Cannabis
Joint Effort: Pasquale Rotella Announces Cannabis Brand Partnership, Music Festival Activations
With hopes of merging live music and weed culture, Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella has announced a partnership with RNBW, a premium cannabis brand. For the first time ever, cannabis lovers will be able to purchase products and Insomniac music festival tickets in one fell swoop at select retail locations, according to a press release. The alliance marks a first-of-its-kind endeavor and one that aims to establish an integrated service for herbalists and audiophiles alike. The first curated ticket bundle to be offered is available now and represents one of two phases of the partnership’s rollout. Until October 21st, consumers purchasing online and in-person at Cookies, Stiiizy, Harborside, Jardín, Thrive, Planet 13, and Sixty Four & Hope locations in California and Nevada w...
Seeing Green: Drake Invests In OVO 40’s Toronto Cannabis Company Bullrider
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CNW Group/Bullrider / CNW Group/Bullrider Drake is having his way in music and now hopes to secure the same position in the cannabis industry. He recently confirmed his investment into OVO 40’s Bullrider company. As spotted on Hype Beast the “No Friends In The Industry” rapper joins OVO co-founder and producer, Noah “40” Shebib as an investor, partner and advisor. 40’s involvement with the brand was spurred by the brand’s namesake strain, Afghani Bullrider, which he credits as a life-changing product that has helped manage symptoms related to his decades long journey with multiple sclerosis. Drake now joins Bullrider, a subsidiary of Robes Inc., as co-owners alongside industry veterans 40, Maxim Zavet and Lorne Greenberg. The brand’s offerings h...
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Cookies Connects With G Pen For The Stylish G Pen Micro+ Vaporizer [Review]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: G Pen / G Pen Cannabis consumption has changed dramatically over the years and most especially in the 21st Century with vaporizers, concentrates, tinctures, and other delivery methods inspiring innovative minds to create new lanes. Berner, one of the leaders within the cannabis industry space, continues his collaborative efforts via his Cookies line and G Pen, introducing the brand-new and supremely stylish G Pen Micro+ vaporizer. G Pen, which has been an industry leader for years by way of its vast array of portable vaporizer devices, and has recently partnered with the likes of rapper B-Real, teamed up again with Berner, who runs the expansive Cookies empire that has transformed cannabis culture along with bringing some of the highest quality product to...
2021 National Cannabis Festival To Feature Redman, Method Man & More In D.C.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: National Cannabis Festival / NCF The National Cannabis Festival makes its anticipated return to the Nation’s Capital this weekend and will bring some of music’s favorite acts to the masses, with headliners Redman and Method Man closing out the show. Joining the brothers in bud onstage will be Antibalas, local legends Backyard Band, and Young M.A., and more alongside a bevy of speakers. This year’s National Cannabis Festival is essentially a holdover from a scheduled event in April of 2020, which was shut down due to the pandemic. The lineup remains intact and it appears that the weather in Washington, D.C. will be favorable for the chieftains and chillers in the place. Hip-Hop Wired was in attendance at the 2019 NCF and it was an impressive display of goo...
Breaking Bud: GRiZ Launches Line of Custom Cannabis Strains
A friend with weed is a friend indeed, and GRiZ is taking his best buds national with the launch of two premium cannabis lines. Let’s be blunt: the strain of the pandemic is brutal for many. And if GRiZ’s last album somehow didn’t toke your breath away (sorry, can’t help these puns), his new custom weed will. GRiZ has announced the sale of two brands: the THC-focused Astro Hippie and the CBD line Telescope. The former, an homage to DIY stoner culture that will soon debut in GRiZ’s home state of Michigan, is described as a potent series of flower strains designed for “experimenters” who want to blast off. Many believe weed is a love language, and Astro Hippie, GRiZ says, is a billet-doux to the cannabis c...
For Papas Who Puff: Check Out These Smoker-Friendly Gifts For Father’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Terryll Garrison / EyeEm / Getty While the country and much of the free world are finally warming up to the benefits of cannabis products, companies who have been at the forefront are offering high-end technology and accessories for all. As Father’s Day fast approaches and Dad is something of a cannabis enthusiast, the folks at Dr. Greenthumb, G Pen, and VIBES have the Papas Who Puff covered. Dr. Greenthumb is the smoked-out alter-ego of B-Real from the legendary Hip-Hop collective, Cypress Hill. Partnering up with G Pen, Dr. Greenthumb has rolled out its new Roam vaporizer, which is essentially an all-in-one vaporizer that passes the good medicine through a water filter without being stuck inside the house. Dr. Greenthumb and G Pen also worked on the bra...
Cannabis Consumption Lounges Are Coming to Las Vegas
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has paved the way for legal cannabis consumption lounges with the passage of AB341. While the state legalized cannabis in 2017, there has previously not been a legal venue for recreational users to consume it publicly. With the new legislation signed, two new licensing classes have been created: one for “retail cannabis consumption lounges” and a second for “independent cannabis consumption lounges.” The creation of new entertainment experiences around cannabis should only fortify Vegas’ reputation as one of the world’s foremost entertainment capitals. The city’s largest dispensary, Planet 13—a gigantic 23,000 square foot super-center with several onsite restaurants—had publicly stated that they are ready to break ground on th...
Senegalese navy seizes 8 tonnes of cannabis resin from boat
The Senegalese navy on Sunday intercepted a boat smuggling over 8 tonnes of cannabis resin through the waters off the West African nation’s coast, the armed forces ministry said in a statement. The vessel, which was flying a Togolese flag, was stopped 140 kilometres (87 miles) from the coastal capital of Dakar with seven crew members on board. After escorting the boat to a naval base in Dakar, the authorities discovered the 8.37 tonnes of hashish split between 279 bags. The boat was also carrying sacks of plaster, the ministry said on Monday. It did not provide a street value for the seized drugs. Earlier this year, authorities in Niger seized 17 tonnes of cannabis resin worth around 31 million euros ($37 million), the largest bust in the country’s history. According to Interpol, drug king...
One Dance: Drake and Cannabis Company Sever Business Ties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty It seems that not every project Drake touches turns to gold. It has been announced he and the Canopy Growth Corporation have parted ways. As reported by HipHopDX the Toronto, Ontario, Canada native is no longer in business with CGC. For those who need their memories jogged back in November 2019 Drizzy announced a new partnership in the name of the More Life Growth Company. The venture was billed as it being “centered around wellness, discovery, and overall personal growth with the hope of facilitating connections and shared experiences across the globe.” According to a recent feature in Bloomberg Canopy has confirmed they are no longer in business with the “God’s Plan” MC. “We have indeed divested from More Life and the f...
NDLEA intercepts 4.9 million capsules of Tramadol
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said it intercepted 4,995,200 capsules of tramadol weighing 2,498.2kilogrammes at the Onne port, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said efforts by the NDLEA to block access and availability of illicit substances led to the interception of the container conveying the illicit drugs. Babafemi said the seizure of the illicit drug concealed in 1,387 cartons on Tuesday, May 18 followed a joint examination by NDLEA operatives and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) personnel. He said the drugs were concealed in a container marked MRKU 0764717 which had been on the agency’s watch list. In another development, a 42-year-old man, Muntari Hamidu, has been arrest...
Celebrate 4/20 With EDM.com’s Cannabis-Inspired Playlist
While today’s date marks several significant and historical events throughout the decades, nothing commemorates the day quite like the music community’s celebration of Mary Jane. Artists and music producers around the world have paid tribute to ganja through their own source of musical creativity, playing smoking anthems and curating chill, melodic tracks to set the mood. From GRiZ, ZHU, Boogie T, ILLENIUM, CharlestheFirst and more, you’ll find our playlist has the perfect mix of funky smoking beats and downtempo, atmospheric rhythms to help ring in your annual green holiday. Check out the playlist below.
Whoopi Goldberg Lands First Cover of “Black Cannabis Magazine,” Reveals She Is Launching Another Pot Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Getty Images / Getty Auntie Whoopi Goldberg is taking another pull at the pot game. For those who don’t know, before the white celebs like Jim Belushi and Seth Rogen “made it cool” to sell legalized pot, The View host and slayer of Meghan McCain, Whoopi Goldberg, has been long-time cannabis and entrepreneur when it comes to the magical plant. So it made perfect sense that Black Cannabis, a new magazine that focuses primarily on the people who honestly revolutionized the pot game at the expense of being unfairly jailed for it, tapped Goldberg to cover the first issue. Speaking about the cover, Goldberg added: “It’s an honor to grace the very first cover of Black Cannabis Magazine… As a long-time cannabis advocate and entrepreneur, I’m happy to support the ...
