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Snoop Dogg Admits Not Liking Tupac’s “Hit Em Up” & Fans React

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Snoop Dogg bought Death Row from MNRK Music Group in February 2022, but he is not a fan of one of its biggest diss tracks ever by Tupac Shakur.

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THE DEATH ROW EARLY DAYS

The West Coast rap legend shot to fame following the Death Row-release of his 1993 hit debut album, Doggystyle.

It featured hits singles such as Gin & Juice, Doggy Dogg World and Murder Was The Case.

Snoop Dogg said his new Death Row Records was an “extremely meaningful moment for me” and he was looking forward to “building the next chapter” of the record label after the purchase.

BIG BOY INTERVIEW

In an interview with Big Boy, Snoop gives his thoughts on one of the biggest hits that came out of the Death Row record label. Tupac’s “Hit Em Up” was a provocative single that was released in the apex of the east coast-west coast rivalry in the 90s.

Snoop Dogg staying alive and now owner of the label, had revealed his true thoughts on the song. He admits he “didn’t like it” because it was “buying more problems.” Of course, some fans have voiced their opinion that differs from the iconic hip hop artist.

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Snoop said he and ‘Pac were on great terms a week before his passing, but complimentary comments he made about Diddy and Biggie days later changed that.

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SNOOP AND TUPAC BEST OF FRIENDS

“Man, I’d say a week before he died, we was best of friends. Two days before he died, I don’t think he liked me,” he explained. “Because we was in New York and shit had happened. New York n-ggas had shot at me and did all kinds of shit to me, just the worst shit you could think of, and I forgave ’em.

“Then I went and did an interview and was asked how did I feel about Puffy and Biggie. I was like, ‘I like them n-ggas, I wanna do some music with ’em.’

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“And that just rubbed cuz the wrong way, like, ‘N-gga, fuck them n-ggas, them n-ggas tried to kill me. N-ggas shot at you, and you talking about you wanna do a song with them n-ggas?’”

SNOOP WAS A FAN OF BAD BOY RECORDS

He continued: “I wasn’t thinking about [2Pac’s] emotions, I was thinking about the way I felt at the time. I wasn’t into no controversy. I liked them n-ggas’ music, they was our friends, we was all friends at one point.

“There’s video footage of all of us hanging out. ‘Pac, Biggie, Puff, Suge [Knight], all of us together prior to Death Row, just on some regular shit. So that to me, I never seen myself getting involved.”

For that reason, Snoop Dogg wasn’t a fan of “Hit ‘Em Up,” 2Pac’s vicious 1996 diss track aimed at Biggie that heightened the East Coast–West Coast rivalry.

GANGSTAS EVERYWHERE

“Even when he played the video for me to ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ even when he played ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ the song, I didn’t like the song,” he said. “I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the shit. It wasn’t the shit to me. Like, you buying more problems, cuh. You buying problems. Gangstas is everywhere. They make ’em everywhere.”

He added: “I think he got to the mindstate that, ‘We the muthafuckas, and ain’t nobody like us.’ Always people like us everywhere.”

Check out the classic hip hop song below.

Social media has differing opinions on the take by Snoop Dogg about one of hip hop’s most controversial singles ever. Some believe Snoop is always speaking on Tupac to remain relevant, while others believe Snoop has attained wisdom after surviving the rap wars of the 90s. What’s your take?

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