Celebrities

Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over their use of his character Borat on a billboard without permission.

Hip-hop artist Travis Scott last week launched Cactus Farms in partnership with Connected Cannabis in California and Arizona.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said it cannot reconsider the suspension of Sha’Carri Richardson for her cannabis use but the agency sympathizes “with the circumstances” of the case.

Seth Rogen gave Conan O’Brien a joint during an interview Tuesday night and the comedians surprised their audience when they actually lit and smoked it.

Joe Exotic, the Netflix star, is launching a cannabis brand while serving a 22-year sentence for plotting to murder his rival.

Curaleaf’s partnership with Rolling Stone includes Select brand’s first pre-roll.

The partnership between the rapper Drake and Canopy Growth, first announced in 2019, officially ended this week.

Cannabis entrepreneur and former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson recently said that psilocybin helped him through depression and thoughts of suicide. He is an early investor in Wesana, a Canadian psychedelics-focused wellness company.

Slipknot co-founder Shawn “Clown” Crahan is launching a cannabis product line featuring six half-gram pre-rolls made from 75% indica flower and 25% Paradise Citrus bubble hash.

Actor Jaleel White — famous for portraying Steve Urkel in “Family Matters” — is launching a cannabis brand called ItsPurpl in partnership with 710 Labs that will feature variants of the strain Purple Urkle.

Former NBA star Travis Best is joining the Lemonnade dispensary in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts as co-owner.

Seth Rogen said this week his cannabis company, Houseplant, is set for its U.S. launch this month. The products will be available in California through a Houseplant delivery service starting March 11 and in select dispensaries later in the month.

Former NBA All-Star Chris Webber and JW Asset Management LLC have joined to launch a $100 million private equity fund aimed at investing in cannabis companies led by entrepreneurs of color.

Hip-hop legend and Friday film franchise star Ice Cube personally developed and released a new cannabis line in four adult-use markets.

Calvin Johnson, a former NFL star wide receiver and founder of Primitiv, a Michigan-based cannabis company, was just elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch has launched a new premium product line called Dodi Blunts, which features products infused with highly potent THCa diamonds.

Q13 Fox Seattle, a Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate, botched its coverage of former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch’s new Dodi Blunts product line, mistakenly reporting that the blunts were infused with actual 24-carat diamonds.

Jay-Z has established a $10 million fund to benefit minority-owned startups in the cannabis industry.

Casa Verde Capital, the cannabis investment firm co-founded by Snoop Dogg, has closed on $94.7 million during its second round of investment funding.

Weedmaps has been named the official sponsor for the November 28 boxing bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.

Subversive Capital Acquisition Group has announced the purchasing of Caliva and Left Coast Ventures and the forming of TPCO Holding Corp., aka The Parent Company.

Former NBA player Larry Hughes is partnering with former teammate Al Harrington to found two dispensaries and a cultivation/processing center in St. Louis, Missouri.

A CBD company is using the famed nature documentary narrator Sir David Attenborough’s name and likeness to promote its company and products without permission.

Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis has walked back its claim in a disputed press release last month that the shop is Seattle’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary after it was revealed that Kemp holds just a minor stake in the company.