Mary Lopez Carter founded Hemp Oil Rockstar in early 2018 after she did copious research into products which would help her husband, David Pratt Carter, beat cancer (he had a malignant intracranial tumor). She discovered the promising impact of CBD on people's health. Soon after finding success with Hemp Oil Rockstar, she rented her first retail space at the Streets at Southpoint mall in Durham, NC to establish a location to help people of the community with better health options. On October 19, 2018, Mary and her team opened Carolina Hemp Hut in the mall. The clear success of this mall location led Mary and the team to build out a much larger store in the Hillsborough Commons shopping center in Hillsborough near Planet Fitness. Her Hillsborough store is the largest Hemp Store of its type in Orange County and the area. She works to continue to educate consumers with information from scientists, researchers and medical professionals on the benefits of hemp oil extracts.