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Snoop Dogg raps about his transformation from a gangsta to a different kind of guy and this time it’s without new marketing personas like Snoop Lion. The video for “Gangstas Don’t Live That Long” shows a grown-up Snoop painting a stop sign for all the gang-bangers and scenes from his worklife, football coaching and family time. Looking at the poster of him and Tupac in the video is an awful reminder of a young Black man killed before he could self-actualize like Snoop. Snoop’s message is that he wouldn’t still be alive if he continued to be a real gangsta but he still questions why he made it and some didn’t like Tupac. The song is from his That’s My Work 3 mixtape.

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Pharrell was joined onstage last night by his Neptunes’ partner Chad Hugo and friends Busta Rhymes, Nelly,Diddy and Snoop Dogg to perform a medley of tunes to introduce the 2014 NBA All Star players in New Orleans. The 20-minute show ended with all of them onstage dancing and singing to Pharrell’s “Happy” that will be performed at The Oscars this year.

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Snoop Dogg raps over Us3’s “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” in a tribute to Herbie Hancock during the Kennedy Center Honors at the White House. Terence Blanchard is in the band and Michelle Obama dances in her seat as Herbie Hancock gives his approval of the show from the balcony.

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Snoopzilla and Dam-Funk offer a preview of 7 Days Of Funk with performances of “Faden Away” and “Do My Thang” on Jimmy Kimmel Live.