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Dr. Dre recently worked with Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Eminem on Snoop’s twentieth studio album, Missionary. Dr. Dre said the four of them worked seamlessly together in the studio. Though Snoop and Eminem briefly feuded in 2020, they said the latter brought his all to the song. Dr. Dre said Eminem was willing to critique what they were working on to make it better.

Dr. Dre said Eminem is critical in the studio when working with Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent

Decades after working with Snoop on Doggystyle, Dr. Dre produced Missionary. On the album, he worked with Snoop, Eminem, and 50 Cent on the song “Gun Smoke.”

“The critiques come from Eminem,” Dr. Dre told Complex. “It’s like a friendly competition among us. And it’s healthy. You’ll hear it. Like the way 50 showed up on the first verse. Then Snoop comes in and then Eminem shows up...

Years after starting his music career, Snoop Dogg is still very famous, a fact that collaborator Dr. Dre finds miraculous. In 2024, Snoop described himself as a “walking miracle” in the song “Skyscrapers” off his album Missionary. Dr. Dre spoke about what it meant for Snoop to still be relevant after all these years.

Dr. Dre said it’s a miracle that Snoop Dogg is still as famous as he is

In the song “Skyscrapers,” Snoop said, “F*** being lyrical, I’m a walking miracle.” He shared what he meant by this.

“[S]ometimes the lyrics get lost, especially in the industry right now,” he told Complex. “Lyrics aren’t that upfront. It’s more about jingles and whatnot. So we want to let it be known what it really is, and what it’s really about. If you’re really an Mc, this is what matters. Your song structure, your bars,...

Since Snoop Dogg’s 1993 debut, Doggystyle, Dr. Dre has only sporadically produced a track or two for his former protégé, which makes the idea of the West Coast legend helming an entire Snoop album in 2024 such an intriguing prospect. While Snoop’s claims to artistic legitimacy largely went out the window around the time that he signed with Master P, Dre’s credentials have remained mostly intact. The hope, then, was that this reunion might ignite a much-needed fire under Snoop’s ass and result in an album with more energy and focus than the placeholder projects he’s been churning out of late.

A sequel to Doggystyle in the loosest sense imaginable, Missionary is easily the most eager-to-please project Snoop has attached his name to in quite some time. His verses are nimble, delivered with a touch more gusto than the stock laidback routine he’s been coasting on...

Snoop Dogg’s got a new album out today, it’s produced primarily by Dr. Dre — marking their first full collaboration since Doggystyle — and you better believe it boasts a centerpiece song about weed. One that features Jelly Roll and even samples Tom Petty.

“Last Dance with Mary Jane” borrows its hook and title from Petty’s 1993 song of the sorta-same name (“Mary Jane’s Last Dance”). This gives the track a rootsy vibe as Snoop reflects on his lifelong relationship with weed, dating all the way back to his first...

Jelly Roll and Snoop Dogg surprised fans with an announcement this week. They also offered up a special appearance between the two of them, which ended with Snoop’s favorite mode of celebration. Soon, fans will get to hear a lot more of the two stars together.

Here is what Snoop Dogg and Jelly Roll had to announce and what it all means.

Snoop Dogg & Jelly Roll Made Major Announcement

Snoop Dogg made a surprise appearance during Jelly Roll’s Nashville concert on Tuesday. This was part of Jelly’s Beautifully Broken tour, and Snoop came out and greeted the crowd. The two then shocked the audience by debuting a new song that is a collaboration between the two.

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The song the two sang was from Snoop’s upcoming album, Missionary. The entire moment was shared with fan-shot footage. They sang “Last Dance with Mary Jane.” The song...

Snoop Dogg’s new single from his upcoming Dr. Dre-produced album Missionary takes major inspiration from the Police’s 1979 single “Message in A Bottle,” using part of the melody and Sting’s replayed version of the guitar line — as well as fresh vocals from the former Police frontman.

“Me and Snoop made a recording of ‘Message In A Bottle’, which he’s called something else,” Sting recently told BBC Radio 2. “I played the guitar and I sang on it, but Snoop also sings on this, which is quite a revelation to me.

Snoop Dogg keeps ‘em coming. A week after releasing “Outta da Blue” and a month after dropping “Gorgeous,” the Doggfather is back again with “Another Part of Me,” a Sting-featuring duet that arrives as the latest single from his upcoming album, Missionary.

Produced by Dr. Dre and The ICU, “Another Part of Me” kicks off with a mock-live feel, with a crowd cheering as a grooving reimagination of “Message in a Bottle” plays, anchored by the song’s iconic guitar riff. Snoop then enters with auto-tuned vocals, singing a melody inspired by The Police’s original, before settling into his signature rap flow.

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After that, Sting gets his turn, and actually delivers a quasi-rap himself, with quick-flowing lines like “Time is present, I stay active, momma’s laughing when we’s rapping/ Millions stacking, look what happened, life just isn’t the same” and the closing couplet,...

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre have released “Outta Da Blue,” the latest single from their upcoming collaborative album, Missionary.

Featuring Alus, “Outta Da Blue” sees Snoop and Dre trade verses over a booming beat, produced by Dre, Dem Jointz, BoogzDaBeast, and Fnz. On the chorus, Alus delivers a memorable hook that references the album’s title, Missionary, and then interpolates the gun-shooting, money-taking refrain from M.I.A.’s 2007 hit, “Paper Planes.”

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Arriving via Death Row, Aftermath, and Interscope, “Outta Da Blue” is the second single to arrive from Missionary, following the Jhené Aiko-featuring track “Gorgeous,” which arrived earlier this month. Before its release, “Outta Da Blue” was previewed by Snoop and Dre on a live episode of Drink Champs, and was also used in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix film, Back in Action. Stream “Outta Da Blue” below.

Missionary itself is due on December 13th,...

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are giving us another taste of Missionary, Snoop’s upcoming album. On Thursday, the pair released “Outta Da Blue,” also featuring Alus, which will be included on Snoop’s album, due out Dec. 13.

“Some n—as is all bark, my n—as, we all bite,” raps Snoop in the fourth verse before Dre joins in: “You gambling with your life? Well fuck it, let’s roll the dice.”

In the chorus, Alus channels M.I.A.’s 2008 hit “Paper Planes” as she sings, “All I wanna do is bla-bla-bla-blaow/And then,...

One of the greatest duos in hip-hop is back. On Thursday, October 31st, Snoop Dogg revealed the tracklist for his upcoming Dr. Dre-produced album, Missionary, which will include guest appearances by Sting, Eminem, and more. He also dropped the album’s first single, “Gorgeous,” featuring Jhené Aiko.

Due on December 13th via Death Row, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope, Missionary will mark Snoop’s first album fully produced by Dre since his 1993 debut, Doggystyle. Spanning 15 tracks, the new album’s guest features will also include Jelly Roll, Method Man, 50 Cent, Dre himself, and more. Tom Petty is also credited on a track called “Last Dance With Mary Jane,” which presumably samples his song “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.” Check out the artwork and full tracklist below.

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The single, “Gorgeous,” has a lot of hallmarks of a great Snoop track, with a mid-tempo beat and a...

Snoop Dogg is getting into position for the release of his upcoming album Missionary, out Dec. 13. The rapper recruited Jhené Aiko for “Gorgeous,” the first single from the Dr. Dre-produced LP, which features additional production from Blu2th, Preach Bal4, and FredWreck.

The upbeat track sees Snoop and Aiko swapping vocals. On the chorus, she croons, “Under the skies, stars in your eyes/ This is euphoric/ We can be anything, this is everything/ We do the wildest things ’til six in the mornin’.”

Snoop announced the record with a...

Snoop Dogg has announced that his 20th studio album, Missionary, will arrive on December 13, in a trailer on Instagram. It will be the first album Dr. Dre has produced for him since 1993’s Doggystyle.

The rapper announced the album with a playful social media trailer featuring two Mormon missionaries arriving at the door of a woman dressed in lingerie. “Your ad said you were dedicated to missionary work!” she complains, with a can of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s new cocktail, Gin & Juice in hand.

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After rising to fame in the early 1990s with his debut album Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg quickly became a prominent figure in the West Coast hip-hop scene and a key player in the genre’s evolution. With his unique laid-back flow and storytelling abilities, he made his mark in the music industry. Although the rapper became one of the biggest, most loved artists in the industry, he never strayed from his values and morals.

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In fact, the 53-year-old has stuck to his guns so much so that he even turned down a $100 million OnlyFans in respect for his wife of 27 years, Shante Broadus.

The reason Snoop Dogg gave up a $100 million OnlyFans deal

Over the years, Snoop Dogg has become known for his humor and interest in various businesses. After all, the rapper started his own line of dog clothes and accessories,...

Dr Sales, the international sales arm of Danish pubcaster Dr, is launching at Mipcom in Cannes Dr Drama’s latest event series “Generations,” mixing crime, mystery and family secrets.

Making her debut in long-form serialised drama is Anna Emma Haudal, behind DR3’s hit youth series “Doggystyle” for which she won a national Robert Award for best short series in 2019. Haudal shares the writing credits with seasoned writer Rune-Schjøtt-Wieth and co-directs with Thomas Daneskov (“Wild Men”) and Ville Gideon Sörman (“I See You”).

Toplining the drama is rising talent Alice Bier who landed the title role in Netflix’s period drama “Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction,” after an appearance in her mother Susanne Bier’s “The Night Manager.” In other main roles are seasoned actresses Ulla Henningsen, Anette Støvelbæk as well as Simon Sears (“Ride Upon the Storm”).

The series opens with the discovery of a mummified infant during a...

There’s nothing like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s musical connection. In an interview Monday, after the pair took the stage at a California beach as part of the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony, Dre spoke with Entertainment Tonight about working with Snoop for the first time in 30 years on the rapper’s upcoming album.

Dre said that he produced the entire record, and provided vocals on a couple of songs (though he said he thinks only one will make the final cut). He also teased the “amazing roster of...

On a rainy Nov. 15, 2023, a small group of music and film luminaries gathered at the Village Recorder, the famed studio housed in an old Masonic temple in West L.A. where everything from Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk to Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle was recorded.

Among them were Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne. They had come to celebrate the life of Robbie Robertson, legendary frontman of The Band, successful solo artist and prolific film score producer for whom the studio was like a second home. Robertson had died three months earlier after an excruciating battle with prostate cancer — long in remission but back with a vengeance in 2022 — that had spread to his spine and brain. He was 80.

Scorsese emceed the memorial, in which he tearfully spoke of his brotherhood with Robertson. The director, 81, was a longtime collaborator of Robertson’s, having helmed the seminal 1978 rockumentary The Last Waltz,...

Over the past week or so, Apple Music has slowly unveiled the titles included in its list of the “100 best albums.” Today, the top 10 albums were revealed, with Miss Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill claiming the No. 1 spot. Rounding out the top five are Michael Jackson’s Thriller; The Beatles’ Abbey Road; Prince’s Purple Rain; and Frank Ocean’s Blonde.

The top 10 also includes Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life; Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version); Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black; Nirvana’s Nevermind; and Beyoncé’s Lemonade.

In all honestly, it’s a pretty safe top 10, especially considering the drama that unfolded when Apple unveiled picks 11-20 and slotted Adele’s 21 at No. 15 and Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) at No. 18 — ahead of albums like Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds,...

Hip-hop artist Dr. Dre has been a legend in the music industry since he began working with the Nwa. Primarily a music producer, he has worked with iconic performers such as Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Ice Cube among others. The Compton native was recently honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the industry.

Adding on to ‘Dre Day’ was the hip-hop-inspired AI art that imagined legendary hip-hop artists as superheroes. The art depicted Dr. Dre as the Joker, while other rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, the Notorious Big, and Eazy-e also had their own iterations of popular superheroes.

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Since the ‘80s, producer and rapper Dr. Dre has been active in the industry and has found fame due to his artistry as a producer and rapper.

Dr. Dre has revealed Eminem is returning with a new album in 2024. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday (March 19th), Dre said Em gave his blessing to announce the big news.

“Eminem is working on his own album, which is coming out this year,” Dre said. “I actually talked to him and he said it was okay for me to make that announcement right here on this show. So he has an album coming out, I’ve got songs on it and it’s fire.”

He continued, “I’m actually gonna hear the entire album for the first time tomorrow. He holds his music close to his chest, so I haven’t heard everything. I haven’t even heard everything complete that I’ve done, but I’m gonna hear it, and he’s putting out an album this year.”

After Kimmel pointed out Dre is very hands-on with any music he produces,...

Dr. Dre made his first late-night television appearance in three decades last night, stopping by Jimmy Kimmel Live after earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The rapper spoke to host Jimmy Kimmel in a lengthy interview about his career, with Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent later joining the conversation.

During the interview, Dr. Dre shared his enthusiasm for getting the star, his unlikely fans (which have apparently included a group of nuns), and the collaborative process of making music. “Do artists from other genres often approach you...

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg have reunited to launch Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop, a new canned alcoholic beverage paying tribute to their classic 1994 song of the same name.

Available in four flavors — Citrus, Melon, Passionfruit, and Apricot — the ready-to-drink cocktails have begun rolling out in the US now through early spring. The canned beverage comes through Dre and Snoop’s new premium spirits company. According to a press release, more products will be announced in the future.

“Together, we always try to create magic, we’re having fun being creative, and everything about this product is really us,” Dre said in a statement. “There’s passion behind it, and friendship and love and a culture. We’re shooting to make everything we do magnificent, and fortunately, most of the time we hit the target.”

Snoop added, “Look at our age and look at what we’ve done, and we still love each other,...

Snoop Dogg is, for lack of a better term, a pretty bizarre figure in pop culture, one whose longevity and chameleon-like skills are something of an anomaly in hip-hop. Rappers turned actors like LL Cool J and Ice-t have been able to effectively sand down the more bellicose elements of their personas for mass consumption, but the former never made as hard of a family-friendly pivot as Snoop, and you’re unlikely to find Ice-t chillin’ with Justin Bieber.

Born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Snoop Dogg—formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg, and, for a brief moment when he was exploring Rastafarianism, Snoop Lion—is a man for every season, or, more accurately, an entertainer for any occasion. Between all of his acting credits, Twitch livestreams, and cooking-show antics with Bff Martha Stewart, one could easily forget that he’s a music artist who’s dabbled in just about every genre, from gangsta rap to gospel.

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From his 1993 debut album Doggystyle, to his 2022 collab album with E-40, Too $hort, and Ice Cube, there are few artists whose music spans generations the way Snoop Dogg does. That’s why Skechers turned to the icon for a range of footwear that parallels his legacy and iconography for their second capsule drop.

Snoop redefined hip-hop with his slow, easy-going tempos, slick verses, and West Coast influence.

Comrade Snoop Dogg has cancelled his upcoming performances at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl in solidarity with the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The pair of concerts were announced in celebration of the 30th anniversary of his classic debut album Doggystyle.

“We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show,” Snoop wrote on Instagram Tuesday. “We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA during this difficult time and remain hopeful that the AMPTP will come back to the negotiating table with a Real proposal and we can all get back to work.”

The Doggystyle anniversary shows were originally slated for June 27th and 28th, but Snoop postponed them in solidarity with WGA writers strike. Now that SAG-AFTRA has joined the fight for fair contracts from the AMPTP,...

Snoop Dogg is disappointing fans but delighting striking actors and writers by cancelling his upcoming shows at the Hollywood Bowl.

On Tuesday, the rapper and actor took to Instagram to announce the cancellation of those shows — which had originally been postponed from June to Oct. 20 and 21 — in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

The concerts were to mark the 30th anniversary of his 1993 debut studio album, Doggystyle.

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“We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show,” Snoop wrote.

“We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA during this difficult time and remain hopeful that the AMPTP will come back to the negotiating table with...

Snoop Dogg has canceled his pair of “Doggystyle” 30th anniversary Hollywood Bowl concerts amidst the ongoing strikes from the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, the rapper announced Tuesday.

“We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show,” Snoop wrote in an Instagram statement. “We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA during this difficult time and remain hopeful that the AMPTP will come back to the negotiating table with a real proposal and we can all get back to work.”

The “Drop It Like Its Hot” singer first rescheduled the concerts with Dr. Dre, originally set for June 27 and June 28, to Oct. 20 and Oct. 21. He posted a video announcing that decision on June 2, a month after the WGA first went on strike.

Updated with details of cancellation: Snoop Dogg’s much-anticipated two-night Hollywood Bowl engagement to mark the 30th anniversary of his career-making Doggystyle album was officially canceled today, with the artist citing the ongoing strikes by writers and actors. Snoop has repeatedly demonstrated his support for striking actors and writers.

In a statement posted online, Snoop Dogg wrote, “We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show. We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in the WGA and SAG/AFTRA during this difficult time and remain hopeful that the AMPTP will come back to the negotiating table with a Real proposal and we can all get back to work.”

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Wiz Khalifa stopped at his hometown to throw the first pitch before the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians game at Pnc Park in Pennsylvania on Monday.

According to Khalifa, however, the moment called for some extra festivities.

Before taking the pitcher’s mound, the artist tweeted, “Finna get stoned af and throw this first pitch at the pirates game,” and later added, “Shroomed out throwin a baseball is crazy.”

Shroomed out throwin a baseball is crazy.

— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) July 17, 2023

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Dr. Dre has revealed why he turned down opportunities to work with fellow legends like Michael Jackson, Prince, and Stevie Wonder. While appearing on a recent episode of Kevin Hart’s Peacock talk show Hart to Heart, the producer said he “bowed out” of the collaborations because he didn’t want to tarnish how he felt about them as artists.

“They just asked me to work with them and I just was like, ‘What the fuck am I going to do with them?'” Dre told Hart after being asked whether he had any regrets. He elaborated that he didn’t want to affect “the way I feel about Stevie, Prince, Michael, Bruce Springsteen, and all of these amazing artists,” which “could change by working with them.”

“These are my fucking heroes,” he said. “I like the idea of what I grew up listening to and I want to keep it like that.

Snoop Dogg is standing in solidarity with Hollywood writers who are demanding better pay and contracts for their work.

On Saturday, the rapper showed his support by sharing footage from a protest that took place in Los Angeles on Friday, uploading photos and videos from the rally.

“Got 2 support !!” Snoop captioned a post, which included images of Death Row Records pioneer, K Dubb, and Los Angeles based hip-hop radio host, Big Boy. While it’s unclear whether or not Snoop was in attendance, it appears he and fellow rapper Dr. Dre contributed to the protest by sponsoring food like wings, waffles and bagels for protesters, as seen below in photos of signage from the event.

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Los Angeles, June 3 (Ians) Rapper Snoop Dogg’s summer concerts celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut studio album, ‘Doggystyle’ have been postponed.

Originally scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at the Hollywood Bowl, the shows have now been pushed back to October 20 and 21, reports Variety.

The rapper made the announcement via Instagram, informing fans and followers in a video.

“Hollywood Bowl! June 26 and 27, we gotta move that date! Me and Dr Dre, we stand in solidarity with the writers, so what we’re gonna do, we gonna push it back to October 20 and Oct. 21.”

The post was accompanied by the caption: “Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the DGA and SAG/AFTRA negotiations, we have decided to postpone the shows scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at the Hollywood Bowl.”

Snoop Dogg concluded the caption by sharing his support with those on strike: “We stand in solidarity with the unions...

WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser issued a clarion call to members and supporters earlier today.

“When you walk in circles in front of every studio in town,” he tells the guild’s members in the clip (watch it below), “you are carrying with you a cause that is larger than just us and this business, though just us and this business would have been enough. We are marching for labor, and labor is watching us.”

Not long after, Keyser put those ideas into action, taking to the picket lines outside Disney alongside writer Will Landman and, according to Landman, a very nice Bradley Whitford.

Did a couple hours at Disney this morning to close out the week! Went to tell Chris Keyser I loved his update video and didn’t realize he was chatting with @BradleyWhitford – who is just the nicest! Great way to close out another week on the picket!

In his latest Instagram post, Snoop Dogg shared a photo of himself lounging in the grass with Dr. Dre. It’s not quite a picket line, but it is meant to represent both rappers’ solidarity with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike and SAG-AFTRA negotiations, for which they just postponed their upcoming Doggystyle 30th anniversary concerts.

“Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the DGA and SAG/AFTRA negotiations, we have decided to postpone the shows scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at the Hollywood Bowl,” Snoop wrote in his caption.

Snoop Dogg’s upcoming Hollywood Bowl show is being rescheduled amid the writers strike.

The rapper announced the news on his Instagram Friday, explaining that the show, set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his debut album Doggystyle, will be pushed from June to October.

“Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the DGA and SAG/AFTRA negotiations, we have decided to postpone the shows scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at the Hollywood Bowl. We stand in solidarity with the unions and are hopeful that the AMPTP will negotiate fair deals as soon as possible and everybody can get back to work,” the rapper captioned his post.

The Hollywood Reporter has also learned that Snoop and Dr. Dre sent food trucks out to strikers at the Paramount Studios on Friday.

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Dr. Dre, who is billed as the show’s producer,...

Belly credits two of the biggest rappers of all time — Biggie Smalls and P. Diddy — for inspiring his rap career.

In the Palestinian-Canadian rapper’s new song “Ambiance”, off his upcoming album Mumble Rap 2, he raps: “I’m Biggie and Puff combined, at least that’s what I feel like.” While chatting with Et Canada’s Morgan Hoffman in a new interview, we asked Belly if he really feels that way.

“I was raised on Biggie and Puff, you know. So I think I took a little bit from each one of them when it came time to come out as my own artist,” the 39-year-old said, elaborating that he took “Puff’s influence on the business side of what I do. And Big’s influence on the music side of what I do.”

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Snoop Dogg said in an Instagram post on May 1st that he was “looking forward” to being part of a bid to buy the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators, and now the Long Beach rapper has confirmed that his interest in the team is “no joke.”

“This ain’t no joke or no gimmick. Or an image or likeness play,” Snoop told The Athletic in a recent interview. “This is a real ownership play. And Snoop will put his foot in the town.”

When asked why he was interested in Ottawa rather than an American city like Atlanta or Houston, Snoop explained, “I want Ottawa because Ottawa wants me. It’s a thriving city. The team is going to make a U-turn once we get ownership. The players are inspired. The community is inspired. I felt like this is what Ottawa needs.”

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Before Snoop Dogg heads out on his joint tour with Wiz Khalifa (grab tickets here), the Long Beach rapper will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his classic debut album, Doggystyle, with a pair of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the show will take place on June 27th and June 28th. It will be produced by his Doggystyle collaborator Dr. Dre, with Snoop being joined by “some of his best friends” and backed by the ReCollective Orchestra led by conductor Derrick Hodge. In addition to standout cuts from the album like “Gin and Juice” and “What’s My Name,” the Doggfather will play hits from throughout his career.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5th at 10:00 a.m. at the Hollywood Bowl website. Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.

Death Row Records introduced listeners to many of the most influential figures in hip-hop history. However, the record label’s success was short-lived as many unfortunate circumstances impeded it. Snoop Dogg was one of the central figures of Death Row in the 1990s, and he said the experience with the record company “broke [his] spirit.”

Death Row Records had a quick rise and fall in the 1990s Snoop Dogg | Simone Joyner/Getty Images

Death Row Records was founded in 1991 by Marion “Suge” Knight, a former bodyguard for rapper and producer Dr. Dre. The label’s first release was Dr. Dre’s Chronic, a huge success that put Death Row on the map. In 1993, Death Row released Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, another massive commercial success that sold over 11 million copies worldwide.

During the 1990s, Death Row signed many excellent artists, including Tupac Shakur, The D.O.C., Warren G, and Kurupt. However,...

After joining forces on “Don’t Text, Don’t Call” earlier this month, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa will reunite for their upcoming High School Reunion Tour.

The tour is scheduled to start on July 7 and will feature Warren G, Too $hort and Berner with guest DJ Drama.

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Snoop and Wiz have collaborated before, most notably for the 2011 hit “Young, Wild and Free,” which also featured an up-and-coming Bruno Mars. It rose to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Snoop first rose to prominence in 1992, when he was featured on Dr. Dre‘s solo debut, “Deep Cover” and his first solo album, The Chronic. Snoop’s debut solo album, Doggystyle (1993), reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified quadruple-platinum.

Wiz achieved mainstream success when he released the single “Black and Yellow,” which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2011, the Pittsburgh...

After a roughly year-long hiatus, the Death Row Records catalog is back on Apple Music and Spotify, which includes hits by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Snoop finalized a deal to purchase Death Row Records — the label he once represented — in February 2022. Not more than a month later, he pulled many of Death Row Records' most popular albums from streaming services, including The Chronic and Doggystyle. In subsequent interviews, Snoop revealed he intended to create a new Death Row Records app, which might include Nft and metaverse elements. As reason for the shift, he cited low royalty rates from streaming services.

Fast-forward a year to March 2023, and the Death Row Records catalog is once again in the hands of music streamers on the world's most popular platforms. "Back and we’re just getting started. Death Row catalog is back streaming everywhere today," Death Row Records said in a tweet. Death...

Hit-making rapper Snoop Dogg has been around for three decades as he’s soundtracked people’s lives with songs like “Gin & Juice” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” But despite his years of contributions to hip-hop, Snoop has yet to be honored by the Recording Academy with a Grammy Award for his accomplishments.

Snoop Dogg | Ethan Miller/Getty Images Snoop Dogg debuted in 1992

Snoop Dogg first started rapping in the early 1990s. At the time, the West Coast was becoming a force to be reckoned with in hip-hop, as Tupac Shakur and N.W.A. rose to prominence. He eventually linked up with Dr. Dre, who signed him to his record label, Death Row Records. Snoop’s debut album Doggystyle was released via Death Row in 1993.

Snoop remained a part of Death Row throughout the ’90s, releasing albums such as Tha Doggfather and Dead Man Walkin’.

In 2004, Snoop Dogg released his popular collab with Pharrell Williams,...

Grammy-winning rapper and producer Dr. Dre has been in the music game for over three decades. Throughout that time, he’s solidified his spot in hip-hop history as a rapper, producer, and record executive, working with artists from Eminem and 50 Cent to Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys. But before the global fame, he was a young person with big dreams growing up in southern California.

Dr. Dre | Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Dr. Dre debuted as a rapper with N.W.A.

Dr. Dre grew up in Compton, California at a time when more and more hip-hop artists began emerging on the scene and exploring the fledgling music genre.

Dre first started performing with a group called the World Class Wreckin’ Cru in 1985. Among the group’s members were DJ Yella, whom Dre would later recruit for a new group called N.W.

After months of rumours speculating new music from longtime rap collaborators Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper confirmed that a new album is on the way.

While appearing on Stephen A. Smith’s “Know Mercy” podcast, Snoop looked back on his friendship with Dre from their collaborations in the early days to more recent collabs like the full-length album they began working on this summer.

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“You’re the first one to hear this: Me and Dr. Dre have been working on an album for the past two months, and it’ll be done in November,” the rapper told Smith. “And it’s produced by Dr. Dre. It’s our 30th anniversary to Doggystyle. And the name of the album is Missionary.”

When asked why they chose that name as the tittle,...

Snoop Dogg has revealed he has a new album coming out, and it is produced by Dr. Dre. Missionary is set to arrive in November, the rapper told Stephen A. Smith on the new podcast K[no]w Mercy.

Around 35 minutes into the podcast, they discussed Snoop’s longstanding friendship (“We’ve bonded over the years and we’ve been a part of each other’s life,” he explained) and working relationship with Dr. Dre. “You’re the first one to hear this,” Snoop told Smith during the episode that aired Friday.

Following Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records, and “false reports” regarding ownership of The Chronic, Dr. Dre still owns “100%” of the G-funk classic, his lawyer told Rolling Stone.

While it was initially reported that the masters of Death Row classics like Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me were not included when Snoop Dogg purchased the legendary West Coast label, comments that the rapper made in a recent Tidal interview suggested that he was in possession of The Chronic as part of the deal.

After 30 years in the music business, Snoop Dogg has acquired ownership of Death Row Records, the label that launched his career. Founded by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the D.O.C., and Dick Griffey in 1992, the label also helped launch the music careers of several other artists like Tupac Shakur, Michel'le, and The Dogg Pound. Snoop, who was previously known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, released his first album, "Doggystyle," in 1993. Following his initial success, the hip-hop icon went on to sign with No Limit Records before moving onto Interscope, Capitol, Geffen, Priority Records, and Def Jam over the course of his career.

"It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members," Snoop said in an interview with "THR." "This is an extremely meaningful moment for me. I would like to personally thank the teams at Blackstone,...

Exclusive: Producer Steve Whitney and his company Tsw Films have purchased Suge Knight’s life rights with plans to develop a biopic on the infamous music mogul, bringing Nick Cassavetes and Anthony Thorne aboard to write the script.

The former music exec born Marion Hugh “Suge” Knight Jr. co-founded the iconic label Death Row Records in 1991 and is credited with bringing the subgenre of gangsta rap into the mainstream. Artists signed to the label included Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog and Tupac Shakur—and those three acts alone changed the face of hip hop with the release of the groundbreaking albums The Chronic, Doggystyle and All Eyez on Me. Knight’s label had enormous success with over 50 artists and profits of over $100 million a year, but fell into bankruptcy after the departure of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog, the murder of Tupac and the 2018 incarceration of Knight on charges of voluntary manslaughter.

Starz is in development for “A Moment in Time: Murder was the Case” with executive producers Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus. The project will be the second installment in an anthology series about criminal events behind the scenes of true moments in hip-hop history.

“A Moment in Time: Murder was the Case,” a working title, will be set in 1993, when Snoop Dogg was charged with first degree murder for the Philip Woldermariam, a member of a rival gang who was actually killed by Snoop’s bodyguard, McKinley Lee Aka “Malik.” The trial took place during the release of Snoop’s debut album “Doggystyle,” which included the popular track “Murder was the Case.” Though the publicity of Snoop’s murder charge boosted sales to over 5 million albums, the violent lyrics in “Murder was the Case” hurt him during the trial. “A Moment in Time: Murder was the Case...

Some artists struggle to determine which of their releases is the most vital — it’s like asking a parent to pick a favorite child. But Mary J. Blige has no such hang-ups. “I have 13 albums,” she declares early on in her new Amazon documentary, released on Friday, “but my second, My Life, is my most important.”

After working with a grab-bag of big names — including Devante Swing of Jodeci and the rappers Busta Rhymes and Grand Puba — on her debut, What’s the 411?, Blige narrowed her focus for its follow-up,...

50 Cent is producing a new celebrity profile docuseries, including an installment chronicling the rise and fall of controversial rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine. Moment in Time, produced via 50’s G-Unit Film & Television production company, will feature six to eight one-hour stories per episode. No release date or network information has been announced.

Other episodes will document 50 Cent’s feud with entertainment executive and convicted drug trafficker Jimmy Henchman; Snoop Dogg’s murder trial/Number One hip-hop album, 1993’s Doggystyle; the career of music producer Scott Storch; and basketball player Rafer...