Data Snapshot: Sep 06, 2026
$1M+

Aug-2026

Sales

Strong Growth

Trend

6-Month

163

Product Count

SKUs

$23.64

Avg Price

43.1%

YoY Sales Change

-1.7%

YoY Price Change

Khalifa Kush, famously associated with the renowned rapper Wiz Khalifa, is a unique hybrid cannabis strain tailored over a decade to meet the artist's specific requirements. Having secured a broad audience appreciation after its launch in California, it represents a flagship product in the expansive portfolio of Cresco Labs, the largest wholesaler of branded cannabis in the U.S. As part of a strategic partnership, it extends its reach to Massachusetts, with an anticipation of a similar response from its branding collaboration with Trulieve Cannabis Corp., a top-performing cannabis company.
Khalifa Kush

Where to Buy

Khalifa Kush is stocked at 640 licensed dispensaries across Massachusetts, Illinois, and 10 other states, 119 of them in Massachusetts, with the deepest coverage in Boston, Worcester, Fall River, Cambridge, and Springfield. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.

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Khalifa Kush Sales

Market Insights Snapshot

Khalifa Kush Historical Sales by Category

Khalifa Kush’s category mix in August 2026 is concentrated in Flower at 65.51% share with 54.99% year-over-year growth but a -9.77% month-over-month dip, while Pre-Roll holds 25.97% share with 36.24% YoY and a -8.06% MoM slide; together these two categories account for 91.48% of sales and carry most of the MoM drag. Vapor Pens sit at 5.66% share with -18.91% YoY and -1.27% MoM, counterbalanced by Concentrates at 1.91% share with 22.16% YoY and 22.44% MoM, and Edible at 0.95% share with a 126.90% MoM surge. With brand sales up 43.11% YoY against a -1.72% YoY average price change and a Flower category rank of 13 in Nevada, the pattern implies reliance on Flower and Pre-Roll for scale while near-term growth is being propped up by small but rapidly expanding tail categories.

The simultaneous -9.77% MoM in Flower and -8.06% MoM in Pre-Roll alongside a 22.44% MoM lift in Concentrates and a 126.90% MoM spike in Edible indicates a hedging shift toward higher-velocity niches, not a wholesale pivot away from core formats. Given Vapor Pens’ -18.91% YoY and 5.66% share versus Concentrates’ 22.16% YoY on 1.91% share, and the brand’s Flower position at rank 13 in Nevada, the pattern implies headroom to defend Flower share while selectively scaling non-core categories that deliver incremental trips without materially cannibalizing the core.

Aug-2026 Rank
Flower
Pre-Roll
Vapor Pens
22
26
60
68
58
32
32
13
13
48
71
39
Category
Share of Sales
Avg Item Price
YoY %
MoM %
Flower
65.5%
$39.19
+55.0%
-9.8%
Pre-Roll
26.0%
$11.53
+36.2%
-8.1%
Vapor Pens
5.7%
$31.32
-18.9%
-1.3%
Concentrates
1.9%
$20.52
+22.2%
+22.4%
Edible
0.9%
$29.88
+126.9%
Khalifa Kush

Competitive Landscape

Khalifa Kush sits at rank #22 in Illinois Flower in August 2026, improving 18 positions from #40 year over year, while holding flat versus three months ago at #22; this places it outside the top 20 even as its peak rank to date is also #22 in August 2026. In contrast, High Supply / Supply stayed at #1 year over year despite a 10.1% YoY sales decline, and RYTHM held #2 with a 37.0% YoY sales increase, indicating that the tier above Khalifa Kush is relatively stable while the gap is widening against at least one faster-growing incumbent; with The Botanist leaping from #29 to #4 alongside a 482.2% YoY sales surge, the dispersion suggests mid-pack mobility is possible but requires outsized velocity gains. The pattern implies Khalifa Kush’s rank trajectory is improving but capped, signaling that without step-change growth relative to climbing rivals, the brand risks stalling at the edge of the top 20 rather than converting its 18-rank YoY climb into sustained share capture.

Khalifa Kush market ranking for IL Flower

Khalifa Kush

Notable Products

Point Breeze Pre-Roll (1g) posted the steepest decline in August 2026 at -30.1% and slid to rank 7, while the flagship Khalifa Kush (3.5g) fell -12.2% at rank 1, indicating pressure at both the core Flower lead and a key Pre-Roll. Three of the top five SKUs are Pre-Rolls and five of the top ten are Pre-Rolls, yet category momentum was uneven with Khalifa Mints Pre-Roll (1g) down -16.1% at rank 3 versus Violet Sky Pre-Roll (1g) up +18.2% at rank 4. Despite Baby Turtle (3.5g) holding near-flat at -0.7% in rank 6 and Violet Sky (3.5g) easing -3.7% in rank 8, Khalifa Mints (3.5g) dropped -19.9% in rank 9, pointing to mix volatility within Flower tiers. The pattern implies Khalifa Kush is leaning into a Pre-Roll-heavy lineup but needs SKU-level pruning and pricing or potency segmentation to stabilize erratic performers while defending the flagship Flower’s share.

Product
Category
Apr-2026
May-2026
Jun-2026
Jul-2026
Aug-2026
MoM %
Khalifa Kush (3.5g)
Flower
1
1
1
1
1
-12.2%
Premium Khalifa Kush Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
2
2
2
2
2
-8.5%
Khalifa Mints Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
4
3
4
3
3
-16.1%
Violet Sky Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
8
6
7
7
4
+18.2%
Baby Turtle Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
3
7
3
5
5
-14.2%
Baby Turtle (3.5g)
Flower
7
5
6
6
6
-0.7%
Point Breeze Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
5
4
5
4
7
-30.1%
Violet Sky (3.5g)
Flower
9
9
8
9
8
-3.7%
Khalifa Mints (3.5g)
Flower
6
8
9
8
9
-19.9%
Khalifa Kush Infused Pre-Roll (1g)
Pre-Roll
>10
>10
10
10
10
+35.8%
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Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.

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