This past Saturday, May 20, “Litty in the City” took place for the first time in LA. The sesh has grown since it first began in San Fransisco earlier this year. Litty in the City was started by SF Canna’s Cannabis Chris, eventually partnering with Terphogz (the Original Z) to create a large sesh-style event that allows brands and growers to showcase the latest weed on the scene. Bringing the event to Los Angeles meant scaling it up. Held at the Vortex in DTLA, this weekend’s Litty in the City featured around 60 vendors and hundreds of attendees filled the…
Author: Dan Wilson
For being one of the biggest brands in LA today, the Backpack Boyz retain the spirit of the traditional market street culture that they formed out of. During the days of medical marijuana, Juan Quesada had already established himself as the go-to delivery service for the best weed in the state. He partnered with musician Bully Wiz to form the Backpack Boyz around 2015. Before long, the Backpack Boyz were offering its own branded strains that were leading the trends of the day. They hype that they generated around themselves over the years has propelled them to being an internationally…
On Saturday, February 25th at the Backpack Boyz dispensary in Los Angeles, two powerhouse brands launched a collab that got the whole scene talking. Doja Exclusive and the Backpack Boyz teamed up officially to drop new limited edition merch plus a new weed strain. The two brands say that this is just the start. At 10am Saturday an original backpack design featuring the logos of Doja and Backpack Boyz went on sale, and within a few hours sold out. The bags were designed and made by the Backpack Boyz (known for their stylish custom merch) in a limited quantity of…
Sourwavez is known for his searing and insightful meme commentary on the California weed industry, dispensed from his various Instagram accounts that frequently get shut down. One of the main reasons that his memes are so popular is that they clearly come from someone well versed in the Cali weed industry and in the underground market. To some, the identity of Sourwavez has been a mystery. To others, he’s a longtime friend and deep insider to the scene who arrived in California from the East Coast over 20 years ago. He’s grown on farms in NorCal and indoors in the…
Life is Not Grape is a small-batch local brand in LA that specializes in top shelf weed with a unique approach to marketing. The man behind Life is Not Grape, who goes by Mr. Grape to protect his identity, has a hand in every aspect of the product he puts out, from growing it using his own novel techniques to creating artwork for the packaging. The brand has earned praise in the industry for the quality of its weed. The brand continues to expand, reaching new shops, bringing out about a dozen new strains in the coming months, with a…
On Satuday February 11th, the eDab maker Puffco held an art show in Downtown LA focused on custom glass works for its Proxy device. LA-based Puffco makes electronic devices specially made to smoke hash. They offer a series of models, but the Proxy model has a fanbase due to it being shaped like a beautiful glass pipe. The glass component of the proxy, as with all Puffco devices, can be swapped out with glass made by artisans of the craft. Glasswork has long been a part of cannabis culture in California, and Puffco has made a point to keep that…
Since it began in the summer of last year, the monthly Party on Pine has been a fun weed-centric community festival right in Long Beach. It was supported by the dispensary Catalyst as part of owner Eliot Lewis’s goal of revitalizing what he felt was a street that had fallen into disrepair. But after what Lewis says was constant harassment from the city of Long Beach, he made the decision to end Party on Pine. The end of Party on Pine, however, is not exactly the end of the story. Saturday, February 11th was scheduled to be the final farewell…
Dallas’s Baby Yungin moved to LA a few years ago after the success of his first album release when he was only a teenager. Now at 21, Baby Yungin will soon release his fourth album, Youngest in Charge, along with a weed strain called Baby Bag. An event in late December of last year was held to launch the strain and preview the new album. Baby Yungin’s style is hip-hop melodic, and he’s got a great voice with some hot beats. A first generation Mexican-American, he’s forging his own path by releasing music independently. And being a heavy weed consumer,…
Late in December The Vÿbe relaunched as a regular event in LA that brings together weed enthusiasts to check out new and innovative products while socializing and consuming. Vÿbe is produced by three up and coming weed industry insiders. It was founded by Cliff Marleyy and Chaisson, both of whom have ties to the weed industry, and recently Leslie Jayy (aka the Cannabis Hottie) joined the team as Host. December’s kick-off event was intended to set the tone for a monthly event as well as to introduce the Vÿbe box, a curated monthly selection of weed products. Vÿbe started before…
Popular LA street brand Fidel’s just recently emerged on the recreational market with top-shelf, award-winning flower and his famous hash holes. Fidel’s has been known to collaborate with artists and to create its own fashion line, making his weed brand a luxury lifestyle brand representing SoCal cannabis culture. His latest collaboration with Anwar Carrots recently dropped in LA in a limited edition box with a very unique, collectible hash hole container. East Coaster Anwar Carrots formed his brand Peas & Carrots, which the company calls a “streetwear brand and creative collective” in 2007. In 2015, he launched his LA-based fashion…
