Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa & More Accept Gillie Da King's #KushUpChallenge

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Rappers Wiz Khalifa (L) and Snoop Dogg perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California.
In response to the Push Up challenge, Gillie Da King launches the #KushUpChallenge.

As everyone stays inside their crib due to social distancing, people are getting really creative with how they're passing time these days. Social media challenges are getting more and more popular. Most recently, the #PushUpChallenge began to infiltrate IG stories as people nominated their friends to do 10 push-ups. In response to the Push-Up challenge, Gillie Da King launched something for the smokers: the Kush Up challenge. Everyone nominated must take 10 tokes off of the blunt without letting out any smoke.

Gillie nominated a slew of stoners such as Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, G Herbo, T.I., Jim Jones, Lil Durk and more to partake in the challenge. Though a few haven't responded, the game's top smokers did show out. Snoop Dogg and Wiz accepted the challenge with ease while the latter nominated Ty Dolla $ign, Juicy J, Russ, and Xzibit. Herbo also got in on the challenge but as Gillie would put it, he has "baby lungs."

Jim Jones, though, stepped into the game correcting everyone on the actual rules. Jim laid down a history lesson on the origins of the challenge that he was introduced to by B-Legit in 1997. Described as 10-for-20, Jim Jones challenged everyone to take 10 tokes and hold it in for 20 seconds, later challenging a slew of his friends including Dave East. 

Check out the Kush Up Challenge posts below. 

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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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