The Cops Sued, But Afroman Won the Case

For all you Afroman fans we have great news. He just won big after a judge ruled he did NOT violate the rights of police officers by incorporating serveillance videos of them breaking into his house and embedding them into his videos. The cops sued Afroman after these videos started circulating and the case has been dragging on. But a jury ruled that Afroman did not violate any laws by using the surveillance footage into his music videos. Here’s some links if you want to learn more.

NPR story (read or listen): Click HERE.
YouTube Afroman belts out “Because I Got High. Click HERE

Awhile back Rolling Stone magazine posted an in-depth look at the 20 best weed-themed songs. It’s more than a list. Rolling Stone reporters Richard Bienstock, Most Reeves, Elisabeth Garber-Paul & Dan Epstein, did an enormous amount of work to share interesting tidbits about the lives and music of these great musical talents. That article inspired us to start a playlist of of the greatest weed songs. Click HERE  to check it out. If you have a favorite canna tune to add to our list – email us the title of your favorite and why you like it. We can take it from there. Along with the title of the song and the artist, if you want to be listed as the “sender” Please include your contact information.

The first post on our list of the greatest weed songs was Tom Petty’s “You Don’t Know How it Feels.” After that we chose Afroman belting out “Because I got High.” Here’s what the Rolling Stone had to say about the song and Afroman: “This nursery rhyme–style sing-along reportedly took Joseph “Afroman” Foreman only two minutes to write, and subsequently launched a career that glorified the pothead slacker lifestyle.  “Because I Got High” remains the West Coast MC’s only major hit, but it is still one of the best-loved weed songs of all time. After all, who hasn’t forgotten to clean their room, cheat on their final exam, pay their child support, etc., because they got high?
“Because I Got High” put me on the map” Afroman noted. “It’s what got me a record deal, a Grammy nomination and made me a household name,” Afroman told Rolling Stone in 2014, just as he released an update of “Because I Got High” for the legalization generation.