It goes without saying that no mention of weed carriers would be complete without addressing the Soul Assassins crew. Cypress Hill built-up an enormous crossover audience as a result of their constant weed anthems, as corny Pink Floyd fans had a new, “cool” band to provide the soundtrack to their college boom sessions. Don’t get me wrong, that first album was hot shit when it came out, but within a few years every unwashed bong-fiend at school was jocking the Latin Lingo something savage.
As their success grew, so did their weed stash, which in turn meant they needed a truck-load of weed carriers. This led to the creation of the Soul Assassins crew, which featured Funkdoobiest (aka “The Baby Cypress Hill”) and House of Pain. The House was Everlast‘s second attempt at weed carrying, since he had been the token “Amazin’ Caucasian” for Ice T’s Rhyme Syndicate (yes, Ice’s weed carriers). This time around, not only was Ev holding for B-Real, Muggs and Sen Dog, but he managed to perform the unusual feat of having his own weed carrier while holding weed for other people himself! That’s right, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal (aka The Latvian Marvel) was carrying whatever weed Muggs let Everlast keep. Confused?
I guess Muggs had a pretty huge weed habit at this stage, since not only did Cypress have two groups under their wing for the express purpose of holding their weed, but he also recruited The Alchemist to produce for him and carry whatever weed he didn’t want to share with B-Real and Sen! Sen Dog also had a brother called Mellow Man Ace, who wasn’t really trying to carry anyone’s weed, which led to him falling out with Cypress and later getting hit with a pool cue by Kid Frost.
Eventually, both Funkdoobiest and House of Pain tired of their weed carrying responsiblilites, and tried to go it alone in the big, bad world of the record industry. Not suprisingly, both groups broke-up not long afterwards. The ever resourceful Lethal soon found a new weed owner to serve under, as he joined Limp Bizkit and has been happily carrying Fred Durst‘s weed ever since.