In celebration of the launch of MONOGRAM, Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter’s cannabis brand has premiered High Tales, a video series spotlighting music artists recounting their memorable ganja experiences. The L.O.X.’s own Jadakiss kicks things off in Episode 1 where he shares a funny story about his first time smoking with hip-hop O.G. Snoop Dogg.
After telling his friends how Snoop is a “top of the line smoker” and how “his lungs off top can tell him whatever he’s smoking,” they decide to test the cannabis connoisseur while kicking it in between shots of the “WW III” music video. “My man gave me thing [joint], I light it and gave it to him. ‘[I ask] Snoop, what’s this?’ ‘That’s that Purple Haze, nephew!’ Everybody started laughing.”
But Jadakiss’ craziest story happened at a 2005 Grammys afterparty at a home where Prince happened to be performing. He begrudgingly decided to attend the star-studded event, but after rolling one up, he remembers how actress Penny Marshall walked up to him and asks to take a hit. “Me?! Laverne from Laverne & Shirley? Hell yeah!” the Yonkers native recalls before sharing how other actors came up to him for a hit, too.
“The dude from Bad Boys. Not the Martin and Will joints, the Sean Penn bad boy. The guy he had beef with. Him. [He said] ‘Yo, let me hit that.’ Me! What the f**k is going on?! I let him hit it. [Then] Mark Wahlberg, out of nowhere, ‘Kiss, what’s up!’ I said, ‘I can’t believe it. This is crazy!'”
Watch Jadakiss share his anecdotes about the power of cannabis and how it has helped him not only build traditional rapport but also smoking rapport. Upcoming episodes of High Tales will feature N.O.R.E, 2 Chainz, and The-Dream. Stay tuned.
