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Khalifa Kush Comes to Cali It’s official: Khalifa Kush, the celebrity Cannabis brand from Grammy-winning hiphop artist Wiz Khalifa, has come to California. On January 28, Khalifa and his crew rolled into the Cookies store in Maywood, where they were greeted by a sea of cellphones and cheers from the crowd of music and marijuana enthusiasts there to celebrate the drop of his signature Cannabis line here in the Golden State. AFTER APPEARING on the cover of LA Weekly just days earlier, the tattooed toker once again found himself in front of the cameras – this time posing with his products and fans, before heading behind the counter for a while to act as a special “guest budtender” for the day. Khalifa followed that appearance up with another pop-in at the Melrose Cookies location the next day.
MAR. 2022
First launched back in 2014, Khalifa Berner gifted a cut of the strain Kush was previously only available in to him, then hooked him up with a Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. branding expert in Las Vegas to help But now, thanks to an exclusive get his company off the ground. contract with fellow rapper and Khalifa’s name has been marijuana mentor Berner, Khalifa’s practically synonymous with weed namesake line of flower and pre-rolls since the start of his career. The are available at Cookies dispensaries Pittsburgh native has spent a statewide (vape carts, edibles, fair amount of time chilling and “KHALIFA’S concentrates and other products, collaborating with Snoop Dogg, NAME HAS BEEN which are already available in other has claimed to smoke $10,000 PRACTICALLY states, are expected to follow in the worth of weed a month, and penned SYNONYMOUS WITH WEED SINCE near future). This new distribution numerous lyrics and songs about THE START OF HIS deal is just the next logical step in the herb – including “Roll Up,” “Still CAREER.” a partnership that goes back to the Blazin,” “Stay High” and the aptly origins of the brand. titled “California,” among others. As the story goes, the Khalifa Kush KHALIFAKUSH.COM strain was originally a particularly skunky variety of @THEKHALIFAKUSH Berner’s OG that Wiz fell in love with.
STORY by BOBBY BLACK @BOBBYBLACK420/ CALIFORNIA LEAF | PHOTOS by EMILY EIZEN @EMILYEIZEN
