Weedmaps will debut a brand new four-part documentary collection known as Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike April 20 on VICE TV and the VICE streaming app. That includes the rapper and activist Killer Mike, recognized famously for 5 full-length solo albums and his involvement with quite a few musical acts, particularly Run the Jewels.
The present follows Killer Mike as he explores 4 main hashish business hubs—Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York and Chicago—to discover and showcase the native hashish tradition of every area. Episodes characteristic artists comparable to Jocelyn Chia and Fab 5 Freddy.
In an e-mail interview with Forbes, Weedmaps operator and CEO of WM Know-how Chris Beals shared perception concerning the origin of this collection. “As a frontrunner within the house for nearly 14 years, it’s incumbent on us to assist shift outdated and, in some ways, inaccurate perceptions of the plant. That is doubly essential when you think about that regardless of the actual fact you see rising authorized hashish markets, we nonetheless have hundreds of individuals nonetheless in jail merely for possessing hashish,” Beals said. “We proceed to hunt alternatives to each educate and alter attitudes by means of artistic content material, and Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike is not any totally different. This docuseries is one more means for customers to be taught concerning the affect of hashish by means of the lens of comedy and group in several U.S. cities.”
Beals additionally shared that Killer Mike was an apparent option to have because the host of the collection, partially due to his social media following but additionally his robust hashish stance as properly. “He was a straightforward alternative once we regarded for somebody who might actually carry the present and information viewers on his go to to every of the U.S. cities that we spotlight,” Beals added.
He concluded that schooling is important to each perceive the present state of the business in addition to the trail ahead. “It is necessary that this collection showcases the tradition of various cities, their interconnectedness to the historical past of hashish, and in the end, legalization. Tumbleweeds works to focus on the financial and societal impacts of hashish, in addition to the income and enterprise alternatives in cities the place each medicinal and leisure use are authorized,” Beals stated. “Our hope is that viewers take what they be taught and assist a extra equitable and open authorized hashish financial system. This holds very true as extra states legalize hashish.”
The collection is being created and produced by Wheelhouse, which can also be the corporate behind 1922, As soon as Upon a Time in Queens, State of Delight and plenty of extra.
Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike is a welcome cannabis-focused movie venture amidst different leisure choices releasing on or round April 20, together with Russian Doll Season 2 on Netflix, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent that includes Nicholas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Hadish and Neil Patrick Harris. However attention-grabbing and related leisure isn’t restricted to releasing in the course of the 4/20 window; Oscar nominated brief movie Please Maintain, that includes a disturbing narrative a couple of man who’s incarcerated by means of a very automated system, is out there now on HBO Max.
Many dwell 4/20 occasions are additionally returning this 12 months, together with The Roll Up Music & Neighborhood Earth Day Celebration (that includes dwell acts like Wiz Khalifa, Technique Man, Redman and Waka Flocka Flame) in Massachusetts April 15-17; The Smoker’s Membership Competition in San Bernardino, California April 30; and Sweetwater 420 Fest in Atlanta, Georgia April 29-Could 1.