him is a special thing for fellow enthusiasts. On the other hand, thousands and thousands of Snoop Dogg blunts have found their way into existence over the years: In a 2012 Reddit AMA, Snoop noted he smokes about 81 blunts a day. If he kept that up daily for ten years, that’s over 295,000 blunts, and Snoop’s been smoking for much longer than just a decade.

So, how much is a Snoop blunt worth? It appears the answer is $10,000.

In a recent Variety interview, Seth Rogen and wife Lauren Miller Rogen spoke about Hilarity For Charity, their nonprofit and annual event focused on Alzheimer’s disease, for its tenth anniversary. During the conversation, they were asked if there was “one performance or moment through the years that you think really captures what Hilarity For Charity is all about,” and Seth said, “Snoop Dogg once auctioned off a blunt on stage for Alzheimer’s.” Lauren chimed in, “I think it went for $10,000.”

Seth continued, “I think that encapsulates how we are approaching the space differently. If you’re lucky enough to be able to get Snoop Dogg to come perform at your show and auction off a blunt for Alzheimer’s care and research, then I think that speaks very well to an unexpected but effective kind of melding of matters and sensibilities.”

Check out the full interview here.

Chief Keef Fires At Laura Ingraham’s Comments On Pot: ‘Somebody Tell This Tramp I Don’t Shoot Schools Up’

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Chief Keef is known for many things, especially the popular line from the cult classic “Faneto,” where he references riding through New York and intending to shoot up New Jersey. However, the Chicago legend took to Twitter Wednesday to clarify that his alleged violent streak does not extend to schools after catching wind of a Fox News clip where Laura Ingraham links violence to marijuana use in the wake of the July 4 mass shooting in Illinois.

In a tweet, Keff posted a picture of the conservative television host with the caption “Somebody tell this TRAMP I don’t shoot schools up.” Back in early June, Ingraham was speaking about the unintended consequences of normalizing pot use and attempted to blame that on recent school shootings, as the suspects were known users. “Why aren’t people in general not talking more about the pot psychosis violent behavior connection?” she asks. She doubled down Tuesday and evidently, the 26-year-old had enough as her words literally hit close to home.

Chief Keef is a known user and advocate for marijuana, and like many who use it, he understandably did not take too kindly to such conclusions being drawn about the drug, especially in reference to the state he resides in. Though his choice of words in the tweet is quite humorous, the messaging is important. Besides, Ingraham provides zero evidence for her boisterous claim.

Check out Chief Keef’s tweet and Laura Ingraham’s diatribes above.

[WATCH] Mike Tyson Smokes With Ric Flair And Rick Ross After Airplane Knockout

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After a stressful flight from San Francisco where he had to put hands on an annoying passenger, Mike Tyson decided that the best way to blow off steam was actually by sharing a joint with rapper Rick Ross and wrestling legend Ric Flair and just blowing smoke.

Tyson was seen with Slick Ric and Ricky Rozay at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference afterparty at LIV Miami smoking and joking, probably about the knockout incident on his JetBlue flight just 24 hours earlier. Tyson was reportedly scheduled to speak at the conference, but his appearance was apparently cancelled after the passenger beatdown video went viral.

As we previously reported, a viral video shows Tyson brutally putting the beats on a flight passenger who has now been identified as Melvin Townsend, II, with eyewitnesses saying Townsend was visibly intoxicated and continued to provoke the boxing legend. It was even reported that Townsend threw a water bottle at Tyson, but his lawyer denies that claim.

“When Mike Tyson boarded the plane, he became overly excited,” the lawyer told TMZ. “At first, their interaction was cordial. At a certain point, Mr. Tyson clearly became agitated by an overly excited fan and began to strike him in an excessive manner. This situation could have been avoided simply by contacting the flight attendant. Our client denies throwing a water bottle prior to being struck by Mr. Tyson.”

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Curren$y Drifts Through His Massive Catalog In His 4/20-Themed Tiny Desk Concert

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I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but it’s April 20, and I’m sure you know what that means (although what with the traditional festivities endorsed for this unofficial holiday, you’d be forgiven for not knowing what day it is anymore). So it’s only right that for this week’s Tiny Desk Concert debut, NPR has tapped one of hip-hop’s patron saints of the devil’s lettuce, Curren$y, who stops by for an at-home set from a garage alongside one of his many, many cars (this one’s a lifted 1965 Chevy Impala).

Of course, with so much music in his rearview — over seventy projects and counting — the New Orleans native has plenty of product to pull from, opening the set with “Sixty-Seven Turbo Jet” from 2012’s Cigarette Boats with Harry Fraud. Then, it’s “Address” and “Breakfast” from 2010’s Pilot Talk, “Airborne Aquarium” from Pilot Talk II, and finally, “Mary” from 2013’s New Jet City. It’s kind of mind-boggling to think he could have done a ninety-minute set without crossing 2015.

Early in the set, he teases his band for not having their own 4/20-inspired products on them, although he allows that all three members of the trio need both hands to keep the music going.

The Best Songs About Weed

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  • Ludacris f/ Sleepy Brown, “Blueberry Yum Yum” (2004)


  • Rihanna, “James Joint” (2016)


  • Missy Elliott, “Pass That Dutch” (2003)


  • D.R.A.M., “Broccoli” (2016)


  • Jhené Aiko f/ Rae Sremmurd, “Sativa” (2017)


  • A$AP Rocky, “Purple Swag” (2013)


  • 50 Cent, “High All The Time” (2003)


  • MF DOOM, “America’s Most Blunted” f/ Quasimoto (2004)


  • Sean Paul, “We Be Burnin” (2005)


  • Ty Dolla $ign f/ Wiz Khalifa , “Irie” (2013)


  • Danny Brown, “Blunt After Blunt” (2011)


  • Chance The Rapper f/ Future, “Smoke Break” (2016)


  • Busta Rhymes, “Get High Tonight” (1997)


  • Sublime, “Smoke Two Joints” (1992)


  • Cypress Hill, “Hits From the Bong” (1993)


  • Clipse, “Gangsta Lean” (2002)


  • Curren$y “Breakfast” (2010)


  • Young Thug, “Stoner” (2014)


  • KC & the Sunshine Band, “I Get Lifted” (1975)


  • Three Six Mafia, “Where’s Da Bud?” (1996)


  • ESG, “Smoke On” (1994)


  • The Pharcyde, “Pack The Pipe” (1992)


  • Birdman and Lil Wayne, “Cali Dro” (2006)


  • Cab Calloway, “Reefer Man” (1932)


  • Rita Marley, “One Draw” (1981)


  • Mister Grimm, “Indo Smoke” (1983)


  • Method Man, “Tical” (1994)


  • People Under the Stairs, “Acid Raindrops” (2002)


  • Outkast, “Crumblin’ Erb” (1994)


  • Fats Waller, “The Reefer Song” (1943)


  • Afroman, “Because I Got High” (2000)


  • Beastie Boys “Hold It Now, Hit It” (1986)


  • John Holt, “Police in Helicopter” (1983)


  • Tone Loc, “Cheeba Cheeba” (1989)


  • Cypress Hill, “I Wanna Get High” (1993)


  • Amy Winehouse, “Addicted” (2006)


  • Bone Thugs N Harmony, “Weed Song” (2000)


  • Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg, “The Next Episode” (1999)


  • De La Soul, “Peer Pressure ” (2001)


  • Society of Soul, “Peaches n Erb” (1995)


  • The Steve Miller Band, “The Joker” (1973)


  • Lil Kim, “Drugs” (1996)


  • Black Sabbath, “Sweet Leaf” (1971)


  • Gang Starr, “Take Two and Pass ” (1992)


  • Devin The Dude, “Doobie Ashtray” (2002)


  • Wiz Khalifa, “Still Blazin'” (2010)


  • Rick James, “Mary Jane” (1978)


  • Redman, “How to Roll a Blunt” (1992)


  • Curtis Mayfield, “Pusher Man” (1972)


  • KRS-One, “I Can’t Wake Up” (1993)


  • Bob Dylan, “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (1966)


  • Kid Cudi, “Day ’n’ Nite” (2008)


  • Bob Marley, “Kaya” (1978)


  • Styles P, “Good Times (I Get High)” (2002)


  • Ray Charles, “Let’s Go Get Stoned” (1966)


  • The Luniz, “I Got 5 On It” (1995)


  • D’Angelo, “Brown Sugar” (1995)


  • Snoop Dogg, “Gin & Juice” (1994)


  • Peter Tosh, “Legalize It” (1976)


  • Redman and Method Man, “How High” (1999)