{"id":4608,"date":"2022-10-31T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T22:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2024-11-29T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:17:10","slug":"berner-an-american-rapper-and-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=4608","title":{"rendered":"Berner, An American Rapper And Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr., better known by his stage name Berner, is an American rapper and entrepreneur signed to Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s Taylor Gang Entertainment. He has released over 40 albums, several of which have charted on Billboard&#8217;s &#8220;Top R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums&#8221; chart. As an entrepreneur, he&#8217;s credited with the creation of multiple companies including Cookies, and is heavily active in California-based cannabis trade market.<\/p>\n<p>After forming his own label, Bern One Entertainment in 2007, Berner released his debut album, Track Money &amp; Pack Money, with Equipto. His first solo album, Weekend at Bernie&#8217;s arrived in 2009, along with four other albums.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2012, Berner signed to Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s Taylor Gang Records. Urban Farmer, Berner&#8217;s first collection to be released on Taylor Gang Records, was released on October 2, 2012. In 2013, Berner embarked performed on the &#8220;Under the Influence of Music Tour&#8221; alongside Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Trinidad Jame$ and Joey Bada$$. In 2015, Berner released Contraband, a collaborative album with Cam&#8217;ron, as well as Drought Season 3 with deceased rapper The Jacka. In 2016, Berner released the solo album Hempire, also producing a 4\/20 show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium with a lineup that included Cypress Hill, Juicy J, Dizzy Wright, J Boog, Kool John, and Berner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4610\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4610\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Seed-To-Sale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Seed-To-Sale.jpg 700w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Seed-To-Sale-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Seed-To-Sale-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/streamapse-top-picks\/berner-from-seed-to-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Stream From Seed To Sale<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Urban Farmer, another of Berner&#8217;s albums, features Iamsu! from The HBK Gang on two tracks; and the Jacka, Rydah J. Klyde and San Quinn on 21 Gunz.<\/p>\n<p>Berner&#8217;s single, 20 Lights reached #95 in Billboard&#8217;s 200 chart. It was released on January 6, 2015. &#8220;Best Thang Smokin&#8221; is the lead single in Berner&#8217;s album Hempire, released April 1, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>On May 4, 2019, he released a new album with one song featuring T3R Elemento star Kris Nava called El Chivo.<\/p>\n<p>Berner ran a cannabis club from age 18 to 25; after meeting Wiz Khalifa, the latter heard Berner&#8217;s release with Equipto, and signed him under the Taylor Gang.<\/p>\n<p>Berner opened a clothing and lifestyle store in San Francisco called &#8220;Cookies&#8221;, selling items such as lunch bags, duffle bags and &#8220;smell proof&#8221; backpacks. He is associated with the &#8220;Cookie Family&#8221; of marijuana geneticists, who produce strains common in California, such as &#8220;Girl Scout Cookies&#8221; and &#8220;Sunset Sherbet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>See Berner &amp; Baby Bash Live Nov. 4th <a href=\"http:\/\/ticketstream.streamapse.com\/live-concerts\/berner-baby-bash-in-concert\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4611\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/BERNER_BANNER_STREAMAPSE_WHITE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1942\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In August 2022 Berner was the first cannabis executive to be featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine since it launched in 1917.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr., better known by his stage name Berner, is an American rapper and entrepreneur signed to Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s Taylor Gang Entertainment. He has released over 40 albums, several of which have charted on Billboard&#8217;s &#8220;Top R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums&#8221; chart. 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