Rapper Snoop Dogg announced via Twitter that inflation was getting so bad that even his full-time blunt-roller had gotten a raise.
The artist was responding to a tweet from @uberfacts — billed as “the most unimportant things you’ll never need to know” — that revealed such a job actually existed.
“Snoop Dogg employs a full-time blunt roller who makes between $40,000 and $50,000 a year,” the tweet read.
Snoop Dogg employs a full-time blunt roller who makes between $40,000 and $50,000 a year
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) June 6, 2022
But Snoop Dogg apparently wanted to make sure everyone knew he was doing right by his staff during trying economic times, so he fired off a tweet of his own.
“Inflation!” he said. “Their salary went up!”
Inflation. Their salary went up!! https://t.co/BCtOVHMN4W
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) June 7, 2022
The rapper first mentioned the fact that he had a professional blunt roller on his staff during an interview with veteran shock jock and Sirius XM host Howard Stern.
“That motherf***er is like Lurch from ‘The Addams Family,'” he said. “‘You rang?’ That motherf***er’s timing is impeccable.”
Actor Seth Rogen — also well’ known for his own enthusiasm for the occasional blunt — appeared alongside the artist and confirmed that professional blunt rollers did, in fact, exist.
When Stern pressed for more information, asking whether Snoop Dogg really did officially employ someone whose sole purpose was making sure he was never lacking in the blunt department — and the rapper obliged.
“That’s his J-O-B—his occupation. On his resume, it says, ‘what do you do?’ I’m a blunt roller. Professional — P-B-R, professional blunt roller,” Snoop Dogg confirmed.
“How does that come about, Snoop?” Stern asked.
“If you’re great at something that I need, I’m hiring you,” Snoop Dogg replied matter-of-factly, prompting laughter from Rogen and more questions from Stern.
“What kind of income can a guy make, rolling joints?” he asked, comparing a professional blunt roller to a professional wine steward — who might make between $52,000 and $83,000 annually. “You know, it’s almost like a sommelier. How do you figure out a salary for this guy?”
That was when Snoop Dogg revealed that the going rate for the job was “somewhere between $40,000 and $50,000 a year.”
Since that interview took place in 2019, however, inflation has certainly taken its toll. According to OfficialData.org, inflation has risen by 13.08% since 2019. That means that if the rapper has been raising his blunt roller’s salary to keep pace with inflation, the new salary range would have to be between $45,230 and $56,500.
You can watch the Howard Stern interview below: