Killer Mike has always been one of Hip-Hop’s most outspoken weed advocates. In 2020, the activist and Run The Jewels emcee suggested that “minorities deserve stake in the cannabis industry,” after releasing his Run the Jewels cannabis strain. 

On the national weed smokers holiday (April 20), Killer Mike and VICETV premiered a brand new series centered around weed, titled Tumlblweeds, where the Atlanta emcee explores cannabis culture in some of  America’s biggest cities including,  New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Chicago.  

In an interview with HipHopDx, Killer Mike gave insight on things he learned about each city throughout his journey to smoke the best weed in the country. 

“Illinois is a state because Chicago is an Illinois and incredibly free, and it felt free and it felt normal,” he said. “Las Vegas, quirky, because you understand nothing’s going compete with gambling. It was a little more restrictive than I had thought. New York, which prides itself on being ultra-progressive and liberal felt very tight. I could buy CBD in a store, but in order to buy marijuana, I’d have to walk outside the store and buy from a dealer on the street. And that was very weird to me.”

“It does not seem like New York is progressive as they aim to be. And I’m hopeful for New York because, in their legalization, they’re about to allow people with marijuana convictions to be some of the first people who actually participate in the business. And I’m glad to see that. But what I would like to see in this country is federal decriminalization, legalization of marijuana.”

Be sure to check out Killer Mike's new show,  Tumbleweeds, premiering today on VICETV at 10 p.m. ET/PT