Hip-Hop Stars Blazin' Up the Biz: Rappers Turned Ganja-preneurs

These rappers have the 4/20 branding on lock!

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Happy 4/20! Being green for this list of rappers has nothing to do with being new to the block or being environmentally responsible. It’s about being solid weed entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs have turned cannabis into a business. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Game - The West Coast rapper has been partnered up with G FarmaBrand, a company that sells various cannabis-based products for years. He now has Trees by Game with each product being tested by The Game himself. (Photo: Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)

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Wiz Khalifa has his own brand of weed named Khalifa Kush. The products include product lineup today includes flower, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles, and concentrates. The eccentric rapper doesn’t stop there: you can purchase his own line of weed accessories at RAW Rolling Papers. (Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for iHeartRadio / Turner)

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Over the years, we might have noticed a big cloud of smoke following Snoop wherever he goes. The rapper has his own herbal vaporizer: The Snoop Dogg G Pen Herbal Vaporizer. He also has a strain named after him called the Snoop Dogg OG. Description: “Snoop Dogg OG begins with a wave of racing creativity that later ebbs into balanced focus and appetite stimulation.” (Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for DirecTV)

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B-Real of Cypress Hill opened up his own cannabis shop in Los Angeles, which is called the Dr. Greenthumb Dispensary. In honor of 4/20 last year, he released the doc "Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain." (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Redman teamed up with company Caviar Gold and rappers Kurupt and Dr. Zodiak for this song/commercial. Because when you need a record cut for your brand, you call Redman. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET Networks)

Dr. Zodiak - Zodiak is actually partners with Kurupt, Ghostface Killah and Killah Priest in the weed game developing and promoting different strains. His team-up with Killah Priest and Ghostface resulted in a line of products named Wu Goo. In an interview with HipHopDX, the rapper said, “The best way to promote weed is through hip hop.” Facts only.(Photo: Dr. Zodiak via Instagram)

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Dr. Zodiak is actually partners with Kurupt, Ghostface Killah and Killah Priest in the weed game developing and promoting different strains. His team-up with Killah Priest and Ghostface resulted in a line of products named Wu Goo. In an interview with HipHopDX, the rapper said, “The best way to promote weed is through hip hop.” Facts only. (Photo: Dr. Zodiak via Instagram)

Kurupt - Rapper Kurupt teamed up with Dr. Zodiak for Kurupt’s Moonrock, which is billed as “The Strongest Bud Around.” One of the testimonials consists of Snoop Dogg listening to Pharrell while rolling Kurupt’s Moonrock. Perfect. (Photo: DJDM/WENN)

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Rapper Kurupt teamed up with Dr. Zodiak for Kurupt’s Moonrock, which is billed as “The Strongest Bud Around.” One of the testimonials consists of Snoop Dogg listening to Pharrell while rolling Kurupt’s Moonrock. Perfect. (Photo: DJDM/WENN)

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Riff Raff's strain of weed is named Jody Highroller, which he picked because it was purple. Is it any good? Well, the LA Weekly looked into it themselves and said it was like “being swaddled in a fleece blanket.” That’s a two-thumbs up, right? (Photo: Mindy Small/FilmMagic)

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OK, so this isn’t necessarily actual weed, but when Tyga invests 5 million dollars in a company that makes gold rolling paper, it’s safe to assume it’s not to roll tobacco. It’s not a weed product per se, but it’s still baller. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)