Because the day he rolled into our lives in 1992 on Dr. Dre’s debut solo single, “Deep Cowl,” Snoop Dogg has been laser centered on two issues: bars and blunts. The famously excessive like each single day rapper, 52, shocked the world on Thursday (Nov. 17) when he made essentially the most surprising assertion potential: he’s going to kick-y his sticky icky behavior to the curb.
“After a lot consideration and dialog with my household, I’ve determined to surrender smoke,” Snoop posted to his socials. At press time there was no extra data on Snoop’s alleged sinsemilla cessation kick, and it was unclear if his dope vacation referred to only inhaling or if the Leafs By Snoop hashish model proprietor will commerce his bountiful many-blunts-per-day depend with edibles, tinctures or different weed-delivery strategies.
In a nod to the seriousness of the nugs information, Snoop added, “please respect my privateness right now,” alongside a photograph of the glassy-eyed MC making prayer palms.
The submit got here as a shock to followers who’re used to the sight of Snoop burning one — or 5 — blunts throughout his reside exhibits, showing on late night time in a clearly buzzed state, or blunting the fact of fellow celebs like Ed Sheeran, who not too long ago instructed Conan O’Brien that the D-O-G-G smoked him out so arduous as soon as that he “couldn’t see.”
Some followers have been skeptical of the information, with one writing, “that is most likely simply gonna be some viral marketing campaign the place he launches his personal line of vapes or edibles or one thing,” one other including, “right this moment isn’t April Fools day Snoop” and a 3rd bravely promising, “don’t fear Snoop, we your disciples will carry in your legacies… we’ll smoke in your behalf… keep robust for us.”
Snoop’s model has been related along with his weed consumption for thus lengthy it’s arduous to think about him doing junkets with out his skunk. However in an interview with the Day by day Mail earlier this yr, Snoop hinted that changing into a grandfather might have “modified” him in a number of methods. “The primary means is worrying with how I reside, how I transfer, the sort of folks I’m related to, as a result of I need to see my grandkids develop outdated,” he mentioned. “The one means I can do that’s to take precautionary steps so far as how I transfer, who I hang around with, the place I am going out, my consumption… I simply don’t need to do that to my physique anymore. I need to survive.”
At press time a spokesperson for Snoop had not responded to Billboard‘s request for extra data on the rapper’s assertion.
A few of Snoop’s cheeba pals gave him props for his choices, together with Sean Paul (“Massive Up mi bredda Snoop. I’ll hold it blazin’ in your honor 2nite”) and Meek Mill, who mentioned he plans to comply with Snoop’s herb vacation path. “Ima go to Dubai and utterly give up smoking … ima comply with snoop, my physician mentioned I bought a lil bit emphysema in a chest if I don’t give up smoking it cuts my lifeline in half, I used to be hooked on the nicotine and this new weed bought too many chemical compounds and too dangerous to play with my psychological!” Meek tweeted.
See Snoop’s submit and celeb response under.