John Forté Uses Art to Fight Racial Injustice in Cannabis

Hip-hop star John Forté spent nearly 8 years in prison for drug trafficking — now he’s on a mission to destigmatize cannabis and use his art to fight for racial justice.

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[notsale]

John Forte`s fight against racism is every bit as important as Lebron James pulling up in his Rolls Royce Phantom and lecturing homeless Veteran's about their White Privilege.

[Justin.D.DCL]

The same people who used to put us in jail for weed are now making billions off of it.
Funny how that works.

[luchi.el.zorrito]

If race is all you got to lean on when it comes to the legalization of cannabis you're not an ally.

[quantumsneak]

Is he suggesting its not the individuals fault for doing, buying, selling & dealing drugs, its racism that causes it ?
Is he saying that because blacks are more involved with drugs, its racism causing it ?
Is he telling us that black men can't control themselves because of racism ?
He sounds a little too racist for me.

[danbee]

There should be a nationwide study on companies in this country, on who and how long they have used this prejudice against hard working members of our society, just so they can hire someone else for less and exploit their life too. The truth will set us free, but withhold it, and be a slave of dishone$ty forever.

[DaProphessor]

Man I love John Forte. I copped his music and loved it 👍🏽🥃

[turtlegaminghd]

I can support legalisation of weed just so that people can stop funding crime and all but I don't think people should smoke it I've quit a couple months ago because of how bad it was messing me up

[janberry]

My husband brought weed home when my kids were young. I'm white and 71 now. I made my husband bury his stash out in the yard for fear he'd get sent up and I'd get my kids taken away. Poor white did little better if caught. And with no talent and no fame there would be no one commuting your sentence. Now I puff CBD at home for fibromyalgia via e-ciggs. Times have surely changed in my life time.

[The_TRUTH_or_Nothing]

Man. When people have to discriminate weed cultures, life is bad. Poor hybrids. While the Sativa and Indica tribes rule the pot government, they are the minority and are called things like "impure", "mixed-strains", "blended"... Etc..
Will it ever stop? All of that fright of the different or less known???
I live in Canada. So as a true culturally neutral person, I smoke all three of them and usually support the monitory over the two leading ones.

[JM]

But what about briefcases filled with liquid cocaine?

[ChristIsMercifull]

Christ bless you all. Have a delightful weekend😇😊

[timmylittle]

I always felt like I would get locked up for weed. But never got the chance to go too cool clubs and never ever had money. I guess the experience is just different for everyone…and NOT based on skin color.

[idlehour]

With weed my crones would have caused me to off myself the pain is so constant. And so bad.

[lilheckman]

This is good for erryone... Even me.... Thank you

[stephano]

Regardless of color or race DONT SMOKE. And if you do you will get discriminated not because of your color but because of your ACTIONS. Pin this.

[ryctohernadez]

Laren hill " I hope no white people buy my album"

[SWAYGFX]

Weed went from a plant, to illegal, to legal for the love of money. Some paper you people give value. Why not give value to something else?

[igotbannedagainsothisismya]

If I just say “fake” comments won’t go through so I add all these other words. But fake

[finz]

"Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

(1 Samuel 15:3)

[lukasdrango]

I honestly like the Talibans, they give off that sensation of safety as long as you follow their laws