Kamala, Snoop, and Tupac

H. Michael Harvey, JD
3 min readFeb 14, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris is off and running for the Democratic nomination for President. Photo from Harris’ Twitter page.

Senator Kamala Harris (D-California)was asked on the Breakfast Club this week if she had ever smoked pot. She replied with glee not only has she smoked pot, but she inhaled.

Three election cycles ago, that admission alone would have been fodder for the evening news. While her admission barely created a stir, the answer to a follow-up question about what musicians did she listen to when she inhaled the intoxicant from a marijuana joint back in the early to mid-1980s.

She has been widely criticized for her response. Actually, she had a non-response to that question because almost at the precise time that Charlemagne Tha God asked who was she listening too when she smoked weed, DJ Envy chimed in with a question that appears to ask who did she listen to period without any mention of when she smoked weed.

A careful review of the video of the Breakfast Club will reveal that Harris unable to think of who she listened to 33 years ago, turned towards DJ Envy and appears to answer his question about who she listened to without the “while smoking weed” caveat.

When DJ Envy suggested the names of Tupac and Snoop, Harris averred that she indeed did listen to Tupac and Snoop back in the day. Clearly, she was not saying that she listened to them when she was smoking pot.

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H. Michael Harvey, JD
H. Michael Harvey, JD

Written by H. Michael Harvey, JD

Harvey is Living Now Book Awards 2020 Bronze Medalist for his memoir Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Available at haroldmichaelharvey.com

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