Marijuana and music go together like peanut butter & jelly and marijuana. As such, hip hop culture and weed culture can not be extricated from one another.
Today, we celebrate not only 4/20, but the messages of peace, love, and unity that marijuana encourages. So smoke something and enjoy our list of 10 rappers who have created their own pure, pristine, and pungent weed strains. Click through the image gallery to read on.
Snoop Dogg
Although Snoop should not be pigeon-holed to just a weed rapper, his frequent inclusion of marijuana in his raps helped to carve out a new lane in hip hop. In 2015, Snoop started “Leafs By Snoop.” In Colorado you can now purchase his flower and edibles. If you do not live in Colorado, head to LeafsBySnoop.com to peep some of the highest quality marijuana cosigned by the undisputed pioneer of weed rap.
Berner
Berner is most influential rapper in the weed business. Period. In 2010, Berner helped create and market Girl Scout Cookies, which is one of the most popular strains in the business. Aside from Girl Scout Cookies, Berner is also credited with creating Cherry Kush, Cherry Pie, The Y, Snowman, Sherbet, Girl Scout Cookies, Gelato, Pink Panties, F1, and F1 Durban, amongst others.
Dizzy Wright is spreading world peace with Dizzy OG. The strain won Best Medicinal Hybrid at the SoCal Cannabis Cup in 2016, although it appears to be exclusively available in Southern California.
Freddie Gibbs partnered with Loopa Farms in 2015 to put Freddie Kane OG on the shelves. Freddie Kane OG is an indica dominant hybrid, so if you have access to it, light up and absorb the vibrations of Gibbs' immersive new album, You Only Live 2wice.
Wiz Khalifa
In 2010, Wiz stormed the rap game and became the biggest rapper since Snoop to bring weed rap to mainstream audiences. After years of carrying the weed rap baton, Wiz concocted Khalifa Kush, a sativa dominant hybrid and a descendant of the OG strain. Khalifa Kush is just now becoming available to the public, so expect it to become more easily accessible in the near future.
B Real
Cypress Hill rapper B Real hosts a YouTube show called “The Smokebox” in which he he invites 40, Snoop, Wiz, and Method Man light up and talk hip-hop. B Real's personal strain Tangie recently finished 3rd place in the Cannabis Cup.
Legendary west coast rapper Kurupt has his own strain called Kurupt’s Moon Rock, which is created via the potent process of submerging Girl Scout Cookies in hash oil and dusting it with Sicdust. If you have a high THC tolerance, I’d suggest lighting up some Moon Rock today and throwing on Tha Dogg Pound.
Cam'ron
In 2016, the Dipset rapper partnered the California company Chroncierge to produce his own weed strain. Chroncierge also produces Freddie Kane OG, and although Cam’s weed has not been named or produced yet, expect it to be potent and popularized soon.
Skizzy Mars
Skizzy Mars is one of the lesser known rappers on this list; however, his commitment to weed culture is unimpeachable. In 2016, Skizzy Mars created his own strain of weed called OG Skiz. Availability is currently limited.
RiFF RaFF
Riff Raff has his own strain of marijuana appropriately named Jody Highroller. Riff Raff handpicked the strain because it was the brightest color of purple available, and the luminous strain is available at Black Rose Collective in California.