‘I see nothing wrong with marijuana’, says Jesse Jagz

Posted by: Editor January 22, 2014 in Bang Showbiz, Interviews, Starnews Leave a comment

By Kolapo Olapoju

Jesse Jagz says he doesn’t see anything wrong with smoking of Cannabis popularly called Marijuana.

In a recent interview with Funsho Arogundade of PM News, the very talented rapper-producer defended his smoking weed in his music video ‘Redemption’;

‘For me, that scene was just a way of pushing people’s perception about some certain things. It was just about making some people feel uncomfortable. People sing a lot about love but can they love as much as an armed robber? Segregation leads us nowhere so the weed was just to offend people’s thinking’.

And when asked if he didn’t think his actions was promoting the use of the illegal substance, Jesse likened smoking to money and women. He did go on to explain in detail how other musicians’ music which talks about smoking weed have been more ‘demeaning and derogatory’, unconsciously referencing 9ice’s 2007 single ‘Ganja man’ featuring Jah Bless.

‘I do not see anything wrong with weed; just the same way I do not see anything wrong with money or women. I just think anything done in excess is bad. However, if I have never married before, I cannot say anything about marriage whether it is right or wrong. It is about someone else’s life.

That is life. Yes, I have spoken about marijuana in my music. However, every other artiste have made allusion to marijuana in more demeaning and derogatory ways than I have. Others have sang ‘Give me the lighter; pass me the ganja’ but my own message is not about that. People should listen to the message in my music not the marijuana. If you really listen to the truth in my music, you will not have a problem with the marijuana in my music. I am not promoting or condemning people who use it but I guess everybody wants to evade the truth that I talk about in my song.

Jesse Jagz last album ‘Jesse Jagz: Jagz Nation Vol. 1, Thy Nation Come’critics say, heavily referenced the use of marijuana. The album received a 4.3/5 rating on NET.