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The trend of celebrities owning cannabis businesses is a recent phenomenon, sparked by the decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States. [1] [2]
Below is a partial listing of celebrities who own commercial cannabis farms or other cannabis-related brands or businesses.
| Celebrity | Business | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Belushi | Belushi's Farm | American Actor Jim Belushi grows and farms his own weed. One of his signature brands is named Blues Brothers, in reference to his brothers famous movie role. | [3] |
| Snoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg G-Pen | Rapper Snoop Dogg released the electrical weed vaporizer G-Pen in a collaboration with Grenco Science in 2013. | [1] [4] |
| Creagen Dow | Poke A Bowl | The Big Bang Theory and Zoey 101 actor Creagen Dow owns a company that sells ashtrays that remove both ash and resin, designed by himself. | [5] |
| Melissa Etheridge | Etheridge Botanicals | Melissa Etheridge co-founded Etheridge Botanicals in 2021 to advocate and represent "wellness as a human right." | [6] |
| The Game | Trees by Game | Rapper The Game started his own cannabis company called Trees By Game after purchasing a cannabis dispensary called The Reserve in Santa Ana, California. | [7] |
| Jason Gann | Wilfred | Jason Gann launched Wilfred Cannabis in 2020. | [8] |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi & Maya | Actress Whoopi Goldberg started selling medical marijuana in 2016. The company shut down in 2020. | [9] |
| Rob Gronkowski | CBDMEDIC | Former NFL player Rob Gronkowski became a spokesperson for CBDMEDIC in 2019. | [10] |
| Woody Harrelson | The Woods | Woody Harrelson opened The Woods dispensary in West Hollywood in 2022. | [11] |
| Al Harrington | Viola Brands | NBA star Al Harrington was ahead of the curve with legal weed, founding Viola in 2011. | [12] |
| Mickey Hart | Mind Your Head | Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart started selling pre-rolls in 2019. | [13] |
| Jay-Z | Caliva | Rapper Jay-Z entered a partnership with California-based cannabis company Caliva in 2019. | [14] |
| Kourtney Kardashian | Hora x Poosh | Reality star Kourtney Kardashian started selling CBD-based face serum as an anti-aging solution in 2019. | [15] |
| Wiz Khalifa | Khalifa Kush | Khalifa launched Khalifa Kush in 2014. | [16] |
| John Legend | Plus Products Inc. | Singer John Legend started investing in a company that produces CBD products such as edible gummies in 2019. | [17] |
| Method Man | Tical | Method Man launched Tical to support black business. | [18] |
| Cheech Marin | Cheech's Stash | Marin got into the cannabis industry in 2018 with Cheech's Stash, introducing both marijuana and CBD products. | [19] |
| Bob Marley | Marley Natural | The brand launched in February 2016 on the 71st anniversary of Bob Marley's birthday. | [20] |
| Shavo Odadjian | 22Red | In 2016, the bass player launched his licensed marijuana operation, 22Red. | [21] |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Cann | Actress Gwyneth Paltrow's company Goop started investing in Cann, a cannabis-infused beverage maker, in 2020. | [2] |
| B-Real | Dr. Green thumb's | Dr. Greenthumb's is a cannabis retailer owned and founded by Cypress Hill rapper B-Real. The original location opened in August 2018 in Sylmar, California. | [22] |
| Carlos Santana | Mirayo | Carlos Santana joined the Cannabis industry in 2020, heavily linking his Mirayo by Santana brand to spirituality practices. | [23] |
| Martha Stewart | Martha Stewart CBD | Stewart released her line of CBD-products in collaboration with Canopy Growth Corporation and Marquee Brands in 2020. | [24] |
| Bella Thorne | Forbidden Flowers | Actress Bella Thorne launched her consumer cannabis and CBD brand in 2019. | [25] |
| Mike Tyson | Tyson Ranch | Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson opened his 400-acre cannabis resort 2019. | [26] |
| David Crosby | Mighty Croz | David Crosby announces 'MIGHTY CROZ' Cannabis Is Coming! | [27] |
| Willie Nelson | Willie's Reserve | Willie Nelson endorses his own brand of Cannabis-based products sold in Colorado and Arizona. | [28] |
| Seth Rogen | Houseplant | Seth co-founded the company with Canadian screenwriter Evan Goldberg in 2021. | [29] |
| Lil Wayne | GKUA | In December 2019, Carter announced his own cannabis brand under the name of GKUA Ultra Premium. | [30] |
| Jaleel White | itsPurpl | Jaleel White launched the brand in collaboration with 710 Labs in 2021. | [31] |
| Ricky Williams | Highsman | Ricky Williams launched his sports-themed weed brand, Highsman, in late 2021. | [32] |
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