“I’ve been in some of the most intense contact that a man—a human—can be in. I’ve been locked in cars with Snoop. I was in the back of my son’s dispensary and they were smoking every kind of weed in there… weed called Dead Body and Autopsy and all this,” says Ice-T in an exclusive interview. “I was so high that I stood up, did a 360 like I was leaving, and sat back down.”
If there’s a contradiction more compelling than this, it’s hard to find: Ice-T, the rapper who soundtracked generations of rebellion, who rose from the streets of South Central to the badge-wearing screens of “Law & Order,” doesn’t smoke weed—and yet, earlier this year, he opened one of New Jersey’s most anticipated cannabis dispensaries.
At 67, Ice-T isn’t here to perform a role. He’s not here to play into stereotypes or chase quick wins. His story with cannabis is older than legalization. It’s layered, cautious and built around a singular principle: survival.
“I just never smoked,” he explains. “I’m an orphan. I don’t have a mother, father, sisters, brothers, uncles… And I just always felt being high compromised my position in the streets.”
As a young man, Ice wasn’t repulsed by cannabis. He was immersed in it. He sold it. He moved “five-finger bags” in the post-high school years. He watched a friend get kicked out of school for dealing dollar joints. But for himself? Smoking wasn’t part of the plan.
“I felt like being drunk or high was not attractive to me. I felt like if I hit the ground for some reason, it was nobody’s job to pick me up.”
Even as the world around him swirled in …
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Author: Javier Hasse / High Times
