Celebrities

Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand Tyson 2.0 has started selling boxing glove-shaped gummies in Colorado after the state banned people-shaped edibles, which includes the company’s ear-shaped chews that memorialize the boxer’s infamous 1997 match against Evander Holyfield.

Snoop Dogg has launched his first licensed cannabis dispensary and exclusive product line under the Death Row Cannabis brand. The shop, S.W.E.D., is located near LAX airport in Los Angeles and the company said its first product line honors the late rapper 2Pac.

Wiz Khalifa was arrested in Romania for drug possession after videos showed him smoking weed while performing at this weekend’s Beach Please! Festival. The rapper was released promptly and posted on social media afterward that he meant no disrespect to Romania “by lighting up on stage.”

Josh Kesselman is the founder and CEO of RAW®, the globally popular and successful rolling paper brand.

Former Minnesota Gov. and retired pro wrestler Jesse Ventura said recently he is interested in launching a cannabis brand as “the first major politician in America who puts his likeness, face and everything behind cannabis.”

Cookies CEO Berner responded to a recent lawsuit targeting himself and several other Cookies executives, calling the allegations — which accuse the company’s leadership of “pervasive self-dealing” and allege a pattern of personal benefits and kickbacks — “extremely false, harmful damaging claims.”

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream co-founder Ben Cohen announced the launch of Ben’s Best Blnz, or B3, a nonprofit cannabis brand where all proceeds will be used for social benefit.

Seven police officers who helped carry out a raid on Afroman’s house in Ohio last year are now suing the artist over his use of footage from the raid, which depicts the officers’ faces, in music videos and on social media. The rapper says he plans to countersue.

Musician Erykah Badu is partnering with Cookies for a women-focused cannabis product line, launching next week on International Women’s Day.

The legal team for hip-hop artist Future has filed six intent-to-use trademark applications for a cannabis brand involving consumption lounges, vape pens, and medical cannabis products.

Dr. Greenthumb’s Worldwide — the cannabis company founded by B Real of the hip-hop group Cypress Hill — and its Los Angeles-based dispensary partner LAHC Inc. have mutually decided to part ways.

The cannabis company partially owned by Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon is planning to rehab a historic Newark, New Jersey building for a cannabis consumption lounge.

Former Detroit Lions players Calvin Johnson Jr. and Rob Sims have launched their latest product line, Primitiv Performance, which blends electrolytes, vitamins, and water-soluble cannabinoids including CBD, CBG, CBC, and CBN into a recovery-focused sports drink.

Snoop Dogg is launching a new cannabis brand, this time in California, under the Death Row Records music label, which he acquired in early 2022.

WNBA star Brittney Griner, who this year was arrested on drug charges in Russia and sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony, is free and on her way home following a one-for-one prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Mike Tyson’s Tyson 2.0 and his longtime ring opponent Evander Holyfield are teaming up to release cannabis-infused gummies called ‘Holy Ears,’ which are shaped like an ear with a bite taken out of it.

Entertainer Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has agreed to purchase Cresco Labs Inc. and Columbia Care Inc for close to $185 million.

Actor Jim Belushi’s cannabis company, Belushi’s Farm, has opened a new license partner location on Saint Regis (Akwesasne) Mohawk Tribe territory in upstate New York.

Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence for possession of two cannabis vape cartridges was upheld by a Russian court on Tuesday.

Rapper and entrepreneur Rick Ross last week announced the launch of his new smokable hemp product line.

The Yes on 4 campaign launched in Maryland on Thursday to support the adult-use cannabis legalization question on the state’s upcoming ballot; the group is backed by former NFL player-turned-cannabis entrepreneur Eugene Monroe.

Dan Bilzerian’s Ignite International Brands is being investigated by the US Security and Exchange Commission and under regulatory investigation in Canada for alleged financial violations.