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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.

The rapper Afroman released security camera footage on social media this week of law enforcement raiding his Ohio home. During the raid, armed police officers confiscated a vape pen, a couple of roaches, and cash.

Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand, Tyson 2.0, has formed an exclusive partnership with cannabis company Hexo Corp. to bring its products to Canada.

Boston Red Sox legend and MLB Hall of Famer David Ortiz is launching his cannabis line Papi Cannabis; the products should be available in Massachusetts dispensaries this month.

The Biden Administration is proposing a prisoner swap for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan in exchange for Viktor Bout, a Russian who was convicted in the U.S. of arms dealing.

Rapper and actor Ice-T and Playboy Playmate Charis Burrett received approval on Monday from the New Jersey Cannabis Control Board to open a dispensary in Jersey City. 

Lawyers for Brittney Griner read a medical certificate showing she had been recommended medical cannabis by U.S. doctors during a court session in Russia.