2018, Musk appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and discussed various topics for over two hours. During the interview, Musk sampled a puff from a cigar consisting, the host claimed, of tobacco laced with cannabis.
Tesla stock dropped after the incident, which coincided with the confirmation of the departure of Tesla's vice president of worldwide finance earlier that day
Fortune wondered if the cannabis use could have ramifications for SpaceX contracts with the United States Air Force,
though an Air Force spokesperson told The Verge that there was no investigation and that the Air Force was still determining the facts.
In 2022, Musk claimed that he and other Space-X employees were subjected to random drug tests for about a year following the incident
In a 60 Minutes interview, Musk said of the incident: "I do not smoke pot. As anybody who watched that podcast could tell, I have no idea how to smoke pot.
In 2019, Musk, through Emo G Records, released a rap track, "RIP Harambe", on SoundCloud.
The track, which refers to the killing of Harambe the gorilla and the subsequent Internet sensationalism surrounding the event, was performed by Yung Jake, written by Yung Jake and Caroline Polachek, and produced by BloodPop.
The following year, Musk released an EDM track, "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe", featuring his own lyrics and vocals.
While Guardian critic Alexi Petridis described it as "indistinguishable... from umpteen competent but unthrilling bits of bedroom electronica posted elsewhere on Soundcloud" TechCrunch said it was "not a bad representation of the genre".
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