Lil Wayne Launches Premium Cannabis Brand

It looks like Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil Wayne is taking notes from his labelmate Aubrey “Drake” Graham. The Young Money rapper has launched GKUA Ultra Premium Cannabis.

The new cannabis brand sets out to celebrate the best cannabis in the world, with some of the highest natural levels of THC available. GKUA Ultra Premium flower is made from the most experienced growers who make sure the strains are incredibly potent and difficult to find.

“The combination of our incredible products, market knowledge and commitment to quality, paired with the unmatched fanbase of Lil Wayne, the ultimate cannabis connoisseur, creates an unprecedented opportunity to create a cannabis brand that values creativity and the artistic pursuit,” said Beau Golob, president and co-founder GKUA Inc in a press release. “It’s an honor to lead this company along with Lil Wayne, curating a premium line of products that inspires people and feeds their creativity. This is historic and really exciting!”

“I used to just want to get high, now I smoke to get inspired,” said Lil Wayne. “With GKUA, I’m sharing a feeling that I love.” GKUA will be offering customers free tickets to the hottest party of the year. The first GKUA VIP PARTY will feature a once in a lifetime performance with Lil Wayne and friends which will be scheduled in 2020. 

GKUA Ultra Premium products will be sold in select Los Angeles dispensaries with plans for a larger roll-out across the state in 2020.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Flower: Sourced from the most experienced growers, GKUA will produce strains that are very limited, incredibly potent and impossibly difficult to find…truly the best flower! Available at launch is HOLLYGROVE a unique strain for Lil Wayne and GKUA and UPROAR a very limited strain.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Battery Technology: This new proprietary ceramic heating element and cutting-edge design is optimized to efficiently deliver vape in easily controllable doses while elevating the user experience. The battery technology combined with GKUA Ultra Premium THC or CBD oil is the future of vape.

• GKUA THC Vape: Sourced from the best cannabis with all organic inputs, GKUA’s THC Vape is an exclusive formulation that carefully transforms the highest quality cannabis into potent THC vape oil. Independently lab tested and certified for purity. GKUA Ultra Premium vape oil, pure and potent.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Concentrates: Intensely potent and flavorful, GKUA Ultra Premium Concentrates are sourced from the finest cannabis flower with off-the-chart THC levels created for dabbing or adding to flower. Potency you can taste and feel.

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Lil Wayne Launches Premium Cannabis Brand

It looks like Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil Wayne is taking notes from his labelmate Aubrey “Drake” Graham. The Young Money rapper has launched GKUA Ultra Premium Cannabis.

The new cannabis brand sets out to celebrate the best cannabis in the world, with some of the highest natural levels of THC available. GKUA Ultra Premium flower is made from the most experienced growers who make sure the strains are incredibly potent and difficult to find.

“The combination of our incredible products, market knowledge and commitment to quality, paired with the unmatched fanbase of Lil Wayne, the ultimate cannabis connoisseur, creates an unprecedented opportunity to create a cannabis brand that values creativity and the artistic pursuit,” said Beau Golob, president and co-founder GKUA Inc in a press release. “It’s an honor to lead this company along with Lil Wayne, curating a premium line of products that inspires people and feeds their creativity. This is historic and really exciting!”

“I used to just want to get high, now I smoke to get inspired,” said Lil Wayne. “With GKUA, I’m sharing a feeling that I love.” GKUA will be offering customers free tickets to the hottest party of the year. The first GKUA VIP PARTY will feature a once in a lifetime performance with Lil Wayne and friends which will be scheduled in 2020. 

GKUA Ultra Premium products will be sold in select Los Angeles dispensaries with plans for a larger roll-out across the state in 2020.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Flower: Sourced from the most experienced growers, GKUA will produce strains that are very limited, incredibly potent and impossibly difficult to find…truly the best flower! Available at launch is HOLLYGROVE a unique strain for Lil Wayne and GKUA and UPROAR a very limited strain.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Battery Technology: This new proprietary ceramic heating element and cutting-edge design is optimized to efficiently deliver vape in easily controllable doses while elevating the user experience. The battery technology combined with GKUA Ultra Premium THC or CBD oil is the future of vape.

• GKUA THC Vape: Sourced from the best cannabis with all organic inputs, GKUA’s THC Vape is an exclusive formulation that carefully transforms the highest quality cannabis into potent THC vape oil. Independently lab tested and certified for purity. GKUA Ultra Premium vape oil, pure and potent.

• GKUA Ultra Premium Concentrates: Intensely potent and flavorful, GKUA Ultra Premium Concentrates are sourced from the finest cannabis flower with off-the-chart THC levels created for dabbing or adding to flower. Potency you can taste and feel.

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McDonald’s Joins the Chicken Sandwich Wars

We officially have a new entry in the chicken sandwich wars! According to CNBC, McDonald’s is testing a new chicken sandwich in two markets.

The popular burger chain is testing out a fried Crispy Chicken Sandwich, made with a fried chicken filet topped with butter and crinkle-cut pickles on a potato roll. There is also a Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich, which has tomatoes, lettuce, and mayo. The sandwiches are being tested in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Houston, Texas, from now until January 26.

“The Crispy Chicken Sandwich and the Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich will be tested beginning December 2 through January 26, 2020,” a McDonald’s representative said in a statement to Business Insider. “Houston and Knoxville are getting a sneak peek, everyone else should stay tuned for what’s to come in 2020.”

To kick off that latest Crispy Chicken Sandwich campaign, McDonald’s took to its Twitter account, “Houston. Knoxville. Lunch tomorrow? No beef.” 

Although McDonald’s already serves the McChicken and spicy version of the McChicken, the taste doesn’t compare to the tastes of Popeyes and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches. 

Related: R&B Legend Eddie Levert Scolds Black Folks Over Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

 “A favorite, that our customers want, is a chicken sandwich. Unfortunately, they have to go to Chick-fil-A for it,” the board of the National Owners Association, a group of McDonald’s franchisees that formed in 2018, wrote in a July letter obtained by CNN. “Chick-fil-A’s results demonstrate the power of chicken. Yes, we have great Chicken McNuggets and our McChicken is a very good product. But we do not compete in the premium chicken sandwich category, either grilled or crispy,” the letter continued.

Following the franchise operators’ request and then after the success of Popeyes’ fried chicken sandwich, McDonald’s made the move to add a new addition to the menu. In October, McDonald’s told CNN Business that “we are inspired by the customer demand for premium chicken sandwiches, and are working closely with our franchisees to deliver what our customers want. Stay tuned.”

Related: Meet the Women With 13 McDonald’s Franchises…and Counting

The suggested price of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich is $3.49 and the price of the Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich is $4.09. Of course, prices can vary by restaurant.

The new Crispy Chicken sandwiches may be McDonald’s answer to the Popeyes and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches as they throw their hat into the fried chicken sandwich wars.

 

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White CNN employee allegedly threatened to kill Black co-worker over lawsuit

A Black employee is again suing CNN, alleging he was threatened by his boss after he filed a race discrimination lawsuit against the company.

DeWayne Walker, who worked as the manager of integrated marketing for CNN, said his boss, Whit Friese, vice president, and group creative director, threatened him in the restroom this past August. Last month, Walker filed a new lawsuit as a result of the alleged encounter, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

READ MORE: CNN employees stunned by the use of Morgan Freeman’s voice in video

In this latest suit, Walker said Friese told him to “just drop it” referring to the earlier lawsuit, which was filed in May.

Walker said he responded: “Or?”

This is when he says Friese approached him at a urinal and whispered to him: “If you f–k with my money, I will kill you,” according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Walker said he informed human resources of the incident five days later. As a result, he was given administrative leave with pay the next day.

Now Walker has filed the new suit and is questioning why Friese was never punished for the alleged threat against him.

“It’s a travesty and a sham,” said Walker’s attorney Mario Williams told the newspaper. “You’re using an administrative process to punish a person who made the complaint. The next best thing to firing someone is keeping him out of the office on administrative leave with pay even though he’s the victim.”

Walker, who has worked for the Atlanta-based company for 16 years, has now been on leave with pay for more than three months.

CNN did not respond to The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s requests for an interview.

On Dec. 11, a court hearing is set and Williams will ask a judge to reinstate Walker to his job.

Back in 2014, Walker filed a complaint against CNN alleging he was skipped over for promotions because he’s Black. He went to file a federal racial discrimination lawsuit in 2015. That lawsuit was dismissed, with a federal judge ruling that he wasn’t qualified for seven of the nine positions he put in for. The eighth position, Walker reportedly never applied to and the judge ruled there was no evidence of discrimination for the 9^th position.

READ MORE: Don Lemon sued for alleged harassment in Hamptons bar; CNN issues response

This past May, Walker hired Williams, who filed another racial discrimination suit that alleges that out of the 28 positions that Walker has applied for during his stint at CNN, he has never been contacted for a vast majority of his applications. He alleges pervasive discriminatory practices at the company.

In 2016, a separate class-action lawsuit was filed against CNN also alleging pervasive discrimination. That too was thrown out by a judge.

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McDonald’s Joins the Chicken Sandwich Wars

We officially have a new entry in the chicken sandwich wars! According to CNBC, McDonald’s is testing a new chicken sandwich in two markets.

The popular burger chain is testing out a fried Crispy Chicken Sandwich, made with a fried chicken filet topped with butter and crinkle-cut pickles on a potato roll. There is also a Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich, which has tomatoes, lettuce, and mayo. The sandwiches are being tested in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Houston, Texas, from now until January 26.

“The Crispy Chicken Sandwich and the Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich will be tested beginning December 2 through January 26, 2020,” a McDonald’s representative said in a statement to Business Insider. “Houston and Knoxville are getting a sneak peek, everyone else should stay tuned for what’s to come in 2020.”

To kick off that latest Crispy Chicken Sandwich campaign, McDonald’s took to its Twitter account, “Houston. Knoxville. Lunch tomorrow? No beef.” 

Although McDonald’s already serves the McChicken and spicy version of the McChicken, the taste doesn’t compare to the tastes of Popeyes and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches. 

Related: R&B Legend Eddie Levert Scolds Black Folks Over Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

 “A favorite, that our customers want, is a chicken sandwich. Unfortunately, they have to go to Chick-fil-A for it,” the board of the National Owners Association, a group of McDonald’s franchisees that formed in 2018, wrote in a July letter obtained by CNN. “Chick-fil-A’s results demonstrate the power of chicken. Yes, we have great Chicken McNuggets and our McChicken is a very good product. But we do not compete in the premium chicken sandwich category, either grilled or crispy,” the letter continued.

Following the franchise operators’ request and then after the success of Popeyes’ fried chicken sandwich, McDonald’s made the move to add a new addition to the menu. In October, McDonald’s told CNN Business that “we are inspired by the customer demand for premium chicken sandwiches, and are working closely with our franchisees to deliver what our customers want. Stay tuned.”

Related: Meet the Women With 13 McDonald’s Franchises…and Counting

The suggested price of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich is $3.49 and the price of the Deluxe Crispy Chicken Sandwich is $4.09. Of course, prices can vary by restaurant.

The new Crispy Chicken sandwiches may be McDonald’s answer to the Popeyes and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches as they throw their hat into the fried chicken sandwich wars.

 

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