Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar have cleared the air after the “Missionary” rapper posted a diss observe towards Lamar.
In April, weeks after dropping his preliminary diss observe towards Lamar, “Push Ups,” Drake went again to again and launched “Taylor Made Freestyle” on his Instagram account.
The observe was seen as divisive because the Toronto rapper used AI to imitate the voices of each Snoop and Tupac Shakur. It was so controversial that Shakur’s property stepped in, and threatened to sue Drake for utilizing an AI-generated model of the late rapper’s voice.
On the time, Snoop shocked followers when he posted the observe to his Instagram, main many to imagine he was taking the aspect of the 6 God and never Lamar.
However after Ok. Dot not too long ago known as him out on, “GNX,” rapping, “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made’ I prayed it was the edibles, I couldn’t imagine it was solely proper for me to let it go,’ the veteran MC has since apologized for displaying help to Drake as a substitute of his fellow West Coast brethren.
The day Lamar’s shock album was launched, Snoop jokingly tweeted, “It was the edibles.”
In a current interview with Bootleg Kev, Snoop gave extra perception into why he posted the observe and the apology he left for the “Not Like Us” star after he realized his mistake.
He shared, “What had occurred was, I did a collaborative submit with somebody. After I do it, I don’t take heed to the music, I simply see Gin & Juice as a result of it’s my model. So after I posted it, I’m pondering I’m posting Gin & Juice. I don’t know what track that is, I’m not hip to everyone’s music.”
Snoop later added, “Then I get the phrase: ‘Nephew didn’t like what you probably did. ‘What did I do?’ You performed some music.’ What music?! Then I needed to go have a look at the [post] and I’m like, ‘Aw, that’s cuz.’ So then I deleted it, known as, l deleted it, known as, left him a message ’trigger he ain’t decide up, he was engaged on his shit. ‘Nephew, it’s Uncle Snoop. I acquired the message. I apologize, I used to be fucked up. My unhealthy.’”
Snoop posting the observe was additionally surprising since he’s one of many MCs who fairly actually handed the torch to Lamar as the brand new chief of the West Coast in 2011. Different California-based artists have been there to help Lamar, together with The Recreation and Kurupt.