Lil Baby’s Hemp Company Countersued Over Claims of Elevated THC Levels & E. Coli Contamination
Reps for Lil Baby and The Holding Co. did not immediately return requests for comment
Lil Baby’s hemp company is facing counterclaims after accusing its joint venture partner of shipping illegal and contaminated cannabis products across the country.
The rapper’s business entity, The Holding Co., sued Florida cannabis company Bay Smokes in April for allegedly mishandling his WHAM product line, which was marketed as a low-THC hemp product that was legal nationwide. The Holding Co. claimed it tested the product and found THC levels of 22% — far above the federal limit of 0.3% — as well as microbes like E. coli, yeast and mold.
Bay Smokes has denied these allegations, telling Billboard in an April statement, “We stand by the quality and legality of all of our hemp products, which undergo independent third-party laboratory testing.” Now, the cannabis company is accusing The Holding Co. of breaching a confidentiality and non-disparagement clause from their joint venture deal.
“The complaint filed by plaintiff in this action publishes false allegations of product contamination that are directly contradicted by Bay Smokes’s contemporaneous October 10, 2025, certificate of analysis for the ‘THCA Flower Gelato 45’ batch that plaintiff purports to have independently tested,” reads Bay Smokes’ Thursday (June 11) countersuit, obtained and first reported by Billboard.
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