NEXT 10
Celebrity: Cheech Marin
Brand: Cheech's Stash
Like his comedy partner Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin is in the cannabiz as well. He launched in Nevada in 2018 after partnering with Redwood Cultivation. Products are available in CA, CO, NV and WA.
Celebrity: Damian Marley
Brands: Ocean Grown Extracts and Evidence
Bob Marley's youngest son Damian and his management team - Dan, Casey and Kelly Dalton - converted a prison in Coalinga, CA into a cultivation facility. Ocean Grown cannabis is sold under the name Evidence, which uses evidence replica bags as weed containers. The half-ounce flower kit includes a pack of Vibes paper and a Last Prisoner Project matchbook. Ten percent of proceeds go to LPP.
Celebrity: Montel Williams
Brand: Montel by Select
Former TV talk-show host Montel Williams started LenitivLabs in 2016. His 50 mg. hemp extract capsules are availble online.
Celebrity: Carlos Santana
Brand: Mirayo by Santana
Partnering with Caliva, the Mirayo by Santana strain names are predictably cosmic: Radiance (sativa), Centered (indica), Symmetry (hybrid) and Essence (CBD). They're available as flower and prerolls at Caliva dispensaries in CA.
Celebrities: Rachael and Megan Rapinoe
Brand: Mendi
The soccer sisters created their CBD line with athletes in mind. Rachael runs the company and Megan, who won the 2019 World Cup as a member of the U.S. Women's Soccer team, is brand ambassador. Mendi offers no-THC and full-spectrum products including gummies, creams, tinctures, gel caps and sticks online.
Celebrity: DJ Khaled
Brand: Blesswell
Popular music collaborator DJ Khaled is the first celeb to release CBD products especially for men. The product line, created in partnership with Endexx Corporation, includes Conditioning Beard Oil, Ultimate Shave Cream, Lathering Body Wash, Facial Cleansing Scrub, Blue Charcoal Face Mask and Daily Facial Moisturizer. They're infused with hemp-derived CBD and are available online.
Celebrity: Dennis Hopper
Brand: Hopper Reserve
Maverick actor and director Dennis Hopper was a long-time cannabis user before his death in 2010. His daughter Marin is keeping that flame alive with a brand dedicated to her father. The following flower categories and strains are available as pre-rolls at several Los Angeles-area dispensaries: The Strong-Willed Rebel (Pink Lemonade sativa), The Mystic of the Desert (Gas OG indica) and The Artist of the Mind (Sugar Shack hybrid).
Celebrity: Julian Marley
Brand: Juju Royal Ultra Premium
Bob Marley's third-youngest son Julian (and a performer in his own right) launched a line of CBD products in 2015. THC products are now avaialble in CA and MI. Order online.
Celebrity: Slightly Stoopid
Brand: Stoopid Strains
SoCal reggae stawarts Slightly Stoopid love their weed and now have a line that includes the Stoopidhead Hammerhead preroll crusted with THC diamonds, full-spectrum hemp oil, hash prerolls, oral sprays and cannabis seeds. Products are available in CA and OR.
Celebrity: Shavo Odadjian
Brand: 22RED
System of a Down's bassist founded this Los Angeles-based cannabis line in 2020 that features four flower strains (including 22 OG) and pre-rolls as well as THC and hemp oil vape cartridges. The products are available in AZ, CA and NV.
