Snoop Dogg‘s account of how close he was with Biggie Smalls has been called into question by Diddy‘s former bodyguard, Gene Deal.
In a new interview with The Art Of Dialogue, Deal openly questioned why it appeared as though Snoop’s reportedly tight relationships with Biggie and 2Pac weren’t obvious to the public prior to either rapper’s death.
“That’s something that sounds good for the media,” he said of the West Coast legend’s past accounts of his friendship with the two rivals. “You know, ‘I’m the peacemaker. I’m the one that’s showing love. I’m the one that’s out here when everybody else is dead, wishing that I coulda did something to put the shit together.
“It wasn’t all that love until ‘Pac was dead,” Deal continued. “Wasn’t Big out in California three, four weeks and Snoop never saw him? Snoop never came and smoked nothing wit’ him. Snoop never came and ate nothing with him. But it was a lot of love? Come on, man.”
In the years since the Notorious B.I.G.’s death in 1997, Snoop Dogg has spoken about his admiration for the Brooklyn icon on a number of occasions.
During one interview with the Rap Radar Podcast in 2018, Tha Doggfather even recounted a moment they shared after 2Pac’s death, during which Biggie revealed how much he was impacted by his former friend’s death.
The conversation took place after a shooting incident at Tha Dogg Pound’s video for “NY, NY,” which was filmed in Brooklyn. Snoop recounted that, while they felt Biggie was responsible for the incident, he and his crew never took action, due to the existing East Coast vs. West Coast tensions.
Sometime after ‘Pac’s death, however, he ran into Biggie in Atlanta and the two came to an understanding.
“It’s just me and him, one on one,” Snoop Dogg recalled. “And he giving me the rundown about how much he loved 2Pac and he didn’t wanna see cuz die. And a lot of shit that he said and did, he was wrong for. He just was apologizing like a man, to me.
“Just getting an understanding on what he did, ’cause I never tripped on him for what he did,” he continued. “That was a Dogg Pound video, that wasn’t a 2Pac video. And we got shot at, and the direct shot came from him. But nobody got hit so we let it go. So with him apologizing to me, we became friends again.”
Asked to corroborate whether that conversation in Atlanta took place, Gene Deal said that he wasn’t there, and therefore couldn’t confirm whether or not it happened.
However, he said that the fact that Snoop Dogg claimed to have spent time with Big in another city when he never saw him in Los Angeles was suspicious too.
“I can see you in Atlanta,” Deal said, “but I can’t see you in California in my own hometown? Huh? I’m so gangsta, I can come to your hotel room by myself in Atlanta. But in California, I can’t come and see you? Alright.”
Snoop Dogg isn’t the only Hip Hop OG who Deal called out during his chat with The Art Of Dialogue. During a separate snippet of the interview published last week, Deal once again dispelled the long-standing rumors that Diddy’s then-bodyguard Wolf (who has since passed away) killed Big Jake – who was a close friend and bodyguard of Suge Knight’s.
The shooting went down at a birthday party Jermaine Dupri was throwing in Atlanta at the time. The producer has claimed in interviews before that it was Wolf was who killed Jake – but Deal said JD is a liar, however, and was allegedly elsewhere licking his wounds from being slapped by Suge at the time the shooting went down.
Deal went on to say that Big Jake was really killed by a man named Jason after he heard Jake and Suge talking crazy to his girlfriend.
In a 2003 lawsuit by a former business partner of Diddy’s named Kirk Burrowes, the plaintiff alleged that Diddy approved Jake’s murder in 1995 and claimed that a local sheriff, who was later killed in a car accident, identified Wolf as the shooter.
However, no actual charges ever came down on Wolf or anyone for that matter in the Big Jake killing.
Snoop is just a bandwagoner plain and simple. He does it with sports teams, which rapper is making buzz and hopped on No Limit when they were on the rise.
Snoop in recent years has come off as fake and trying too hard to look gangster.. it’s all image 2 him
Yeah, if you asked me about Snoop 2006 and earlier, I would’ve told you he was awesome. Fast forward, he’s as fake as it gets. Talking nasty about Kanye, then praising him in the studio with Dre. Referring to himself as the “reincarnation of Bob Marley” with his very bad attempt at a reggae album. Jealous of Eminem for being so widely popular, especially because he’s white, and Snoop is rarely if ever mentioned in top 10. Snoop just comes off as such a phony to me. Makes sings about gang banging, then next album its “no guns allowed” and peace. It’s a joke. He’s a bit of a clown honestly, and FYI, I’m not trying to defend Eminem either. I think Em has been a clown the past decade for different reasons, but comparing older work, Eminem was crazy on the mic. Snoop was only amazing with his first few years when he was working closely with Dre and other Death Row people like Daz n Kurupt. Even snoops 2nd album was just averagly good. But yeah, Snoop is a fake clown. Legit talked shit about Spluja Boy when Crank Day got big… 2 years later, featured him kn his album, because he wanted more people to have interest in it.
He wasn’t jealous of Eminem. Why do people think we hate Eminem? We just think he’s overhyped because of his race… he’s really not that good.
Uh, you just proved my argument. You just said “he wasn’t jealous of emonem. We just think his overhyped because of his race”. I said “snoop jealous of Eminem being so widely popular, especially because he’s white”. You prove my point by saying “eminem is ONLY widely popular because he is white”. Couldn’t have anything to do with having some of the harshest diss tracks in history, going toe to toe on songs with people like Jayz, doing Dre productions great justice, and being the greatest talent on any given song featuring some OGs. Again, I don’t even like eminem really. He isn’t my style. But in his prime, his flow and style were literallyuntouchable. Name one single mainstream rapper who could destroy eminem on a song at the time. I know artists who could go toe to toe with em, vut destroy? Nopw.
If eminem is overrated because he’s white… then is Drake, who is often mentioned is one of tbe greatest in today’s generation, overrated because he’s brown? Because I think we all agree Drake is and never will be one of the greatest. At least Em actually did great things.
These are crack stories! Dude been smokin crack with them blunts! How the hell a dude stay skinny as a noodle like that for 25 years? Weed give you an appetite, crack doesn’t! Therefore these are all crack stories Snoop Lyin be conjuring up…
Yo I’m tired of these 2pac loving youtubers keeping this bullshit alive. I’m not trying to see any of these toofless saggy titty gangsters from the 90’s rehashing bad vibes from 1996. Guys like Art and VLAD need to be held accountable for giving these bums a platform.
Deal is a snitch, been telling on everybody, so Biggie told him that he wasn’t cool with Snoop? Grown ass man trying everything to be relevant, Snoop said they made peace with Biggie but never said they were homes.. No wonder Diddy fired this chatty pattie.. Shine had a few to say about this Deal character too
Deal is the worst of em, blood shot eyes looking for any means to raise a dollar from genz. Deal made no wealth when his age mates like snoop, Dr Dre, , Diddy, JayZ Nas were all creating future.
No he’s not. This era is so phony and garbage, a real and genuine person doesn’t register w people like before. He wrote a book 2 Years after he told everything he knew about Bad Boy. He’s not selling anything. He’s giving people the truth about 90s hip hop behind the scenes. It is gossip but he’s just telling his truth because he woke up and wanted to.
That book didn’t register! That was no numbers on that book on new your or Amazon bestsellers….he was security, a fly on the wall who has the got to say he say Diddy fcking jarule. Man is a fly, if he die today no one will line up.
You think a book Has to be a NY Bestseller for it to be valid? An album can’t be a classic unless it goes platinum or gold? He saved a few actresses and a few rappers’ lives man and started a street crew that Puff begged to be apart of. Do your homework on people so you don’t sound like a punk bich on the internet
Bitch it doesnt matter. His street crew amount to nothing. Diddy started bad boy and the rest is history. No one heard of that crap puke book fron Gene!!! Not Diddy, I bought Ciroc, Deleon, and all. Sure not Deal crap, never heard of his book.
What are you 8 years old dude? Sht made no sense other than you swing from Puff’s sac.
Snoop Snake 🐍
Gennie is the type moonlighting on here dreaming Diddy buthoe. Poor old lack jackass if a man, dude was security for two years only for Diddy.
King Tekashi was ryt bout Snoop all along.
For anyone wondering Diddy had 2pac killed and biggie wanted to leave bad boys so they killed him aswell. Snoop and Diddy is close same with their kids so you know he had something to do with the murder also. I don’t think they ever met and apologized I think shit went down over alot of money and power and this is what he has to say so he won’t get caught. I have loved snoop since I was a kid until now. If you do a deep dive into the Diddy case you can follow the string waaaayy back to alot of stuff that happens in the 90 early 2k
For anyone wondering Diddy had 2pac killed and biggie wanted to leave bad boys so they killed him aswell. Snoop and Diddy is close same with their kids so you know he had something to do with the murder also. I don’t think they ever met and apologized I think shit went down over alot of money and power and this is what he has to say so he won’t get caught. I have loved snoop since I was a kid until now. If you do a deep dive into the Diddy case you can follow the string waaaayy back to alot of stuff that happens in the 90 early 2k