The news spread like wildfire: Basketball legend Shawn Kemp would break barriers by opening a Seattle cannabis retail store. The October news release proclaimed Kemp’s Cannabis would be the city’s first Black-owned retail cannabis store. But much like racial equity in the cannabis industry in general, the reality was much murkier. The company later walked back its […]
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Sonics legend Shawn Kemp to open Seattle’s first Black-owned marijuana dispensary
Just a stone’s throw away from where he used to rattle rims and enthrall the green-clad fans inside KeyArena, Sonics legend Shawn Kemp is embarking on a new endeavor. The “Reign Man” is opening up a cannabis shop called “Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis”, which will become Seattle’s first Black-owned dispensary. The dispensary “Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis” located […]
