Archive for April, 2005

Tupac – The Weed Carrier Legacy

Posted: 13th April 2005 by Zodiac Digital in Baggage Handlers

Here’s a guest contribution from djxplicit, who more than makes up for my lack of Tupac knowledge with this extensive run-down: 2Pac may hold the world record for most “weed carriers ever”. His weed carriers go from the incredibly talented and famous Biggie Smalls to the widly untalented and unknown Napolean. He, like most famous […]

Fat Joe – Never Carried

Posted: 13th April 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers

There is an elite group of rappers that actually skipped past the weed carrier stage directly to weed owner status. One of these individuals is Fat Joe. In the early stages of his rap career, even Joe admits that he was a pretty bad rapper, but due to his intimidating stature he never had any […]

Nas – The Legacy

Posted: 10th April 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers

“Rapper” Nas has had more weed carriers in his long, patchy carer than just about anyone (with the possible exception of Tupac). It’s even been said that if Nas didn’t fire all of his former weed carriers like a QB version of Donald Trump, he’d have a pretty great squad of rappers under his wing. […]

What happens when a Weed Carrier graduates to the level of Weed Owner? He then recruits his own weed carriers, of course! A prime example is the story of Young Hov. As a youngster in the 80’s, he maintained his position as weed carrier to The Jaz (some might suggest that he carried dude’s name […]

Channel Live – Carrying Mad Izm

Posted: 5th April 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers

Some might say that every single member of Boogie Down Productions – with the exception of the late, great DJ Scott La Rock, D-Nice and DJ Doc – were really just KRS-One’s weed carriers. I mean what else did McBoo, Robocop and ICU do? Channel Live took on this position in the mid-nineties, and were […]

Set It Off

Posted: 5th April 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
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I’m not sure of who originated the phrase “weed carrier”, but it pops up a lot over at The Mindset of a Champion, so I guess I’ll credit Bol and Combat Jack with the term. It can be used in a number of ways, but the most appropriate is when it’s used in reference to […]