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Over the years Snoop Dogg has proven to be a prominent business man in the game and when he sees some problems on the horizon he knows to get the heck out of dodge while he can.
Variety is reporting that esports organization and lifestyle brand, FaZe Clan has announced that Tha Doggfather has resigned from his position on their board of directors “effective immediately” following the news that their stock had taken a hit when it went public. Though no specific reason was given for Snoop’s sudden departure, FaZe Clan says their relationship with the Hip-Hop icon remains on the up and up and will continue their alliance with Snoop in future endeavors.
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“Mr. Broadus’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company or any of its subsidiaries,” the statement noted. In a statement shared with Variety, FaZe Clan adds, “Our relationship with Snoop remains positive as we will continue a multi-year collaboration agreement between Snoop and FaZe. The FaZe Holdings Inc. Board of Directors will continue with 9 members. Please visit our website at investors.fazeclan.com for more information.”
You have to wonder why Snoop would suddenly walk away from his gig on the board of directors just months into his newfound gig. Back in December of 2022 it was reported that FaZe Clan had wooed Snoop into that position with $1.9 million in stock and $248,000 worth of stock for his son along with companies controlled by his spouse and his manager. That’s a helluva come up. But since going public stock for FaZe Clan began to tumble before falling beneath $1 this past January.
But that’s not keeping the company from continuing to mush forward as it plans to keep it’s brand growing and rolling until the wheels fall off.
Still, FaZe Clan has made several promotions across the company over the past few months, and before this year, had announced a three-year plan for its TV content, including a “Saturday Night Live”-style series for its Gen Z audience, which they detailed in an in-depth interview with Variety last April.
Looks like they’ll have to be doing so without the guidance of Tha Doggfather.
What do y’all think of Snoop bailing on FaZe Clan? Let us know in the comments section below.
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No one is living life more than Snoop Dogg.
Snoop Dogg’s post-rap career has been legendary. No, he isn’t retired from Hip-Hop, but he continues to scratch things off his bucket list.
The “Gin & Juice” crafter can now add a Wrestlemania win to his list of achievements. The Doggfather got his WWE win during an impromptu match between his co-host, The Miz, and Shane McMahon, who was making his return to the WWE ring.
For those who enjoy professional wrestling, everyone knows everything that happens in the ring is scripted, but sometimes things happen. Unfortunately for Shane O’ Mac, a freak injury knocked Vince McMahon’s son out of the game, but thankfully, Snoop Dogg was there to save the day.
In the first 15 seconds of the match, McMahon appeared to injure his knee after pulling off an acrobatic move forcing the company to make a game-time decision.
Who would have thought the audible the WWE would call would be Martha Stewart’s homie hopping the ring to show off his wrestling skills at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles?
With some instruction from the referee, Snoop Dogg hit The Miz with a People’s Elbow, shoutout to The Rock, and secured the win with a pin.
Snoop Dogg Was Living At Wrestlemania
Wrestling Twitter was here for Uncle Snoop completing another side quest while handling hosting duties at Wrestlemania. “I just looked back and it seemed like Jessika Carr told Snoop Dogg to hit the People’s Elbow. What an incredible save to that segment,” one Twitter user wrote.
Snoop had himself a day. He also drove Rey Mysterio to the ring in a lowrider before his match against his son Dominik Mysterio to honor the late Eddie Guerrero.
Salute to Snoop Dogg. You can see more reactions to his fun time at Wrestlemania in the gallery below.
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1. Triple H shows love to Snoop Dogg
2. For the culture
3. They need to make this happen immediately
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It appears that a Mississippi news meteorologist with a history of saying the exact wrong thing to Black people has gotten the boot after she made an ill-advised reference to rapper Snoop Dogg while on air.
According to Deadline, Barbie Bassett has not been on the air for NBC affiliate WLBT since March 8, the day she made what she probably thought was a clever quip about the idea of a Snoop collaboration with a newsroom journalist.
“Fo shizzle, my nizzle,” Bassett, who is, well not Black, said.
OK, OK — just wait a second, guys. Maybe Bassett simply didn’t understand what the “n” in “nizzle” actually stands for.
She might have been thinking, “For sure, my nephew.” Or maybe she had no idea what any of it was translating.
“For sanctuary, my neighbor.”
“For social studies? My notebook!”
“For shares and sh*t, my network.”
“For Sizzler, my napkin.”
She could have thought she was saying any of these things.
But, again, this is apparently not Bassett’s first racist slip of the noose…I mean, tongue.
From Deadline:
The station’s chief meteorologist as well as anchor, Bassett has previously caused controversy with a comment, referring to a black reporter’s “grandmammy” on air. She later apologized.
She is no longer listed on the station’s website, according to the Clarion Ledger. And Bassett has not shared anything on Twitter since the same day – her silence including this weekend when a deadly tornado struck Mississippi, sparking huge chatter among meteorologists.
Naaaah, but hold up! Let’s be clear, Bassett didn’t just tell a Black reporter to consult her “grandmammy” about a “chocolate pie,” but she began her remarks by saying “giiiiirl” and “sis’” in the whitest ways you have ever heard those words uttered.
Bruh, my secondhand embarrassment has secondhand embarrassment.
In both videos, Bassett clearly leaves her poor co-stars bowing their heads and looking around nervously as if they’re trying to dodge the ricochet backlash they know Evil Barbara Walters is generating for herself with every word that comes out of her mouth.
It’s unclear if Bassett was actually fired, suspended or what, but if she wasn’t fired, this meteorologist’s future likely depends on her ability to withstand the storm (see what I did there?) her unmitigated caucasity has created.
I’m just saying, she might be looking for a job at Fox News soon.
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At this point, Snoop Dogg has beaten the game and is now just doing financial side missions by dipping his thumb into various ventures outside of his illustrious career as a recording artist. Apparently, the Doggystyle rapper is even an aficionado of things most people don’t have a clue about like the world of web3, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology. This brings us to Snoop’s latest launched venture, Shiller.
From Digital Music News:
The app describes itself as a ‘live broadcast platform’ that will combine web3 technology with real-time live-streaming content. Snoop Dogg is a co-founder alongside technology entrepreneur Sam Jones. “Get ready for the web3 live stream revolution,” the announcement post begins. “Say goodbye to middlemen and hello to true creator empowerment with Shiller!”
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Snoop Dogg has been striking NFT and web3 adjacent partnerships for well over two years now. In April 2022, Snoop Dogg partnered with the Sandbox metaverse to launch an NFT collection of Snoop Avatars, debuting with the single, “A Hard Working Man.” The rapper also partnered with Yuga Labs, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection. For that partnership, Snoop performed on a metaverse-transformed stage at the MTV Music Awards in August 2022.
Shiller purports to differentiate itself from platforms like Twitch and Tik Tok by using blockchain technology, which “is a method of recording information that makes it impossible or difficult for the system to be changed, hacked or manipulated.” Shiller will also integrate NFTs and web3 so content creators can monetize their streams and cut out “middlemen” platforms like Tik Tok and YouTube.
Good luck to Snoop Dogg and his latest quest into the tech world. This man really does everything, don’t he?
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Get your lungs ready now. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have announced they are hitting the stage together again with the High School Reunion tour.
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As spotted on Hypebeast, the two friends and frequent collaborators are bringing their unique brand of chemistry to life this summer. On Monday, March 6 Snoop and Wiz announced the High School Reunion tour. This upcoming run will also include Too $hort, Warren G and Berner featuring special guest DJ Drama. Produced by Live Nation, the massive 33-city tour kicks off Friday, July 7 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The High School Reunion tour is making stops across the U.S. in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston and more before wrapping up in Irvine, CA at FivePoint Amphitheatre Saturday Aug. 27.
Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg will not only perform their respective classics but will also celebrate the release of the forthcoming sequel to their 2012 film Mac & Devin Go to High School. The stoner cult follows two high school students, geeky Devin and badman Mac, a stoner who befriends Devin and introduces him to cannabis. The high school’s name, “N. Hale,” is based on Nate Dogg’s real name, Nathaniel Hale and is also a play on the word “inhale”.
Tickets for the High School Reunion tour will be available starting with artist and Citi presales beginning Tuesday March 7. More info on Citi presale is below. The general sale will begin Friday March 10 at 9 a.m. local time on ticketmaster.com. You can find the complete tour dates below.
Jul 07 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Jul 08 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Jul 09 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Jul 12 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Jul 15 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Jul 16 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Jul 18 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Jul 20 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Jul 21 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Jul 23 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Jul 26 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Jul 28 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Jul 29 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
Jul 30 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug 01 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Aug 02 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Aug 05 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Aug 06 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Aug 08 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Aug 09 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
Aug 11 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Aug 12 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 15 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Aug 18 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Aug 19 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 20 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Aug 22 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Aug 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Aug 25 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Aug 26 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
Aug 27 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
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It’s been more than two decades since the cult classic Hip-Hop comedy The Wash flopped at movie theaters, but it seems like the Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg film may get a new lease on life as a reboot is in the works.
On Friday (March 3), DJ Pooh took to Twitter to announce that The Wash would live on in this new era posting an orange The Wash water bucket and writing, “It all comes out in ‘The Wash’ Series Coming!” Well, we didn’t ask for this but now we’re curious to see who is cast to star in the series and how they’ll go about executing the comedy in the era of cancel culture.
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The original film, starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, kinda bombed at the box office generating just $10 million dollars; it was made on a $7 million dollar budget. Though it was panned by critics and currently sits at an 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Wash went on to gain cult classic status as its popularity grew over the years. Aside from starring Dre and Snoop, the film boasts cameos from early 2000s Hip-Hop stars such as Eminem, Xzibit, Shaquille O’Neal and Ludacris, at a time when rappers and celebrities in films wasn’t exactly the norm yet.
Now that The Wash is experiencing a rebirth of sorts, it should be interesting to see which rappers (if any) will be partaking in the rebooted series and whether or not Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will be involved in any capacity.
Are you looking forward to seeing The Wash as a new TV series, or do you think they should’ve just left the film alone? Let us know in the comments section below.
As a rapper, Snoop Dogg has an incredibly busy lifestyle, and his footwear needs to be up to par. Enter footwear brand Skechers, which the rapper donned for the brand’s 2023 Super Bowl commercial on Sunday night (Feb. 12).
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“We’ve arrived, Mr. Dogg,” the rapper’s jet pilot says after touching down at an airport. “Time to slip in,” the 51-year-old says from the comfort of his seat on a private jet as he slips into a pair of royal-blue Skechers sneakers. A green lowrider car awaits the star, which promptly takes him to a packed concert — Snoop swaps his blue ensemble for a yellow one that consists of a matching pair of Skechers while performing his hits to cheering fans.
But the rapper’s duties don’t stop there: Snoop wears Skechers while performing a paper route, while doing a shift at the dog grooming salon, and even during a kid’s little league football game where he acts as coach. Snoop’s Skechers also make it all the way to the White House, where IRL friend Martha Stewart asks the question on everyone’s mind as he sits in the president’s seat. “Hey, Snoop, how do you do all this stuff?” she asks. “Skechers, baby, shoes made for all walks of life,” the rapper responds.
Snoop joins a list of music stars appearing in 2023 Super Bowl commercials, including Diddy’s Uber One ad (which co-stars Kelis, Montell Jordan, Donna Lewis and Haddaway); Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Dunkin’ Donuts ad; Jack Harlow with Missy Elliott and Elton John in a Doritos ad; John Travolta in a T-Mobile ad; Sarah McLachlan in a Busch Light ad; and Metro Boomin in a Budweiser ad.
Watch Snoop’s 2023 Super Bowl commercial for Skechers in the video above.
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Over the decades he’s spent in the rap game, Snoop Dogg has earned himself all kinds of accolades and awards, but the Doggfather has a bone to pick with the Recording Academy as he’s never been the recipient of the highly-coveted Grammy Award.
A day after Beyoncé made history by taking home a record 29th Grammy Award, Snoop Dogg took to his Instagram account to point out the fact that though he’s dropped multiple classic songs and albums and has earned himself 20 Grammy Award nominations, he’s never taken a single golden trophy home. Posting the names of a few rap artists who’ve won multiple Grammy’s, Snoop wrote in the caption “Snoop dogg. 20 nominations. 0 wins. 👊🏾🐾👏🏿.”
It is lowkey bewildering that Snoop’s never taken home a single Grammy given his prolific run in which he’s dropped bangers such as “What’s My Name,” “Beautiful,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” and “Sexual Eruption.”
Still, the Recording Academy never blessed him with a single win. Even being besties with Martha Stewart didn’t seem to sway them in his direction. Still, regardless of how he feels about constantly being snubbed by the Academy, Snoop Dogg did partake in the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective event in honor of Dr. Dre. and others and performed at the pre-Grammy ceremony. So he can’t be that mad at them.
What do y’all think of Snoop Dogg never having received a Grammy award? Which year should he have taken one home? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame class will include some of the most influential musicians of the past few decades. Sade, Teddy Riley, and Snoop Dogg were announced as the incoming inductees among the talented individuals previously honored in the hall.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame made the announcement by way of a press announcement that was republished on its website, naming the aforementioned Sade, Teddy Riley, and Snoop Dogg alongside Glen Ballard, Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne, and Liz Rose.
More from the Songwriters Hall of Fame:
Musical icons Sade Adu p/k/a Sade, Glen Ballard, Calvin Broadus Jr. p/k/a Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne, Teddy Riley, and Liz Rose will become the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization’s 52nd Annual Induction and Awards Gala. These legendary songwriters are credited with mega-hits such as “Smooth Operator,” “Man In the Mirror,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Mr. Blue Sky,” “My Prerogative,” and “You Belong With Me.” The star-studded event is slated for Thursday, June 15th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Additional special award honorees will be announced soon.
SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers added in a statement, “The music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first. Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch . . . nothing, it all starts with the song and the songwriter.”
True words.
Congratulations to the incoming 2023 class of inductees to the hall.
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Welcome to “Tha Dogg House.”
Snoop Dogg and Funko opened their first-ever co-branded storefront on Friday, where fans can scoop up the “Dogg House” collection of Snoop-inspired Funko Pop! and GOLD figurines also available at Funko.com and Amazon while supplies last.
Located at 913 S. Prairie Ave. in Inglewood, Calif., “Tha Dogg House” is steps away from Snoop Dogg Clothing and directly across the street from SoFi Stadium. The collaboration, marking Funko and Snoop’s first time partnering on a retail space, came together with help from Snoop’s longtime friend and collaborator DJ Skee.
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“We already love their products, but [DJ Skee] put me in touch with the business side of it,” Snoop told Billboard during the grand opening on Friday. “Once we started talking about business and the things that we could do, it was just a natural fit.”
Inside “Tha Dogg House,” fans will find exclusive collectibles from Funko’s Pop! and GOLD lines, including a figurine of Snoop in his Lakers jersey and a fur coat, Pop! vinyls of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., plus a ton of other products spanning sports, music, anime, movies TV and more.
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Opening the store is a “dream come true” for Snoop, who now has two stores in the same plaza and he might be adding a third. “I’m thinking about opening an ice cream shop called Dr. Bombay’s Ice Cream,” he said.
“It feels good,” Snoop added of having two stores. “As a kid I never even dreamed of having one store, so to have two in the same shopping center, right across the street from SoFi Stadium, this is like a dream come true.”
Besides shopping, fans can snap photos in front of the massive Snoop mural and life-size Pop figures of LeBron James, Tupac and others.
The green flooring inside the store mimics a football field, a nod to Snoop’s love of sports. The 51-year-old rapper runs a youth football league and performed at the Super Bowl halftime show last year, and while he had “no advice” for Rihanna ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show next month, he invited the “Lift Me Up” singer to visit the store and The Compound, his massive studio space located in Inglewood.
“The only advice I have for [Rihanna] is to stop by this store, come by The Compound, and come see me in the ‘green room.’”
On another note, with 2023 just getting started, Snoop’s plans include continuing to inspire the youth. “Making money, making a difference,” he said. “I was a kid that dreamed of [success] and it happened, so I want to give kids a chance to actually live their dreams before they get to [my] age. Sometimes that’s just being around me, being around this environment. That means a lot because I had none of this as a kid and I became [successful]. Imagine if I could give them more than what I never had?”
Shop Snoop’s Funko Pop! figurines below.
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