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Everyone’s favorite gangsta rapper, Snoop Dogg, is inviting the world into the world of his daughter Cori “Princess” Broadus and her engagement. But, since it’s a 3-part docuseries that debuts December 5 on E!, you just know it won’t be as easy as just planning a wedding.
Along the way, with Snoop occasionally popping in, fans will get to see Princess deal with wedding planning, engagement drama with he fiancé Wayne Duece and her daddy’s hilarious concerns about her familiarity with ordering alcohol while eating out. We also get a glimpse of unexpected health issues as well as relationship drama that threatens to derail the pending nuptials.
The health scare isn’t manufactured, as back in January, Cori revealed that she suffered a severe stroke. Cori’s support system that includes Snoop, her mother Shante and her brothers Corde and Cordell.
Check out the superteaser for Snoop Dogg’s Fatherhood: Cori and Wayne’s Story below.
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Fortnite is rewinding the clock again and incorporating music into the process. Epic Games is kicking off a new period in its popular battle royale mode called Chapter 2 Remix, and some major star power will be involved.
To help launch Chapter 2 Remix, Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice performed virtually and in person during an event in Times Square, New York. They will also be major players in the remix of Chapter 2.
The new season calls back to Chapter 2, bringing back gameplay elements, characters, and locations from Fortnite’s second chapter, which first launched in 2019.
Epic says Chapter 2 Remix will last a month and change things weekly, so it will never grow stale during the season. It will feature themed elements around the music artists involved.
Snoop Dogg will get things cracking first, with Eminem following, Ice Spice, and closing things out will be the late Juice WRLD.
Chapter 2 Remix is live in Fortnite and will run until November 30. Epic also teases that things will close with a “finale.” Of course, it wouldn’t be a new season of Fortnite without new cosmetics to outfit your character.
Here is a breakdown per Epic Games:
In addition to Kicks, the Remix Pass comes to Fortnite packed with over 70 new in-game rewards! A shorter Battle Pass than usual, you can unlock all the Pass’ rewards in just four weeks. Grab the Remix Pass for 950 V-Bucks (or included as part of your Fortnite Crew subscription) and earn up to 1,000 V-Bucks by progressing it!
Level up the Remix Pass by earning XP across Fortnite Battle Royale, creator-made islands, LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival. Here are the nostalgically new Outfits in the Pass:
Chaos Director (unlocked right away!): Chaos reigns.
1-Ball: Sink all the right shots.
Undercover Skye: She’s got the Guff stuff.
Meowdas: One classy cat.
Dynamo TNTina: Strike a match and light the fuse.
So what are you waiting for? Boot up Fortnite, and drop it like it’s hot in Chapter 2 Remix. To learn more about it, head here.
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Snoop Dogg has been in the game for well over three decades and he has no signs of slowing down after celebrating his birthday recently. Over the weekend, Snoop Dogg brought in his 53rd birthday alongside his wife Shante Broadus at her The Player’s Club strip joint.
TMZ reports that Snoop Dogg and Shante Broadus were the special guests of the evening as family and friends partied to celebrate the special moment under the dark lights of The Player’s Club.
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Snoop Dogg and Mrs. Broadus have been together since 1997 and have three children together. Broadus announced the opening of The Player’s Club back in May of this year, and the downtown Los Angeles locale seems to be faring well.
Snoop’s “CDay” as said on The Player’s Club’s Instagram page, certainly looked to be a good time. Instead of going one route and embedding the video of the wild night, we urge those who wish to get a glimpse to check out this Instagram post here but do so knowing that there are scantily clad dancers in the clip.
Happy Birthday to Snoop Dogg.
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Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will remain linked forever musically and their undeniable chemistry was once more on display during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics. In a new interview, Dr. Dre teased that the long-promised Missionary album with Snoop Dogg could see a release this November.
Dr. Dre, 59, spoke with Entertainment Tonight about his surprise performance with Snoop Dogg as the Summer Olympics concluded in Paris with the games taking place in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2028. The pre-recorded performance of “The Next Episode” was done with an “LA 28” backdrop in Snoop’s hometown of Long Beach. The concert also featured appearances from H.E.R., Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Billie Eilish.
The ET chat opened with the producer praising Snoop for bringing him out of his usual reclusive state in the studio to create magic onstage. Dre did make certain to let it be known that when it comes to producing and creating, he’s the “captain” to use his words but once more showed deference to the Doggfather for his ability to perform.
Later in the discussion, Dre shares details of his work on Missionary, which was initially billed as a followup to Snoop’s debut album Doggystyle on its 30th anniversary, which occurred in November of 2023. Dre’s goal now is to finish mixing between 14 to 16 songs for Missionary by September 1 to have it ready to go in November.
Other great points raised during the Dr. Dre interview were his views on the breaking competition in the Summer Olympics, his aspirations to join the games as an archer, and more.
Check out the chat below.
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Snoop Dogg became quite the fixture at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, employing his affable charm and eternal smooth image at will. It should safely be assumed that Snoop Dogg isn’t doing the Summer Olympics gig at a pro bono rate, and it’s being reported that he stands to rake in millions for his contributions.
Snoop Dogg, as we’ve said in these pages previously, might be the most recognizable public figure in the United States, if not the world. The Doggfather brought his signature cool to the Paris Games starting on July 26 with an epic showing as a torchbearer for the opening of the Summer Olympics that won’t be soon forgotten.
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According to venture capitalist Henry L. McNamara, Snoop, 52, is making six figures daily for his time in Paris but we will continue to state that these reports remain unconfirmed.
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“Sat next to an NBC exec at dinner, he said Snoop gets paid $500k a day plus expenses to be here promoting Olympics. From Gin and Juice to a few million to be a celebrity at the Olympics – what a world,” McNamara wrote on X on Sunday (August 4).
McNamara’s quip should be taken with a grain of salt as it isn’t expected that Snoop or NBC would want to reveal such detail to the public. That said, the expert job Snoop has done in getting involved with all aspects of Olympics coverage is commendable and he should be handsomely compensated. Further, there exists a relationship between the major broadcasting network and the rapper as Snoop worked as a judge on the hit series The Voice.
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From donning full equestrian gear to hopping in the pool with swimming legend Michael Phelps and exchanging words with Team USA’s women’s gymnastics team, NBC has gotten a lot of content and mileage out of the Long Beach, Calif. legend so perhaps the $8 million Snoop Dogg is slated to earn isn’t that much of a stretch once you tally up the 17 days of service.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will have its closing ceremonies on August 11.
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Snoop Dogg has spoken out about his special bond with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
In an interview with U.K. radio station Capital FM, the rapper sat down for tea at the posh Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel in London with interviewer Jordan North, where they touched on the “Gin and Juice” hitmaker’s relationship with the longest-reigning British Monarch.
“I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,” he said during the interview on July 23, presumably referring to Buckingham Palace. North replied, “Well, I’ve heard the future king, William, is a huge Snoop fan.”
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“Well, the Queen was a fan too,” Snoop remarked, adding, “Rest in peace to the Queen, that was my girl. You know what I’m saying? So, just may want to go up and, you know, see what you do.”
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This isn’t the first time Snoop has spoken about the Queen. In a 2015 interview published in The Guardian, he revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had intervened in his deportation from the U.K. amid calls for him to be kicked out of the country while he was touring back in 1994.
“When they tried to kick me out of England, the Queen made a comment that her grandbabies loved Snoop Doggy Dogg, and he had done no wrong in the U.K., so she gave me permission to be here,” he shared.
Snoop added, “Those grandbabies grew up to be Prince William and Harry, so I had influence on them, and they had influence on their grandmother, which enabled me to get into this beautiful country. They love my music, and it is what it is. There’s a mutual love and respect.”
Elsewhere in the Capital FM interview, Snoop spoke about another one of his unlikely friends – Martha Stewart.
As Jordan showed Snoop the ropes when it came to high tea etiquette, the rap star quipped, “Oh etiquette is key, I have a friend named Martha Stewart who loves teaching me that word etiquette. Yeah, in the hood we don’t have etiquette, we just get cracking, like a breakfast egg.”
In more Snoop-related news, the artist-turned-unofficial Olympic Ambassador has been busy exploring everything the Paris 2024 Olympics has to offer.
He has been a fan-favorite correspondent all over NBC broadcasts, providing lively coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games.
Recently, he caught up with swimming icon and 23-time gold medalist Michael Phelps for some tips in a video shared by NBC Sports on Monday (July 29). The 52-year-old has been spotted across the Olympic Village, cheering on gymnastics competitions, chatting with Simone Biles’ mother, and serving as an official torchbearer for the United States.
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If we know anything about Snoop Dogg it’s that he’ll always have a lighter on him of some sort, but he’s taking his flame-baring skills to another level during the Olympics as he’s been chosen to be one of the last torchbearers of the Olympic flame when the Olympic Games get underway in Paris this weekend.
Months after it was revealed that Snoop Lion (people don’t call him that enough) would be a commentator for the Olympic Games, Deadline is reporting that he will indeed be partaking in history when he carries the Olympic torch in Paris in a few days. Truth be told, we can’t wait to see it with our own eyes. Will he run with it, walk with it, or roll with it in a 6-4? We don’t know, but we hope he makes it without dropping it or using it to light a blunt. On second thought, we’d like to see him use it to light a spliff. They don’t call him Snoop Lion for nothing.
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Local media reported that Snoop Dog will carry the flame during its penultimate leg on Friday around the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, which is hosting part of the Olympic Village and is also home to Stade de France and the new Olympic Aquatics Centre.
The flame will then be head onto the Olympic cauldron in the Tuileries Gardens in central Paris, its final destination for the duration of the 2024 Olympics.
French personalities set to carry the flame on Friday include rapper MC Solaar, actress Laeticia Casta, Saint Omer film director Alice Diop, Paralympian Charles-Antoine Kouakou and rugby player Abdelatif Benazzi.
The identity of the final torchbearer has yet to be announced.
Yeah, this gives us more reason to tune into the Olympics opening ceremony this Friday. We wonder if he’s practicing how to carry it or if he’s just going to freestyle it once they pass him the torch. Either way, we’ll be watching as will the rest of the world.
Don’t f*ck this up, Snoop!!
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Snoop Dogg’s hit album Doggystyle, Skechers is launching a limited-edition Skechers x Snoop Dogg signature style slip-on sneakers, available exclusively on the Skechers website starting today.
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For Snoop Dogg fans and sneaker collectors, these exclusive kicks offered in both high-top and low-profile versions, featuring the renowned Doggystyle album artwork printed across the shoes infuses Snoop Dogg’s signature West Coast style with Skechers’ renowned comfort. With these one of a kind hands-free slip-in Skechers, you’ll feel completely secure without the traditional shoe laces.
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If that’s not enough, these sneakers deliver high-quality cushioning and support for everyday activities with its air-cooling memory foam insoles. For those looking to simplify your footwear and avoid the hassle of dealing with shoe laces, you’re in the right place.
The Skechers x Snoop Dogg collab is available now at Skechers.com.
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Skechers Slip-Ins: Snoop One Doggy Style
For those looking to add to your sneaker collection, consider adding this slip-in Doggy style pair. These unique hands-free sneakers are easy to put on and take off. You just slip them in and you’re good to go. According to the brand, this pair provides “flexible traction outsole,” referring to the bottom part of the shoe providing grip, stability, and ultimate comfort. This pair is covered in Doggystyle artwork from top to bottom, the design continues at sole of the shoe with its one of a kind Snoop Dogg-inspired “Doggy Dogg” print.
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Skechers Slip-ins: Snoop One Low Dogg Canvas
If you are looking for a more subtle design, consider these Snoop One Low Dogg Canvas Slip-on Skechers. You can get these in White, Tan, Navy, or Black. These shoes also come with a “Doggy Dogg” art-inspired print at the bottom of the shoe. Hurry, before they run out.
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Skechers Slip-in: Snoop One Low-G Leather
Add these alternative Slip-in Skechers to your sneaker collection. You can get this pair in Black/Green or White/Red. This pair features a low-profile premium leather upper, stretch laces, and a leopard print heel. The brand calls it the “Just Slip In, Snoop style.”
For more product recommendations, check out these Nike sneakers, these Hoka Ora Recovery Slides, and alternative slip-on footwear.
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The boss lady is bossing up again. Snoop Dogg’s wife is opening a gentleman’s club in Los Angeles, and we are here for it.
As reported by TMZ, Shante Broadus has her sights set on the nightlife industry. Last week, she announced the Players Club, a jiggle joint in downtown L.A. Shante hosted a private soft opening with the likes of her husband Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, friends and family in attendance. The venue is billed as the “newest and most exclusive,” and “is poised to redefine luxury and liberation in the city’s nightlife scene.”
Shante expressed her excitement in a formal press statement. “I am thrilled to introduce The Players Club to Los Angeles” she said. “This club is more than just a venue; it’s a celebration of empowerment, beauty, and entrepreneurship, providing a space where everyone can feel like a boss.” The grand opening is slotted for Wednesday, May 29. Guests expected to attend include Tiffany Haddish, Too $hort, radio personality Big Boy and Cedric the Entertainer. Additionally, music will be curated by DJ Sky High Baby and DJ Drama.
Entrepreneurship seems to run in the Broadus family. Over the last decade, her husband Snoop Dogg has served as a brand ambassador with several companies including Petco, Corona, Burger King, Bic and AirBNB. In 2023, he released his Snoop Cereal in partnership with Post Foods. Earlier this year, he and Master P alleged Walmart purposely refused to stock their shelves with the breakfast food in an effort to maliciously sabotage their brand.
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Snoop Dogg is currently in a phase of his life where he is unlocking achievements, and we are just sitting back and watching him do amazing things outside of making Hip-Hop songs.
Deadline reports that Snoop Dogg will be returning to The Voice, but this time in a full-time capacity. The West Coast legend and Jazz singer Michael Bublé will join Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani, and host Carson Daily when the show returns for season 26 in the fall.
The “Gin & Juice” crafter was a part of season 20 of The Voice as a mega mentor, while Bublé was an advisor to Team Blake in Season 3.
In typical Snoop fashion, he called Reba “the queen” of The Voice, adding, “I can be the king that brings the style, the funk, the fun,” per Deadline.
Snoop and Bublé will replace outgoing hosts John Legend, Chance The Rapper, and Dan+ Shay.
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The news about the Doggfather comes after a plethora of other announcements. Last week, we learned his “Gin & Juice” liquor brand is now sponsoring an NCAA bowl game, giving us the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl.
“College football fans are exhausted by the constant talk around NIL, conference realignment, coach movement, transfer portal, and super conferences,” Snoop Dogg said in a video.
“So it’s time to get back to the roots of college football and what it was focused on — the colleges, the players, the competition, the community, fan experience, and the pageantry. Being a fan, coach, and supporter of all levels of the game, I’ve sent many players through my SYFL [Snoop Youth Football League] to colleges and the NFL, so it’s only fitting that I step up and help get this thing right.”
Snoop will also lend his legendary voice as a commentator for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics.