{"id":53392,"date":"2021-04-22T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/so-weed-was-banned-from-afromans-420-concert-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:37:24","slug":"so-weed-was-banned-from-afromans-420-concert-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/so-weed-was-banned-from-afromans-420-concert-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"So, Weed Was Banned From Afroman&#8217;s 4\/20 Concert in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Image <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegrowthop.com\/cannabis-news\/afroman-thanks-edmonton-fans-for-giving-me-a-real-job-with-intoxicating-performance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>via<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4\/20 is primetime for Joseph Edgar Foreman, the Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and rapper-songwriter, known as \u201cAfroman\u201d to legions of cannabis enthusiasts. True to the nature of his decades-long career, Foreman spent the week bopping from Oklahoma to Michigan to perform for weed-loving crowds anxious for his now-classic ode to the things that marijuana makes you forget to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Did we mention that when we saw him live back in 2002 [we\u2019re old] he played \u201cBecause I Got High\u201d twice in the same set? This man deserves all the high-holiday gigs.)<\/p>\n<p>Not all was smooth smoking during the legend\u2019s 4\/20 week. Organizers of Afroman\u2019s Tuesday concert at Cass County, Michigan\u2019s M-40 Speedway failed to get a permit to allow cannabis consumption at the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/heres-a-list-of-black-owned-cannabis-businesses-you-should-support\/1\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fans left angry Facebook comments and then organizers got scolded and low-key accused of selling illegal drugs by law enforcement. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose requirements are very basic,\u201d Cass County prosecutor Victor Fitz told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2021\/04\/17\/marijuana-will-not-be-allowed-at-the-420-afroman-concert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">l<u>ocal news site<\/u><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s basic grown-up stuff. You need to have a license and make sure that you have expressed permission from the township if you are planning to have marijuana use. And if you comply with that, you will be fine, and if you don\u2019t then there are potential criminal consequences&#8230;Some of the organizers have been active in the marijuana promotion, as far as recreational meth&#8230;So I think there are some logical inferences that were made. That\u2019s why communication is sometimes a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never wanted to give the wrong impression,\u201d said one of the event\u2019s organizers Justin Smith. \u201cThis is strictly a music concert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CN0kZA6AvVS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>highly inappropriate IG post<\/u><\/a> from Afroman himself, the show was sold out at the racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>Which only seems right, given that Foreman took a chance with his own safety when he penned \u201cBecause I Got High.\u201d In 2014, when he remade the single, he wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/features\/editorial\/afroman-because-i-got-high-going-green-242110\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>essay for <\/u><u><em>Vibe Magazine<\/em><\/u><\/a> on the song\u2019s origin story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to write a pro-weed song but still feel the police will hassle me even more. They could exaggerate and say I\u2019m disturbing the peace and inciting a riot. You know like the classic crooked cops on TV that hit your head light with their nightstick then tell you that your head is busted. Those types of cops do exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/beat-the-heat-with-these-mouthwatering-weed-smoothie-recipes\/1\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/afroman-releases-because-i-got-high-remake-to-support-pot-legalization-188941\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>\u201cBecause I Got High\u201d Positive Remix<\/u><\/a> further established Afroman\u2019s status as a cannabis hero. He released a video in collaboration with NORML\u2019s Smoke the Vote campaign and Weedmaps \u2014 and most importantly, switched up the lyrics to reflect the positive benefits of cannabis consumption, from glaucoma relief to tax windfalls for state governments:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey built a school or two\/Because I got high\/Now the state can fund drug treatment\/And I know why,\u201d went the re-do.<\/p>\n<p>So it was a relief to get a sign that Foreman\u2019s gusto was hardly dimmed by the racetrack snafu. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CN7tCTUg_nf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>posted<\/u><\/a> a photo of himself surrounded by women in a floor-length white coat, purple \u201cmudflap woman\u201d print suit, and a matching goblet yesterday, its caption calling this year the \u201cbest 4\/20 I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Surely, that\u2019s saying something.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weed or not, the legendary artist still managed to have a fun 4\/20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So, Weed Was Banned From Afroman&#039;s 4\/20 Concert in Michigan - Merry Jane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/so-weed-was-banned-from-afromans-420-concert-in-michigan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"So, Weed Was Banned From Afroman&#039;s 4\/20 Concert in Michigan - 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