{"id":1216398,"date":"2022-10-04T19:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/04\/i-was-selling-weed-before-it-became-legal\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:36:47","slug":"i-was-selling-weed-before-it-became-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/04\/i-was-selling-weed-before-it-became-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"I was selling weed before it became legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-american-rapper-and-song-writer-vic-mensa-has-disclosed-that-he-was-selling-weed-even-before-it-was-made-legal-in-some-states\">American rapper and song writer Vic Mensa has disclosed that he was selling weed even before it was made legal in some States. <\/h2>\n<p>Speaking as a guest on  360 on TV3, hosted by Giovani Caleb, Vic Mensa\u2019s benevolence in providing fuel worth US$10,000 to people free of charge. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: My rent is Ghc45,000 so broke guys should stop pestering me \u2013 Kisa Gbekle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about why he decided to embark on such benevolent act, Vic Mensa spoke about his establishment called 93 Boyz. According to him, 93 Boyz is a black-owned weed brand which has been legalized for commercial purposes. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo 93 Boyz, I just launched the first black-owned weed brand \u2013 it\u2019s cannabis, in Illinois. It\u2019s legal now,\u201d Mensa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I\u2019ve been selling it far before it was legal but now I\u2019m selling it [legally and openly],\u201d he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>When his attention was drawn to Ghana\u2019s prohibition for the substance, the rapper stated clearly, \u201cI don\u2019t sell it here [in Ghana].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have it here, don\u2019t check me for it, you won\u2019t find it,\u201d he stressed and laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0the singer highlighted how \u201cthe weed and the gas give-away\u201d are tied into his upcoming concert \u201cthe Black Star Line Festival in a lot of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking to do is also to reinvest [in the community],\u201d he explained. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: The country is not going well; people are pissed \u2013 Shatta Wale calls out Nana Addo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the narrative with Black communities in America, as well as the continent at large, has always been extraction; it\u2019s always people come and they extract our resources, they extract our labour, they extract our value, and so with this Black Star Line Festival, our purpose is to not only come and profit or capitalise from the continent, but to really bring resources, and talent, an we\u2019re working on providing clean water,\u201d Vic Mensa elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re partnering with some organisations, one of which my father started that we\u2019ve already built a water hole, in Koftown [Koforidua] where my family is,\u201d the Hiphop celebrity revealed.<\/p>\n<p>source: www.ghbase.com<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; American rapper and song writer Vic Mensa has disclosed that he was selling weed even before it was made legal in some States. Speaking as a guest on 360 on TV3, hosted by Giovani Caleb, Vic Mensa\u2019s benevolence in providing fuel worth US$10,000 to people free of charge. READ ALSO: My rent is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1216402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3632,4767,4154],"class_list":["post-1216398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-legal","tag-selling","tag-weed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}