THE HIGH TIMES INTERVIEW
You have a reputation as something of a renaissance man. You’re a musician. You’re an entrepreneur. You have a fashion line and of course the cannabis business.
I think it’s just with my obsession and passion with the plant. I’ve been working with the weed for many years now, since I was 15, 16 years old. When getting older and more legitimate and adapting to the new laws and regulations, I just wanted to keep building and spreading my wings and just diving into things that I knew were necessary on the market. Back in the day, when mining was going on, everyone was mining for gold. Not many people focused on the picks and shovels. That’s kind of what I’ve decided to do with, at least, the weed side of business. For music, I just like to do it. It’s my hobby. The music kind of complements the marijuana business, but as far as building what I like to call a “hempire,” from my partnerships, the multiple weed brands, the clothing lines, I think it’s just fun. There’s nothing else I’d rather spend my time doing.
What came first, the music or the cannabis?
They both came together. I think that smoking cannabis made me want to make music, and so I just kind of did both. When I was 18 years old, budtending at the Hemp Center in San Francisco, I was making music. As my music started to develop,
