The publication had obtained the filing from plaintiff Carlos Christian, where he claimed that Lil Wayne pointed the gun at him “as a threat” and then punched him in the ear “while waving around the semiautomatic rifle.”
“It reasonably appeared to plaintiff that (Lil Wayne) was about to carry out the threat,” the paperwork reportedly read, citing that the incident took place at Lil Wayne’s house. “Plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress, requiring him to seek mental health treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) stemming directly from this incident.”
As for what started it, TMZ reportedly claimed at the time back in 2021 that the fight began as Lil Wayne accused Christian of leaking photos to the media.
Christian is also seeking “compensatory and punitive damages” as he noted that he had medical bills and expenses due to the alleged assault. The damages he is seeking include the fact he lost “wages and earning capacity” as well.
Neither Christian’s lawyer nor Lil Wayne’s team returned Rolling Stone‘s request for comment on the matter.
Taylor Swift is continuing her wildly massive reign this year, as she has reportedly made over $100 million through her earnings on Spotify. The pop star’s 26.1 billion global streams not only have earned her the distinction of the Top Global Artist on Spotify’s Wrapped statistics but also a massive paycheck, according to Billboard‘s calculations for the streaming service’s royalty payment system.
In total, when entering Swift’s number of global streams, the publication estimated that she would earn $97 million for them — with an added bit for the rest of December. (Spotify stopped counting early to drop their annual Wrapped feature, but Swift would still be making money on streams through the end of the year.)
The number of Swift’s Spotify earnings would be even higher when other aspects like “publishing revenue” are factored in, making them list her actual 2023 paycheck estimation at $131 million. Most of this would also go to her directly, as she owns most of her masters — and is in the process of re-recording two more of her original albums to regain control and sole ownership.
This news comes just a few days after the company announced that they would be adjusting the rules of their royalty system, with the hopes of preventing fraudulent streaming inflation.
Dionne Warwick recently paid Kelly Clarkson a visit on her talk show, where the two musicians praised one another. During the discussion, Warwick opened up about how she found out that Doja Cat had sampled her song, “Walk On By,” for the latter’s Scarlet single, “Paint The Town Red.”
As it turns out, Doja didn’t need permission for the sample — so Warwick found out through a sweet story about her granddaughter.
“I didn’t know it had been recorded by her,” she said. “My granddaughter called me and says, ‘Grammy, do you know you’re on a record with Doja Cat?’ I said, ‘Doja who?’”
“Well, apparently, it’s a major hit for her,” Warwick added.
Clarkson then confirmed how much of a hit that Doja’s “Paint The Town Red” is, “Oh no no, it’s huge.”
“I’m thrilled,” Warwick continued. “I hope ‘Walk On By’ is as good for her as it has been for me… They’re great songs, and finally [the kids are] being exposed to some good music.”
Back in 1964, Warwick’s “Walk On By” had reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Decades later, Doja Cat earned her first solo No. 1 hit by incorporating it into “Paint The Town Red.”
Check out the clip of Dionne Warwick talking about Doja sampling her above.
Cher made a recent appearance on the viral interview series, Chicken Shop Date, despite somehow not actually liking chicken. During her conversation with the show’s host, Amelia Dimoldenberg, the pop icon was surrounded by all the energies of the food — as they literally held the talk in a chicken shop in the UK.
The reveal hilariously started when the host thanked Cher for being there with her in the chicken shop. “I’m happy to,” Cher started, before quickly correcting herself. “Well, I’m not actually happy to be here, but I’m actually happy to join you.”
Toward the end, Dimoldenberg decided to dig deeper into why Cher didn’t like the spot.
“Do you like chicken nuggets?” Dimoldenberg asked.
“Not at all,” Cher quickly replied. “I have been inundated.”
According to Rolling Stone, she chickened out and didn’t eat a single piece during their chat. She also wasn’t a big fan of the fries either, saying that she thought they “were sh*t” in the video’s intro.
Throughout the rest of the discussion, Cher described that her secret to not having her heart broken that much was because she’s “cute.” She also answered what period of her life she would want to travel back in time for.
“I would go back to when I was forty,” Cher shared. “It was pretty good. I had fabulous boyfriends.”
Check out Cher’s interesting Chicken Shop Date above.
Empress Of returned today with a brand new song, “Femenine,” featured on her suspected upcoming studio album. The pop star sings entirely in Spanish, as she details her hopes for an ideal relationship. Backed by an electronic dance beat, she builds up an addictive tension.
“A Latino who dances for me and only for me,” Empress Of details, according to a translated English version. “He cooked me, he paraded me, he took me to the movies / I want it for me and only for me.”
The video, which was directed by Ryan Heffington, finds him pulling inspiration from his work on Euphoria. At various points, she is covered in blue and pink lighting, as she is joined by the backup dancers at a house party — who are moving perfectly timed to the instrumental.
“Was a dream to work with Ryan,” Empress Of shared in a statement. “No one moves like him and no one sees through a camera like him. Legend is an understatement and I loved working in this fever dream fantasy with him.”
Earlier this year, she dropped the “Kiss Me” collaboration with Rina Sawayama. She also has stayed busy, opening for Carly Rae Jepsen on her So Nice Tour in the fall of 2022.
You have a 50% chance of surviving a fall of 48 feet, roughly equaling a 4-story building. The mortality rate rushes all the way up to 90% when you fall 84 feet, the distance of a 7-story building.
So if you’re falling from a whopping 14,500 feet, just over two-and-a-half miles, you can safely bet that you’re most definitely not getting out alive.
But one woman did. And that’s not even the wildest part of her story.
In 1999, a woman and skydiving enthusiast named Joan Murray, 47, had traveled to North Carolina to embark upon her 37th free-fall, with the purpose of testing out new equipment.
In 1999, skydiver Joan Murray’s parachute malfunctioned, causing her to fall 14,500 feet.
Her backup parachute opened at 700 feet, but it quickly deflated and she continued to plummet towards the ground at 80 miles per hour.
After carefully packing and prepping, Murray made her jump. Only when she pulled the cord for her parachute, nothing happened. There she was, hurtling towards the Earth at 80 mph.
According to a Star News article reporting the incident, Murray was finally able to release her emergency chute at 700 feet, but that only “swung her out of control.”
In a display of cosmic irony, Murray eventually slammed into the ground onto a live mound of fire ants. You can’t make this stuff up.
But incredibly, Murray survived the fall. Most of her bones were shattered, her teeth fillings flew out, her face was severely bitten by ants and she fell into a coma for two weeks…but she survived. As for how she survived such a harrowing fall, her doctor simply wrote “miracle” on her file.
And while Murray’s survival is no doubt miraculous, evidence suggests that those fire ants were the little angels behind it.
TIL: On Sept 25, 1999, American skydiver Joan Murray fell 4400 m when her chute failed and landed on a mound of fire ants. Doctors said the >200 stings she received caused an adrenaline surge that kept her heart beating. She survived after 20 surgeries and 17 blood transfusions. pic.twitter.com/0V63ePZyOg
Murray had remained conscious after her fall (yikes) and reported that she could feel the burning sensation of the army of ants stinging her. Eventually, it was the unbearable pain of the stings, not the insane fall, that made her pass out.
When paramedics arrived on the scene, they saw Murray completely covered in hundreds of thousands of fire ants—and around 200 stings on her body. It was believed that the venom from their stings not only shocked her heart (thus keeping it beating) but caused her body to produce more adrenaline until help came.
Perhaps the most unbelievable part of this story is that Murray actually skydived again only two years after this disaster. She also turned down an offer to retire with disability from her job and Bank of America and continued her banking career that extended over 20 years.
Though Murray passed away in May of 2022, she is still remembered not only for her amazing survival, but her optimistic outlook on life.
As she shared with “People” following the accident, “Sometimes we take life for granted. I truly have fun putting my shoes on in the morning.”
May we all find a way to find the same positivity…perhaps without the fire ants.
Every year, the Sazerac Company releases a new set of Pappy bottles from their iconic Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The whiskeys quietly drop in the late fall so that they can hit shelves just in time for very lucky holiday shoppers and drinkers. But most of these bottles will not see the light of day until early 2024 in various liquor store lotteries. That said, they’ve been shipped and the new 2023 Pappy Van Winkle whiskeys ~are in the wind.~
Since we are talking about such elusive whiskeys (five wheated bourbons and one rye whiskey), I thought I’d give y’all a head start on which bottles you should be dreaming about buying right now. Because, well, all things are not equal when talking about the different expressions of Pappy. Some are always better, sharper, and just more enjoyable than others, and every year there are small nuances that push some bottles higher in the rankings and some lower.
Before we dive in and I rank these beautiful whiskeys, let’s get the painful stuff out of the way:
Those prices range from $69 to $299 depending on age.
The vast majority of us will have to pay a retail premium that will range from $600 to $5,000.
You will be able to find these pours in very elite bars and restaurants. Expect to pay $100-$250 per ounce/pour in that case.
Look, I get it. It’s a ludicrous amount to pay for a mere whiskey. The thing is, this isn’t just “mere” whiskey. This is a super elite and super rare product that’s released once a year in small quantities. Taking a 20,000-foot view of this, it’s really no different than spending on elite Rolexes, Air Jordans, or sports cars. Unfettered capitalism is always going to do its thing, and bourbon isn’t magically protected from it.
So… knowing full well that some of us might be priced out of this convo… Let’s talk about what’s in those bottles!
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This expression spends 23 years resting in new American oak, partially at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery and partially at Buffalo Trace. Not every one of those Stitzel-Weller barrels makes the final cut but most do. Only the “honey barrels” — the best of the best — are selected for marrying, proofing, and bottling for this very limited release.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens in a fresh apple orchard on a sunny day fall with tart apples handing low and taking on a hint of fermentation next to a jar of dark cherry spiced with cinnamon bark and cedar, old sheets of leather, and a hint of vanilla pudding powder mixed with dark and waxy cacao nibs.
Palate: The palate leans into the bitterness and waxiness of those cacao nibs while layering old and dry tobacco leaves, shards of nut brittle, woody cinnamon sticks soaked in apple cider, and a mix of dried cherries, figs, and dated mashed into tobacco and cedar bark and buried in rich black potting soil.
Finish: The end leans into that old leather, musty wood, and dirt with a sense of old cellars and cobwebs cinnamon bark, and, well, dirt.
Bottom Line:
This is the most “acquired taste” Pappy in the lineup. I don’t really have anything against this one but none of us can deny that it’s not very oaked, dry, and earthy (leaning musty/dirty). It feels tight. It needs water and relaxation. Hence, I like this over a big rock but would never actually choose to drink it if I had my choice of Pappy pours.
5. Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Years Old Lot “B” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This is an interesting wheated bourbon. The “Lot B” moniker means that these barrels were tested at 12 years and marked for “Van Winkle” batching, which means they weren’t going in the right direction to be batched into the “Pappy Van Winkle” line with more aging (which is 15 years and older). In this case, instead of aging further, the barrels are set aside, batched, and cut with that soft Kentucky limestone water to bring them down to a manageable 90.4 proof, then bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a throughline of a caramel apple with a slightly tart edge, sourdough apple malt doughnuts dusted with cinnamon and brown sugar, and a braid of old dry sweetgrass, cedar bark, worn leather, and dry tobacco leaves.
Palate: The palate adds some walnuts to apple pie filling with a hint of rum-raisin sneaking next to vanilla malts, salted caramel, and a dash of eggnog spice.
Finish: The end leans into the dried fruit and spent vanilla pods with a sweet sense of cinnamon and apple-spiced tobacco leaves folded up with old leather and cedar with a whisper of dark chocolate bitterness behind it all.
Bottom Line:
This is a perfectly nice pour of very tasty bourbon. It’s dialed and classic. You really can’t ask for more. That all said, blow your friends’ minds and make 12 old fashioneds with this bottle. They’ll be some of the best cocktails money can buy.
4. Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This is Pappy at 10 years old, but not “technically” Pappy (this is still a “Van Winkle” expression, which is the minor end of the line). Semantics aside, this is the same wheated bourbon as the rest that hits its prime at 10 years old, instead of 12 or 15 or 20. The main difference here — besides the younger age — is the proof. This goes into the bottle with only a touch of water, keeping it far closer to barrel-proof at 107 proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a sense of rum-raisin folded into a honey-nut creamy fudge cluster with pecans and walnuts and dusted with powdered sugar, sweet cinnamon, and orange zest.
Palate: The palate leans into salted caramel with vanilla cream next to stewed apples with maple doughnut frosting and a twinge of old dates soaked in black tea.
Finish: The end has a moment of black pepperiness before heading toward woody winter spices, old piles of orchard wood with a hint of black mold, and soft leaves of chewy tobacco laced with dark chocolate, salted caramel, and marzipan.
Bottom Line:
This is shockingly sippable, especially given that this is considered the bottom of the Pappy pack. I’d argue that this is far more accessible than the 23-year and goes that little bit deeper than the “Lot B” to help make it pop on the senses. Long story short, don’t sleep on Old Rip 10!
3. Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 20 Years Old
This is the Pappy that made “Pappy” what it is today. The wheated bourbon rests for 20 long years in Buffalo Trace warehouses without any meddling. The barrels that actually make it to the 20-year mark are batched and that juice is then proofed down before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Moist and spicy Christmas cake brims with walnuts and pecans, dried fruit and candied fruits, and dark molasses sweetness next to woody cinnamon bark, clove berries, star anise, and a hint of salted black licorice as soft woody maple syrup hint at a sourdough pancake griddled with brown butter on the nose.
Palate: The palate adds a sweet sense of vanilla creaminess with soft apple pie filling before heavily roasted chocolate-covered espresso beans pop in with a touch of bitter orange.
Finish: The end combines all of that toward an old tobacco pipe that’s burnt a century’s worth of rich tobacco flavored with all of the above before a layer of warming oak and cellar floor sneaks in, creating a dynamic layer of age and wood.
Bottom Line:
Okay, this is where we get into the splitting hairs section of the ranking. You 100% feel the woody age on this — especially at the end — but it’s layered well with everything that makes this a classic American whiskey (sweetness, fruits, spice, nutty chocolate, etc.).
This is an essential neat pour bourbon. Still (I can’t help myself), if you want a crazy good Manhattan, use this.
2. Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye 13 Years Old Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
This is the only non-bourbon whiskey in the Van Winkle line. While we don’t know the exact mash bill, Buffalo Trace does use a rye mash bill that’s very low-rye (how low we’ll never know, but it’s way closer to 51% … I heard somewhere). Either way, the whiskey is then barreled and allowed to mellow for 13 years before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Imagine old rye crusts with a hint of caraway spiked with red peppercorns next to rich salted caramel apples and plenty of Christmas spices layered into a sticky toffee pudding all wrapped up in old worn leather with hints of fatty nuts and dried fruits on the nose.
Palate: The pepperiness mellows quickly as powdery white pepper leads to a soft vanilla cream pie cut with bitter orange zest, dark chocolate flakes, and a hint of salted black licorice.
Finish: The end pops with sharp anise and clove next to a fleeting sense of mint chocolate chip tobacco folded up with that old leather and plenty of soft cedar.
Bottom Line:
This stuff is magical. It’s like taking a walk through an old-world bakery that’s been turning out rye bread every morning for centuries and then distilling that down into sweet Kentucky whiskey. This is truly on the the best Kentucky rye whiskeys out there. It also makes a killer Sazerac. Just sayin’.
1. Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 15 Years Old
This is where the “Pappy Van Winkle” line peaks. The wheated bourbon in this expression is pulled from barrels that are at least 15 years old. Once batched, the whiskey is just touched with water to bring it down to a sturdy 107-proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with freshly fried sourdough fritters dusted with ground almonds, sharp cinnamon, cloves, orange zest, burnt sugars, and maple frosting with a hint of old vanilla pods next to soft figs.
Palate: The palate leans into rich toffee with a sense of minced meat pies covered in powdered sugar frosting right next to sticky toffee pudding with salted caramel, orange zest, and tons of brown wintry spice countered by a moment of sour mulled red wine cut with dark maple syrup.
Finish: The end has a soft cedar vibe that leads to vanilla and dark cherry tobacco leaves and a hint of pine next to old white moss.
Bottom Line:
This is perfectly balanced Kentucky bourbon. It’s amazingly sippable, rewarding, and never feels like homework (looking at you Pappy 23). Even in a long year of amazing bourbon releases, this stands out as a truly amazing bottle of bourbon. It’s 100% worth the hype.
Uproxx’s cover star Tate McRae has been turning up the heat on her career in 2023. Over the past few months, her singles “Greedy” and “Exes” have caught the attention of fans, both for her carefree attitude and her Y2K-inspo in the music videos. As she is gearing up for the release of her new album, Think Later, some who are new to discover could have questions about how she exactly got her start.
Here’s what to know.
How Did Tate McRae Get Famous?
Tate McRae didn’t actually start exactly in music. Her fame began when she competed as a dancer in the reality competition series, So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. She became the first Canadian finalist at the age of 12, reaching third place in 2016.
During the pandemic, McRae then started releasing her music, gaining traction through the rise of TikTok. Still, she never felt too daunted by her growth — and has since recently performed on Saturday Night Live.
“Getting to train in LA for two and a half months, and do that at just twelve years old, the whole experience was incredible,” she shared with us last May. “Being in front of cameras and doing interviews, it was really good exposure at a young age… I remember feeling like ‘I need to do something to make sure I’m still challenging myself.’ So, I started posting weekly videos of myself dancing and choreographing.”
Think Later is out 12/8 via RCA. Find more information here.
Nah, I expect something more. I want them to go deep into the science, care about terpenes, and be hyper-focused on the intricacies of the growing process. I want them to care a little too much about soil. I want my cannabis to be grown by straight-up artisans.
Well, good news for me and smokers like me — I’ve found a brand that offers all of that: 710 Labs. And the weed not only meets my criteria above but it also packs a powerful punch, is packaged wonderfully, and exudes good vibes.
This Cali-based brand is currently available in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Michigan, and Washington and has expanded to Florida (medicinally). The brand is earning a reputation for growing high-quality cannabis and producing solventless hash (as the name would suggest, extracted without the use of butane, ethane, or any other solvent), clean vapes, Rick Simpson Oil, rosin gummies, and organic joints that have a signature rotini noodle tip (more on this later).
With that broad product line, 710 Labs covers all the bases for every type of stoner and its website is full of interesting information about its production process and the importance of things like “living soil.” It’s a lot to take in and serves as a deep rabbit hole for smokers who are interested in the nerdy sh*t behind good weed. It’s honestly too much to go over here but if you want to learn more, check out the LEARN section of their site.
We sampled a variety of products from 710 Labs’ full line. Here are our thoughts.
Joints
Dane Rivera
What We Love About Them:
The first thing that will jump out at you about 710’s joints is the rotini noodle at the tip. Rather than a paper filter, or a hard plastic piece, 710 opts for a noodle which at first glance came across as a straight-up gimmick to me. Now that I’ve smoked a noodle-tipped joint though — I legit can’t see myself going back.
What makes the dried noodle so great is that it holds its shape and doesn’t sog up with your spit for your entire smoke session. It keeps the joint girthy and smoke travels through it extremely well without any bits of flower hitting your tongue. I tried two different form factors for the 1g joints — a single Cherry Zest #4 and a 10-pack of Donny Burger (GMO x Han Solo Burger) with 21.26% and 27.25% THC respectively. The joints were well packaged in air-tight glass jars (even the single) and the flower in each joint was all quality nugs, no shake.
According to 710 Labs, the joints are made from the smalls of the top colas that don’t make it into the flower jars. So the same premium flower in the joints is what you get when you pick up an 1/8th.
The Bottom Line:
The packaging is on point and the high in both strains hit me with a quick onset and filled me with euphoria. The burn was slow and even and never went out on me or required relighting.
Infused Joints
Dane Rivera
What We Love About Them:
In addition to the 1g joints, I also sampled 710’s 2g infused joints — what the brand calls “Noodle Doinks.”
The joint is infused with 710’s solventless hash and is a short and stout monster that burns slow, even, and packs a powerful, knock-you-on-the-couch high. The joint I smoked consisted of 1.5g of Z Cubed + 0.5g Zeven Up (Zkittlez x OZ Kush + Sour Diesel genetics) and had a blend of sweet and subtle terpy flavors with a slight gassy finish.
I’d consider myself a pretty heavy smoker but it was hard to handle this thing solo, making it ideal to pass around and share. I saved one of these for a “walk with the cousins” this Thanksgiving and we came back to the dinner table ready for seconds and filled with good vibes.
The Bottom Line:
Expertly rolled providing a powerful high. Dense enough to share and pass around between 2-4 people.
Flower
Dane Rivera
What We Love About Them:
I sampled two flower jars from 710 Labs, a 3.5g jar of Boo Berry, and a half-ounce jar of Starburst 36 #1. Both jars were opaque and thick, shielding your bud from UV rays and temperature variations.
According to 710’s website, the flower is meticulously grown in-house with organic inputs, dried and cured by dased on density, and hand trimmed. The quality of the flower is apparent when you first open a jar — nugs are big, dense, and frosty.
The Boo Berry ( 20.62 % THC .04% CBD) has a sweet fruity aroma and a delicate flavor that combines grape and lemon notes. The high was incredibly relaxing, mildly euphoric and a bit body-numbing. This is an ideal strain for physical relaxation but didn’t make me feel couch-locked or lazy.
Dane Rivera
The Starburst 36 (THC% not listed on the packaging) offered an alternate experience to the Boo Berry. The flavor has a distinct funk to it with a peppery cough-inducing finish. The high here was a lot more cerebral and giddy, a real stress-buster. It’s a great daytime strain, ideal for taking in the sights and sounds around you.
The Bottom Line:
710 Labs’ flower is well packaged and prepared. The nugs in both jars were dense and frosty and offered strong flavors and an even stronger high. Personally, this is my favorite offering from the brand.
Vape and Rosin Pods
Dane Rivera
What We Love About Them:
710s vape is a USB-C rechargeable battery that comes packaged with a cable and the battery pack in both white and black. The battery charges quickly and holds for a couple of hours.
The vape is light and compact (just a little thicker than a lighter) and has a nice weight that keeps it from feeling cheap. Aside from the simplistic design, the vape has a green indicator light that shines when you take a drag.
I sampled the Rick Jamez # 3 and Blue Berry Haze Rosin pods as well as the Ghost Hulk #25 Persy Rosin Pod. All three of the pods had a clean and delicate flavor and the rosin was faint amber in color, with the Persy pod coming across as almost completely clear in color.
I didn’t find the same nuance of flavor in the pods as I found in the flower, but each came across as very tasty and clean. In all three cases, two or three drags were enough to hit me with a strong head and body high.
The Bottom Line:
I like the vape for its low-key and stealthy form factor and found myself treating these as one-hitters, taking a long drag before concerts, market runs, and other activities that I felt could be elevated with a head change.
Hash Rosin Gummies/RSO
Dane Rivera
What We Love About Them:
Right off the bat what I love about 710’s Hash Rosin Gummies are the flavor. If you’re into sweet candy-like gummies that remind you of gummi bears, look elsewhere — this is not that. These gummies taste as they should, plant-y, like cannabis. There is a hint of cane sugar which helps to make it a bit more palatable but these gummies don’t taste candy-sweet and cheap.
The gummies are full-spectrum and feature 10mg of THC per candy and are packaged in a 10-pack box. The sample I tried was of 710’s Praline #2 strain, and after about 45 minutes hit me with a buzzing body high that I felt first in my extremities, and then the top of my head.
On one of the gummies, I put a drop of 710’s RSO (Rick Simpson Oil) which provided a seriously intensified high that made me feel like I had consumed more than a single gummy. That high was a bit too intense for me and I admit I haven’t tried the Rick Simpson Oil since.
The Bottom Line:
A great, natural-tasting gummi that provides a relatively quick onset body-buzzing high. I’m a heavy smoker and 10mg of this stuff felt like a perfect amount, but if you need a near-psychedelic experience, go ahead and grab that RSO and add a drop… or pop two of these candies.
Persy Sauce
Dane Rivera
What We Love About It:
Persy Sauce is 710’s highest form of rosin. It is, according to 710, made from “the finest spectrum of trichomes from the first wash producing a very flavorful and solventless extract.” I smoked this in a PuffCo Dab rig and I have to admit I was a bit reluctant to try it.
I haven’t dabbed in years and most of the rigs I smoked from were at dispensaries during the days when weed shops would award your purchase with a free dab. Those rigs always came across as dirty and I never really enjoyed the intensity of the high. The PuffCo combined with 710’s Persy Sauce offered a vastly different experience than what I’d had in the past
I sampled Papaya + Kimbo Kush, which provided an incredibly clean flavor. The smoke was milky and thick and the flavors came through incredibly well. I’m tasting some musk, a hint of rich, almost chocolate-like sweetness, fruity qualities, and a delicate mint finish. This is a million miles away from the cheap and grungy dabs of yore, it’s very flavor-forward and activates the tastebuds in an almost mouthwatering way. The high here had a quick onset but isn’t overwhelming or tweaky. Instead, I could feel my stress melting and my body relaxing with a high that was equal parts physical and cerebral.
The Bottom Line:
I generally prefer flower over a dab, but 710s Persy Sauce is a clean and tasty high that all stoners need to experience.
Shop 710 products near you here and follow 710 on TikTok for a glimpse into the culture of the brand.
The biggest question hanging over the Chicago Bulls right now revolves around the future of Zach LaVine. Despite the fact that he is in the second year of a 5-year, $215 million extension, both LaVine and the Bulls appear to be open to something new amid Chicago’s sluggish start to the 2023-24 season.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, there’s a problem: As of now, there’s not much of a market for LaVine’s services. While appearing on Friday’s episode of NBA Today, Wojnarowski expressed that Chicago’s efforts to canvas the league and find a deal for LaVine haven’t amount to anything as of now.
“There is not a market for Zach LaVine right now in the NBA,” Wojnarowski said. “And that’s not because Chicago has not tried to find it and aren’t currently trying to find it. It’s a combination of a few reasons. LaVine’s contract, four more years at around $45, $46 million a year average. But his productivity — I think this is a player, right now, who certainly, he’s out now with a foot injury, he’s been in and out of the lineup. And I think the question for teams is, how much does Zach LaVine impact winning? Especially at that salary, and with a new salary cap where you’re asking yourself, ‘Are we trading for him to be our best player? No. Our second-best player? No.’ So, if he’s our third-best player, do we want to pay that kind of money?”
Wojnarowski went on to say that the Bulls are not approaching this as a salary dump, and instead, their intention is to get “some value in a trade.” In his eyes, the best thing for both parties is for LaVine to get healthy, get on the floor, and start “playing well” while “impacting winning.”
It is worth mentioning that players who signed free agent deals in the offseason are not eligible to be traded until Dec. 15, and if Chicago does want to get value back, the pool of players they could they could get back in a deal expands in about two weeks from now. While there’s no guarantee this would happen, it’s not hard to imagine that LaVine comes back from the foot injury that is expected to keep him out for a week, play well, and things move quickly once Dec. 15 rolls around.
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