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T. Kid the Rapper

Over the past few weeks, I've listened to many classic hip-hop songs about weed. Feeling inspired, I decided to create a Weediquette rap about procrastination, wake and bake, and the guy who played the farmer in Babe.

Recently, it occurred to me that Weediquette isn’t my first venture into cannabis-related writing. In college, I was an aspiring rapper who filled notebook after notebook with rhymes about smoking joints, rolling blunts, and possessing mass amounts of weed (which I did not). Obviously, this wasn’t an innovation—rappers have used weed-smoking prowess as a topic of pontification since the birth of hip-hop. This has led to amazing tracks, like the Pharcyde’s “Pack the Pipe,” Madvillain’s “America’s Most Blunted,” and of course, Luniz's “I Got Five On It.” Listening to these songs and other rap classics about weed the past couple of weeks inspired me to do something a little different for this week’s column.

My rapping days are far behind me, but I thought I’d blow the dust off the mic and give music another go. I whipped up this beat and laid down a few bars about procrastination, wake and bake, and the guy who played the farmer in Babe. If this sticks, perhaps I’ll record a Weediquette mixtape.

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