Before 19-year-old Snoop Doggy Dogg joined Dr. Dre for 1992’s breakout hit, “Deep Cover,” the Long Beach legend was a just another teenager kicking it on the block, trying to jumpstart a rap career. But as fate would have it, that same year, the N.W.A mastermind heard Snoop’s mixtape at a bachelor party and immediately took interest, but Snoop almost missed that connection when he reportedly hung up on the rap mogul.
According to an interview in the upcoming HBO documentary The Defiant Ones – a four part series highlighting the relationship between Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre — Dre told his stepbrother Warren G, “This is a fucking diamond in the rough and we need to polish it up!”
But when Dr. Dre called Snoop, the then-drug dealer dismissed it as a prank call. “This ain’t no motherfuckin’ Dr. Dre,” he said — click. Dre persisted and left him a follow-up voicemail, which eventually convinced Snoop he was the real deal. As the saying goes — the rest is history.
It’s hard to imagine a Hip Hop landscape without the undeniable chemistry of Dre and Snoop. The two went on to create one of the genre’s most celebrated albums, 1992’s The Chronic, which helped usher in the G-Funk era. Dre is now one of rap’s biggest success stories, while Snoop continues to hold down his place in Hip Hop history. His most recent album, Neva Left, debuted May 19.
The Defiant Ones premieres on July 9.
Check out a teaser for the series below and revisit “Deep Cover” above.
old news, REAL hiphop fans already know this, but the staff at HipHopBS wouldn’t fall under that category
You have no clue what you’re even talking about. So sit down and shut up.
^^^ works for HiphopDX
Nah just sick of stupid ass “think they know it all” haters that go online to talk shit.
as I said, most real hip hop fans know this and yo ass falls outside that category
Mmmhmmm. Because you totally know the random stranger you’re instigating an argument (that you will lose) with on the internet.
Well he’s winning so far, he’s got a point saying this is an old, old story that most fans have heard before – what’s your argument?
Voicemail? Cellphones weren’t around in 1991 homie. We used the good ol’ answering machine. Warren G and Dre are brothers btw. Another ignorant puff piece by a millennial who is lazy and doesn’t fact check or do his homework.
STEPBROTHERS. Do your homework hahaha duh.
2 things. There’s no mention of a cellphone. Second, Dre and Warren G ARE stepbrothers. Did you just want to talk out your ass for the sake of talking?
Btw, people could leave vm’s back then idiot. Ever heard of answering machines?
SMDH!! Cellphones been around since the early 1980s, which the Motorola DynaTAC was the first to be developed. Yeah.. you must be young!
Hoodcorret to Rc
You just bin hating sucker head
Also beepers aka pagers had voicemail. Hella people had pagers then.
And he’s still just as ignorant today, shown by his destruction of his legacy. No one even cares anymore that he had any part in any classics. we just see the garbage that is left that we call “snoop dogg” and let it pass. how sad.