Snoop Dogg probably has a good idea of what kids in low income neighborhoods are going thorough. As a Crip gang member in high school, Snoop played football and was arrested shortly after graduation for narcotics possession and sentenced to six months in jail. Now Snoop is franchising the youth football league he started in California out to Chicago with the hopes that it will give kids living in high crime, at risk areas a positive outlet for their energy. Snoop’s California league consists of more than 3,000 members in eight chapters and incorporates coaches and parents into the fabric of its operations. The Chicago league will start smaller with 1,500 members in six chapters.
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Snoop Dogg – Role Model
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Snoop Dogg Offers Baby-Inducing Services
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Snoop Dogg is at it again. After being banned from and then re-admitted into the UK, Snoop has decided to record some “baby-making” music for newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton so they’ll have something to knock boots to while making babies for the Queen. Snoop was reportedly asked by Prince William’s brother Haryto play at his brother’s stag party.
Snoop Dogg announces Blazed and Confused tour
Monday, May 11th, 2009Attention Hip Hop fans, one of the biggest tours of the summer has been announced! The legendary Snoop Dogg recently announced the 2009 Blazed and Confused Tour and hip hop fans are going crazy trying to find Snoop Dogg Blazed and Confused tickets. Its going to be one of the hottest and craziest tours of the summer, so don’t wait to buy Snoop Dogg tickets. Hip Hop fans know Snoop Dogg is one of the biggest rappers out there, so its no surprise that so many fans are looking for Snoop Dogg tickets so desperately. The Blazed and Confused Tour is not just Snoop, but Slightly Stoopid and Stephen Marley as well. These are some of the day’s freshest groups, so you know that this is going to be a great hip hop tour. “Ya’ll just make sure ya’ll tune in because Snoop Dogg and Slightly Stoopid, we gonna be rippin’, rockin’, flippin’, floppin’, hippin’ and hoppin’ in a ‘hood near you,” Snoop said of the Blazed and Confused tour. So you heard what Snoop said! Get your Snoop Dogg Blazed and Confused tickets so that you can be there kickin’ it with Snoop, Slightly Stoopid and Stephen Marley.
For those that haven’t discovered one of the most original bands out there, Slightly Stoopid is a reggae/hip hop band whose fanbase has been growing and growing for years, despite the fact that they’ve ignored most of the mainstream systems used to gain fame. They describe their one-of-a-kind style as “a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk.” The band, which was signed by Sublime‘s Bradley Nowell’s Skunk Records while they were in high school, has put out eight albums. Slightly Stoopid is fien without the attention from mainstream media. “When it comes to radio, MTV or any of the traditional music industry channels, we don’t rely on them,” explains Kyle McDonald. “We just do whatever we do. We just have fun. If people ask us, ‘What’s your new hit single?’ we tell them ‘we don’t got one! We got a bunch of songs that we put on our record…and we like them.’” Slightly Stoopid is comprised of Miles Doughty – Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Kyle McDonald – Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Ryan Moran- Drums, Oguer Ocon -Congas, Percussion, Harp, Vocals, DE LA-Saxophone, and C-Money-Trumpet and Keyboards.
Stephen Marley is reggae legend Bob Marley’s oldest son whose first album “Mind Control,” released in 2007, won that year’s Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
Blazed and Confused tour dates:
July Blazed and Confused tour dates
- Primm, NV on July 10 at the Desert Arena
- Irvine, CA on July 11 at the Verizon Amphitheater
- Santa Barbara, CA on July 12 at the Santa Barbara Bowl
- Albuquerque, NM on July 14 at the Journal Pavilion
- Morrison, CO on July 15 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Ridgefield, WA on July 17 at the Amphitheater at Clark County
- George, WA on July 18 at the Gorge Amphitheatre
- Nampa, ID on July 19 at the Idaho Center Amphitheater
- West Valley City, UT on July 20 at the Usana Amphitheatre
- Vancouver, British Columbia on July 22 at the Pacific Coliseum
- Mountain View, CA on July 24 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
- Chula Vista, CA on July 25 at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
- Atlanta, GA on July 30 at the Masquerade Music Park
- St. Petersburg, FL on July 31 at the Vinoy Park
August Blazed and Confused tour dates
- Columbia, MD on July 5 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion
- Holmdel, NJ on July 6 at the PNC Bank Arts Center
- Philadelphia, PA on July 7 at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
- Mansfield, MA on July 8 at the Comcast Center




