I Like The Way Snrub ThinksThere's only one thing Snoop Dogg loves more than weed; and that's hockey. But Snoop's marriage to hip-hop culture has forced him to take his passion for the NHL underground, which is why he has to wear fake mustaches to the Stanley Cup Finals.
It might seem surprising to see the gangsta rap star spending time at the ice rink, but that's only because he's done such a good job of hiding his love for the sport. Early on in Snoop's career, Dr. Dre suggested he play down the love of hockey and instead focus on his love of ho's. Dre correctly theorized that Snoop would be perceived as soft if the world knew that he grew up idolizing Bobby Hull and used to spend hours imitating Maurice Richard on the Long Beach playgrounds. It's a little know fact that "Tha Shiznit" was originally entitled "(Rob Brind'Amour Is) Tha Shiznit" and that Snoop's platinum album, Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told was conceived as a concept-album tribute to Barry Melrose. It killed Snoop to supress his affinity for the game, but he knew he had to pay the cost to be the bo$$.
And the cost was quite, um, costly. The East Coast/West Coast battle actually began when Snoop argued vehemently with The Notorious B.I.G. about who was the best puck-handling centre: Yvan Cournoyer or Pierre Larouche. The verbal back-and-forth eventually escalated, with 2Pac taking Snoop's side by dissing Biggie and Puffy in the immortal battle rap "Hit Em Up (Against the Glass)". It's no coincidence that 2Pac was shot dead two months later by a man who allegedly shouted "Sic Semper Theo Fleury" while unloading his Glock.
Now, Snoop spends most of his days sneaking into ice rinks for pick-up games and watching his old VHS tapes of Montreal Canadians games. With the Stanley Cup Finals invading Anaheim, Snoop felt the need to attend, even though he was never a big Mighty Ducks fan (Teemu Selanne is a noted Blood).
Maybe the mustache stunt was a transparent attempt to get caught red-handed as a hockey fan or maybe Snoop is starring in a new movie as Gentleman Jim Corbett. Or maybe Snoop's need to go incognito at a hockey game is a signal of how much further we, as a society, still has to go. That, or Snoop was just afraid he'd be sitting near Suge Knight.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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Just wanted to give props on the title.
I'm more concerned as to why his son has a high top fade. Is it 1989 again?
"I Like the Way Snrub Thinks"
Classic.
Good title, Sirhc, but that looks like a digitally placed mustache
Just to add to this, he was also rockin' a Pens jersey in his "Gin & Juice" video.
good point on the Pens jersey...er...sweater. He also sported some strange "S" jersey with an Indian head in it in that video too. And we he said "everybody got their Cup, but they aint chipped in" he was talking Stanley Cup.
Gangsta D beat me to it, but i couldn't help but thinking: which one is that next to Snoop--Kid or Play?
At Ducks games there has been a charity drive. You buy a George Parros mustache (Parros is a tough-guy player for the Ducks with a porn star style mustache), and part of the proceeds goes to a charity: http://www.locksoflove.org/
Lots of people at the game had the same 'stash. It's not really a disguise.
after meet david beckam he might love more football (soccer)
It was not a Penn Jersey in the Gin and Juice video. It was a Springfield Indians (AHL) jersey. The logo was like the black hawks but with an S.
no he had a penguins jersey too.. i guess your not familiar with the video
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