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Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and surprise guest 50 Cent made history when they performed at the Super Bowl LVI Pepsi Halftime Show on February 13. While Hip Hop artists have certainly graced the Super Bowl halftime show stage at various points across its 55-year history, this was the first year fans got to see Crip walking and a line about “still not loving police” performed at The Big Game.
For anyone who grew up on ’90s Hip Hop, specifically West Coast gangsta rap, the performance stirred up nostalgia for not just the audience but also the performers. There was a moment when Dr. Dre looked at Snoop and Snoop looked at Dre, and they just smiled, as if they were saying, “Yeah, we did it.”
During a recent interview with TIDAL, Snoop Dogg reflected on that moment with Chief Content Officer Elliott Wilson.
“When I got home and watched it on playback, I thought it was the greatest shit ever,” he said. “Being there, it felt like the greatest concert of all time. When I first came out, that meant a lot to me that Dre would let me come out first. The first vocal was me.
“To let me kick that off and have enough confidence in the D-O Double to say, ‘OK. The biggest moment of my career, I trust the D-O Double. He’s going to lead off, and then he’s going to come back at the end of the ninth inning.’ You’ve got to walk the dog back out … boom boom boom, and have all the Crip Walkin’. You know what I’m saying? It’s the West.”
As the halftime show performance went viral on Twitter, there was some discussions over what the National Football League (NFL) would and wouldn’t allow. Some were shocked Dr. Dre got away with the “Still D.R.E.” line about police, but Kendrick Lamar wasn’t allowed to say the “po-po” line from “Alright.” Snoop was also wearing clothing the NFL considered “gang-related,” but apparently JAY-Z — who helps advise the NFL on selecting artists for major performances like the Super Bowl — told Snoop Dogg not to worry about it.
“Jay was the first one that came to the dressing room when I got offstage,” he said. “We had [300 Entertainment CEO] Kevin Liles in there. Kevin Liles had Jay on FaceTime, trying to show him where we was at. So then he came down, and soon as he came in he hugged me.
“We hug each other tight. It was as if we won a championship. Like, you know when you’re genuinely happy for each other? People don’t understand, me and him are the ones. He’s the one on the East. I’m the one from the West.”
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He added, “We love each other. Like, not secretly, like publicly, we love each other. It is what it is, so it’s like for him to go to bat for us and tell the NFL, ‘Fuck that. They perform or I quit,’ that was the most gangster shit out of everything. Then with attire and kneeling and all this … you can’t wear your gang bang shit? JAY-Z hit me like, ‘Wear what the fuck you want to wear. Peace to the Gods.'”
How old is snoop? 60? lol while I don’t understand why a grown man his age still indulges in gang culture I’m not hating on him. I get it. “We brought the c rips to the Super Bowl, we C walked in front of America” I get it. I know what he’s trying to do but the show was so incredible, it literally doesn’t need all that. This was the best SB performance of all time and I don’t even think it’s close. I think 5 live performances I’ve seen in my life. It’s Dre and Snoop so I’m not mad at the g s hit, just saying truth be told it’s not that serious anymore snoop
It’s the culture if you didn’t grow around it u wouldnt understand real Gz do t gotta explain or try to make you understand shit. Stay in ur lane. I Loved it America need to see how we live and some of White America loved it as well sure of it cuz it’s plenty out there who knows the life and plenty who want to learn or emulate the life✊?
Best of all time?!?! Can’t touch Michael Jackson or Prince.
Michael Jackson was a child predator though…
They’re all dirtbags in their own right (Dre/snoop and the other performers). The NFL is just “giving back” by allowing the propagation of a culture (rap/hip hop/gangs) that kills tons of blacks. All the while, the NFL does the same thing to blacks, uses them to make billions to turn their back on them later on when they’re shelled because they can’t score a touchdown or when they’re old (for the league) and their brains is jello.
Michael Jackson was found not guilty but he is still a child predator, Dr. Dre, snoop and the other performers are all dirt bags. The NFL only use blacks. Let me guess your white!!!!!??
Yeah old rockers, pop artists, and singers can get all emotional, teary eyed, and nostalgic. But a 50+ rapper, oh he’s so dramatic. Lol the double standard is real.
fucking awful what the fuck is this 1996. how did anderson. pak get on. you just want to see those on the come up that’s all. they have all had their day time for the others to step up. kanye west lil baby post malone kid cudi souljah boy i can go on.
Shut the fuck up.. you don’t know shit
Snoop lying his ass off. Lol. I doubt that happened.
And you’re so sure of this how? Because you dont like the jigga man? Oh you’re an expert Jay z historian so by some calculated mythical analysis aka your bias, there’s no way a person who was actually there could be telling their actual account of what Jay z said or did….
I agree with somebody else who acknowledged the show was amazing but we got to watch Prince perform Purple Rain in the rain. The most awesome performance by a legendary Musiciam.RIP
Cmon now hip hop won this 55 SB and we got to perform Dr Dre is legend.This should’ve been done 20 years ago.NFL feared rappers with sense,or gangsta.So it had to be clean,safe.
Snoop and jay-z r both sell outs just because jay
Can rap he shouldn’t get a pass
It’s funny watching a bunch of old studio gangsters ACT like they don’t love the police, especially when they are surrounded by them anytime they’re in public for safety.
NOW THSAT SHOULD MAKE BLACKS FEEL BETTER, FORCE OTHERS TO DO THINGS THEY DO NOT WANT TO, ASSHOLES
No how about the white motherfuckers were trying to force the black peoples to not do shit they wanted to do..y’all racist mofos always trying to twist some shit around
Why are you even here? You sorry motherfuckers been doing what you want for centuries, go somewhere with that bullshit, hate the “blacks” but love our culture?! Kick rocks…ASSHOLE