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Joy Oladokun is many things. She\u2019s Black, queer, as nice as they come, a hardcore NBA fan, down-to-Earth and, by her own admission, a \u201csensitive stoner.\u201d It\u2019s a label she uses to draw attention to the negative stereotypes associated with the cannabis culture and give those who perpetuate such an antiquated way of thinking about weed something positive to consider.<\/p>\n
As far as Oladokun is concerned, cannabis is a multipurpose life-enhancing plant. She says she credits the medicinal properties of the herb for aiding in her recovery from the religious trauma of her youth, overcoming anxiety, as well as forging a successful career as an artist. \u201cIt\u2019s my way of saying that I smoke a lot of pot and I feel a lot of feelings,\u201d Oladokun tells me from her studio in Nashville. Her latest album Proof Of Life<\/a>, <\/em>Oladokun\u2019s second,<\/em> is all the evidence anyone needs of that. It\u2019s a smooth, emotional amalgamation of R&B and folk that resonates a sense of calm in the storm of American intolerance.<\/p>\n When Oladokun talks about being on the road, she says it\u2019s the unity she has manifested through her music and her ability to bring together fans from all walks of life that she treasures most. \u201cWe have found this common ground even though we\u2019re all very different people,\u201d she says. And getting stoned with the artists she shares the stage with\u2014some of them her heroes\u2014isn\u2019t a bad consolation prize. \u201cI try to smoke weed with everybody who\u2019s willing,\u201d Oladokun says. \u201cThere\u2019s a band I love called Manchester Orchestra. I smoked a joint with Andy Hull and that was a highlight. Honestly, a lot of people have been on and off the tour bus.\u201d<\/p>\n While cannabis is instrumental in Oladokun\u2019s life, she admits she\u2019s a late bloomer. It wasn\u2019t until after leaving her small religious town and God-fearing family in Arizona to attend Vanderbilt University in Nashville that she says she was exposed to the plant for the first time. \u201cI had just heard so much negativity about drugs in general and there\u2019s some addiction in my family,\u201d Oladokun says. \u201cI think in high school, I didn\u2019t know enough about anything to risk it.\u201d But after pulling a bunch of all-nighters in college and getting a taste of the Music City studio life, somewhere along the way someone passed her a joint.<\/p>\n She accepted it and GASP<\/em>! Nancy Reagan, Jesus or anyone else for that matter didn\u2019t appear and drag her to hell. Oladokun learned in that moment that weed wasn\u2019t negative. On the contrary, the experience was invigorating, uplifting and a source of new life. \u201cIt was the best vocal take I\u2019d ever done, and I slept really well and had a great day at school,\u201d she recalls. It was an awakening, one of those \u201cA-ha\u201d moments suggesting that all the anti-pot rhetoric she had been force-fed in her formative years was, in a moment of clarity, untrue.<\/p>\n Learning that weed could help her function better as a human was a major turning point for Oladokun. She wasn\u2019t about to let the ill-informed, \u201cJust Say No\u201d jibber jabber of her youth prevent her from happiness. \u201cThe Hard Way,\u201d a soft croon from the latest album, is undeniably a reflection of this metamorphosis. \u201cJesus raised me, good weed saved me,\u201d the tune begins. Not only has cannabis been a catharsis for Oladokun, it\u2019s also a game-changer in her approach to songwriting. \u201cI tend to smoke when I get to the studio, I take edibles and have those little syrups and I try to stay dosed throughout my creative time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n To hear her tell it, cannabis is also deserving of a co-executive producer credit. It\u2019s like her fifth Beatle. \u201cWhen I\u2019m producing something, I try to take a break when I feel like it\u2019s done and get high and listen back to what I\u2019ve worked on,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Weed, it would seem, is Oladokun\u2019s not-so-secret crucial creative tool, expanding the depth of her ear and allowing her to process the work from a place unattainable without it. Can I get an Amen?<\/p>\n The post Preaching To The Choir: Joy Oladokun<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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