When did weed become a part of hip-hop?

[RaoulDuke45]

dr dre once rhymed "I dont smoke weed or cess, cause its known to give a brother brain damage, and brain damage on the mic dont manage"

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

dr dre once rhymed "I dont smoke weed or cess, cause its known to give a brother brain damage, and brain damage on the mic dont manage"

that was when he was in nwa b4 he met snoop

[RaoulDuke45]

that was when he was in nwa b4 he met snoop

the other guys in nwa were smoking weed, i just find it funny how dr dre uttered those words around '88 and then 3-4 years later he comes out with the chronic, where every song has mentions weed a bunch if not the main focus of the song. but really thats how we all probly started out putting weed down until we tried it, ironic how weed will still lift you up when you put it down:stoned::rastasmoke:

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

yeah i thought it was a little weird:wtf:

[mfqr]

When black people started smoking weed = forever. Lol no really I thing its Snoop Dodoubleg.

I can tell you one thing, it was not Snoop Dogg. He was definitely not the first to rap about weed.

But that guy up there is right. Cannabis has had an influence in just about every genre, probably all of them. Jazz is one of the most well-known for it, and Jazz was a huge influence. Rap/Hip-Hop has jazz influence in it, just as most of all of our modern genres do. Yes, even heavy metal (as classic rock was influenced by it, and heavy metal 'evolved' (devolved?) out of classic rock).

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Seems it's firmly entrenched in the metal world now too. Every metal concert these days is a cloud of smoke. When I went to Ozzfest it was bongs and pipes everywhere and stoners at every turn.

We've got the rap, we've got the metal, the stoner swarm is coming!:jointsmile:

[thecreator]

Shit came from P Funk man and Bootsy Collins and the escapades of R&B bad boys like Jmes Brown and Rick James ( I kno I kno two different eras but they were I conic so Blah). Curtis Blow started it back in 1979 and P Funk in 73. Look up George Clinton and Bootsy Collins

If you like Snoop Dogg you'll love them dre, easy, Ice cube took samples from most of their songs. Even 2PAC it was west coast funk baby "Pop lockin' it west coast style"
George Clinton (funk musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bootsy Collins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[thedutchmaster617]

Probably some bum in the 80's. But the first good weed songs came from Cypress Hill in 91, Redman in 92, Bone Thugs in 93, Three 6 Mafia, Snoop, Dre ect..

[Nation_1ne]

Shit came from P Funk man and Bootsy Collins and the escapades of R&B bad boys like Jmes Brown and Rick James ( I kno I kno two different eras but they were I conic so Blah). Curtis Blow started it back in 1979 and P Funk in 73. Look up George Clinton and Bootsy Collins

If you like Snoop Dogg you'll love them dre, easy, Ice cube took samples from most of their songs. Even 2PAC it was west coast funk baby "Pop lockin' it west coast style"
George Clinton (funk musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bootsy Collins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kurtis Blow, what a legend. "Clap your hands everybody If you got what it takes 'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know That these are the breaks". I think you're right to be honest, I noticed Snoop has actually taken a lot of old school stuff and used it himself. Like Sugar Hill gang and the double dutch bus.

[suhl]

nwa mentioned weed, but they could actually write other things so it wasnt mentioned on a constant every song basislike most rap today. im sure it was mentioned before that it has been mentioned in blues music way before bob marley and probably even before that.