![]() The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. DRE & SNOOP DOGG'S "NUTHIN' BUT A 'G' THANG")Ĭopyright © 2017 NPR. He's a lovable, roguish ambassador - an entertaining bridge between youth culture and the straight-laced world of game shows and Martha Stewart that few could have predicted back when he was slinging rhymes on Death Row Records. That history now informs Snoop Dogg's distinctive TV presence - genial but with a dangerous past. So what are you making me tonight?ĭEGGANS: Snoop's emergence as a genial TV host is made possible because we've kind of forgiven him for his past as a self-professed pimp and hustler. SNOOP DOGG: We need a cocktail like a dog needs a bone. You're now cooking with Martha and Snoop.ĭEGGANS: It's a show where Stewart's stiff patrician vibe somehow plays well off Snoop Dogg's around-the-way style as they cook with celebrity guests. You're now cooking with Martha and Snoop. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: (Singing) You're now cooking with Martha and Snoop. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MARTHA & SNOOP'S POTLUCK DINNER PARTY") He's also co-starring with Martha Stewart in the Emmy-nominated - you heard right - Emmy-nominated cooking-slash-talk show on VH-1, "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party." The discussion ranges from Snoop Doggs unprecedented artistic longevity to James. And this isn't the only TV show Snoop has on air right now. LeBron James regret about his sons name is more than a sound bite. You all got me out here just trying to figure it out.ĭEGGANS: It's the kind of game show I would definitely waste a half-hour watching if I was home from work on a sick day. SNOOP DOGG: You know they didn't give me no kind of class before I did this. SNOOP DOGG: Is it "Dayenu," "Hava Nagila" or "Hakuna Matata"? JEANNIE MAI: Now, Snoop's going to read you three names of weed, but which one is made up?ĭEGGANS: Snoop himself is a playful presence, cracking jokes centered on his penchant for consuming controlled substances - even when he gets a word wrong, as he did when naming several traditional songs in a clue. Contestants answer questions in categories with names like Froback (ph) Thursday - that's identifying stars by their afros - and Name That Strain. ![]() It's "The Joker's Wild."ĭEGGANS: Snoop Dogg stars in a new version of "The Joker's Wild," calibrated to speak to his expertise. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: The only show wild enough to do it doggy style. Top Dogg, bite me all, n burn the s up D-P-G-C my n turn that s up C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah we hookin back up And when they bang this in the club baby you got to get up Thug nz drug dealers yeah they givin it up Lowlife, yo' life, boy we livin it up Takin chances while we dancin in the party fo' sho' Slip my hoe a forty-fo' and she. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE JOKER'S WILD") That's why it was so odd to turn on TBS's new game show and hear this. MARTIN: So it might seem a little odd to see Snoop Dogg reinvent himself now decades later as the host of a cooking show and a game show, but NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Snoop pulls it off.ĮRIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Back in the day, there was no job on TV more square than the game-show host. ![]() Creep with me as I crawl though the hood. SNOOP DOGG: (Rapping) Cause it's 1-8-7 on an undercover cop. ![]() Dre on a song about killing an undercover cop for the 1992 film "Deep Cover."ĭR. The rapper became a star working with Dr. Snoop Dogg has been known as many variations on his name over the years, including Snoop Lion which he claimed he’d been reincarnated as in 2013 when he announced he’d made a reggae album.Snoop Dogg is reinventing himself. Snoop Dogg’s fame grew in proportion to his infamy, with newspapers calling for him to be banned, but as the gangsta rap culture was fast becoming toxic with the deaths of Tupac and Biggie Smalls, Snoop broadened his appeal over the years with collaborations with acts such as Justin Timberlake on the song Signs, Pharrell Williams on Drop It Like It’s Hot and with Katy Perry on the UK Official Singles Chart Number 1 California Gurls. Snoop Dogg began his career in between bouts of jail, gaining attention by doing freestyles over other people’s songs, some of which ended up gaining the interest of Dr Dre who took him under his wing and got Snoop to contribute to his 1992 album The Chronic, which helped propel interest in Snoop’s own debut, 1993’s Doggystyle and his brand of gangsta rap in general. in Long Beach, California on October 20, 1971, and is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, actor and serial name changer. ![]() Snoop Dogg was born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ![]()
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