Snoop Dogg on Bloods & Crips in Death Row

Snoop Dogg discusses early tension in Death Row Records and remembers how Bloods and Crips ended up working together. Watch the full interview on BigBoyTV.
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#SnoopDogg

[@bigblue3216]

If a brother is solid then he solid

[@afbm6890]

Dot and period ❤

[@andrewlpickfordiii9986]

Damn, right!

[@Tyrone-go2jn]

Tru dat Peace

[@MarylandManson29]

Gangs were damn near racism. Instead of white and black it was blue and red.

[@ramonhenderson7484]

💯💯💙💯💯

[@DONCHAPAVELI]

SNOOP IS HILARIOUS..... SUGE SAY WHAT U DOING WITH THEM. SNOOP SAY NIGGA U BROUGHT THEM AROUND ME🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MadACeTeeMack]

More proof that individuals create unnecessary conflict for no apparent reason. Much love to Snoop.

[@williambledsoe5645]

Say it again this time say it louder for the folks in the back that didn't hear you.

[@cw6152]

exactly

[@officialkentino]

He was always in for peace 🕊️

[@jakeequality8065]

Snoop is a liar and a coward

[@jakeequality8065]

Snoop murdered a man in a wheelchair and Suge helped him beat his case....they stole evidence out the police evidence locker...paid off witnesses....Snoop is a piece of shyt

[@pat_n_black7563]

Suge: “I brought them in to intimidate my artist not for you to make friends wit ‘em, tf?”.

[@kashondemand356]

Exactly 🤣

[@kevinporter5146]

LMAO

[@realtalkwithj-man5195]

😂 exactly, suge wanted snoop to be all scary and shit then he turns around and becomes friends with them lol

[@silkshirt17witdajhericurl80]

Yooo Lmao 😂😂😂 i can see him saying this in kind of a jokingly manner.

[@TeethandBonetransformati-ms3if]

My thoughts exactly.

[@NorthPasture]

“I don’t give a f**k if you’re blood or cuz, as long as you got love for thugz!” - Tupac Shakur

[@ogarchielee9880]

SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN HE MESSED WITH BABY LANE 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@NorthPasture]

@@ogarchielee9880 “but don’t try and test me out, stall that. This is thug life n**** and we all strapped!”

[@codeinecowboy8607]

@@ogarchielee9880lmaoo I like 2pac but people really think he was a gangster when he wasn’t at all

[@misterundead425]

​@@ogarchielee9880 Get educated; Pac didn't hit Orlando because of his set. Why don't y'all say this when he got into a fight with the Rollin 60s in 93? or when he fought those crips in the store in 94? Why is it all of a sudden deeper because it was with Death Row when it was the same thing he always did?

[@misterundead425]

@@codeinecowboy8607 No Pac fan thinks he was a gangster because unlike you weirdos, they actually watched his interviews instead of repeating what 3rd party sources say. Pac from 91 to 96 always said he wasn't a gangster.

[@figliodihades]

Ex crip here, had blood homies growing up... now as an adult im still tight with these mfs more than i am with most mfs i banged with. Life is funny like that.

[@elijahstraight402]

That's what's up. It's not how you start, but how you finish

[@tonyblaze2897]

Just say you’re not active, it’s no such thing as an ex Crip or Blood.

[@AlanLove-uy5jz]

That's what's up homie. That makes you real solid. You sound like a good dude. Salute to you.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Facts

[@BorrowedTimeisWacky993]

Js don’t be a gang member💀

[@Respectedthoroughly]

"Nigga u brought'em around me, what u want me to do? Kill'em?"🤣🤣🤣

[@robozeddBehindAPlayButton]

That Got me😂

[@pnut3844able]

Ffs man, the ignorance in y'all's culture....smh. Do better. BE better. Grow tf up you children.

[@raoul861]

Snoop Dogg funny asf, its how he said it "well nigga you brought them around me what you think imma Do 🤣 😂

[@kashondemand356]

Right ! If Suge asked that question u already kno y but he gotta play dum to find out if Snoop would move the right way ...

[@fredeb67]

Wen you buy a cat to kill the mouse and they become best friends 😂😂😂

[@christineperez7562]

Snoop has never been about conflict. He over come a lot in his life.

[@amireplays3571]

Never about conflict? Dissed Eazy without knowing him :)

[@harrymaples3040]

Because we are all brothers.

[@williemitchell5262]

Snoop iz right! The hatred came from Africans, as Tribes! This isn't Willie Lynch, Because he was the first American policeman!! I see it here in New Jack City, Black races are hateful too! I am 59 and at my age I can see where our Sisters are their own problem, and I can see why White people hate us who are of color! Some people "just love to keep the shxx going." as my friend Tiffane says!! I'm glad Snoop Doggy D, enjoyed time with his OPPS!

[@staysmooth3048]

Facts 💪

[@DjMbezzle]

"we was the same kinda people " Its almost as if we're all humans regardless of what neighborhood we're born in....crazy, right?

[@BrandonLawrence]

that just how it is in america, divide has become norm. the ones at the top that owns & control everything are laughing watching all the other races in america hate & klling each other. when I say at the top, I’m not talking about white people btw

[@kashondemand356]

Snoop just smart and knew how to move and think especially in a tuff situation 😅

[@kashondemand356]

@Tønganz3 Outsiders looking in will never understand how this shyt go ... They don't even respect it ...

[@SerafinaTorgul]

@@kashondemand356 its hard to respect idiocy.

[@kashondemand356]

@@SerafinaTorgul to each their own and u certainly kan have ur opinion … No argument here 👍🏾

[@makeoutbars2202]

Hard to pick a side when both sides have that much love for you. Snoop is that beloved.🤔🤔❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@streetapostle3307]

Word homie...I've been saying this for a long time....he was loved and respected in both side...he was just a genuine guy layback and i think fun to be with..his vibes and erthang

[@nonpondo_]

You can't hate on snoop, even if they were mad at him going up to him he would immediately hand them an innocuous blunt that would knock them on their ass and make them chill out, it's like a charisma based debuff to ATK and DEF, it can't be broken through

[@mtdubdachamp6917]

Former gangbanger here and honestly this is fax, some of my friends today is niggaz that banged the opposite flag I did and personally I love them niggaz they got my back like I got theirs and I don’t mean on a banging tip or fighting tip I mean with life in general. I respect who respects me. It’s really that simple

[@kashondemand356]

Opposing faktions usually kan gain a sense of love and respekt for one another if it hasn't turned deadly ...

[@elijahstraight402]

​@@kashondemand356The fact that you had Bloods and Crips associated with the SAME RECORD LABEL. Two biggest gangs in LA Metro...Rivals to the core. Either as artists or paid security. Snoop, Dogg Pound, Tray Dee, Nate Dogg, Big C Style, All members of the LBC Crew, DJ Quik, OFTB, Heron, T Lane, Buntry, etc. And the only artists selling on the label were Ripz. Gladiator school 4 real

[@kashondemand356]

@@elijahstraight402 hell yea most definitely

[@elijahstraight402]

@@kashondemand356 Death Row was really "the streets" Str8 up

[@kashondemand356]

@@elijahstraight402 I agree 100% and that is y Snoop had to play it smart even tho he did still eventually got ran outta DeathRow... He lasted for a good minute tho ...

[@toxicavenger7073]

Speaks volumes doesnt matter what color you are red,blue,black or white we all can get along

[@guilhermecastro292]

Actually the magic happens when they light a joint together 😅😂😂😂

[@TheGeenat]

@@guilhermecastro292l that too. Snoop get you so high you won’t know who tf you are, let alone some beef for no damn reason.

[@Whitedove6]

Amen

[@jasonvesper8863]

Proof we can all get along no matter where u come from.

[@gregb1758]

Hell that should have let you know that you are the same people! One love!

[@Brandon-in3yy]

Right when he was like we were like the same kind of people i was like but y'all are just hard headed

[@shombiedixon675]

Facts

[@4422-]

One love and patience remember Nas,s song savarlie

[@djairalert422]

I don’t know how you can hate snoop, he’s too cool to hate.

[@apraew20]

💯

[@9ethergangdretti369]

Snoop said well you brought em around me lol 😅😅😅

[@benjaminlandgren9708]

Snoops not an idiot, you get surrounded by people who could tap you out, you act civil and make peace or you start running. He was completely civilised because he valued his own life more than he did over a feud between area code gangs.

[@keystone6928]

That's Real Talk Snoop

[@seanldean4213]

Man if the Bloods and Crips came together like Voltron that would be powerful!!!..❤

[@flickstr2606]

They have actually tied flags before multiple times. Most widely known time they did it was during the LA riots in the 1990s. It has happened a couple other times since then, but that's the most well known one.

[@JGDirtySouth8]

I've always said this and snoop hit it right on the head. If gang members weren't taught to hate each other because of foul history among the sets then all these guys would be the best of friends, they all have such similar interests, backgrounds and hobbies

[@freeindeed8416]

This is facts

[@newelldavis1858]

Dudes is too jealous ..fragile egos ..traumatized and groomed to hate each other ..im black and black dudes always find a way to SEPERATE..colors ..side of town ..block etc ..ready to hurt anybody but the oppressor

[@JasperTalley]

Shout to Snoop for being a real OG

[@brianargo1659]

Man! Snoop has told so much shit that he's starting to believe his own BS! Like that Tate character😂😂

[@oye8211]

Real O.G ?. He has been caught lying so many times. Never know what to belive when he talks.

[@HollyCain44]

@@oye8211 I believe nothing

[@60NhSaint]

​@@brianargo1659 I guess you gotta picx what you believe... but I believe this cause that's how it happens now.. I mean after you know a blood or crip as a man first you don't even looc at them from a gangbanger stand point.. lol. Yea I wrote a paragraph Gelato got me skyy high 😂😂 I'm just bored and in the comment section Cuhz..NH

[@fatzbetts6083]

Snoop is a snake

[@maaruz1979]

“It ain’t where you’re from it’s where you’re at” a great rapper once said

[@shaniyadaddy8882]

Like PAC said🗣️I C Blood & Crips walking up the hill looking for a better way,my brothers and sisters it's time to ball cuz even thug niggas pray. Hoping God hears me...🙌🏿🤲🏿🙏🏿✝️☮️💪🏿🛐💯🫡🪖

[@love3765T]

BAIL

[@shhhake]

I entered the game, look how much I changed

[@RFJersey]

Was that before or after he made a diss song about his good friend?

[@shaniyadaddy8882]

@@love3765T typo mistake ☝🏿

[@shaniyadaddy8882]

@@RFJersey Way after ☝🏿

[@josephphoenix1376]

That is just the Deal! The Power Structure seeks to DIVIDE& CONQUER!🎤💥

[@ValdrthePraxama]

SNOOP A REAL ONE! homie just wants peace and love within his circle, homie dont want no beef. Reminds me of me when I was young, my friend group is full of stragglers of so many different groups, never be afraid to branch off or invite.

[@holoceph3916]

Suge was a control freak monster. Snoop was chill and just trynna be a good guy and make music

[@nar7470]

it’s almost like everybody the same and disassociating with someone because of being in a gang is very sad. humans are meant for so much more than this

[@ramonhenderson7484]

💯

[@PurpleDrac]

well it only means one thing and that is they didn't graduate. why they even still in the game 🧐if they ain't movin up what they doin ??

[@maaruz1979]

Nations are kind of like gangs

[@brettperry218]

Rap is the most authentic genre of music ever, particularly in yhe 90's. These guys were rapping about their reality.

[@qui1283]

*WELL U BROUGHTEM ROUND ME*

[@xodiaq]

I think that frustration in his voice says everything. Like he knew better by that point, why the hell couldn’t they? It’s probably a big reason he’s still alive today.

[@livergen]

Birds of a Feather - Flock together ...

[@ryancox5097]

Big Boy ain't so big no more. Looking slim and healthy. Good to see.

[@MauchAdoodleDude]

I’m not from a set, nor hang around anybody but I can relate.

[@stephanehardaway8664]

Beautiful post. Profound information, knowledge is POWER.

[@Skywalkerog_]

This is a perfect example of that analogy being wrong of being two gang members from rival sets and it’ll be a blood bath but sit them down for a good hour I bet they can become friends that’s the truth and I’m sticking to it

[@normanbrown9225]

IF THE BLOOD AND CRIPS WOULD JOIN TOGETHER THEY WOULD BE AWESOME. POWER IN UNITY.

[@donovannolley4323]

I cant wait till my brothas in LA and Chicago stop and work for each other for our culture

[@masterbuilder6375]

U figured it out WE ALL ARE THE SAME PEOPLE !!! PRICELESS STATEMENT.❤

[@victormuhammad2678]

Same question For 25 years

[@livingdead1969]

1993 Original BanginOnWax Unity Peace Movement had alot too do with that

[@Kev_-qm1je]

RIP BLOODY MARY🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@coreyglackin8365]

I think snoops always been down with real people regardless of who you are, dude is trying to start an inner city hockey league. He clearly is atoning for his mistakes and doing rite by people, others should follow his lead and try to expand our horizons

[@nightshadebrown7593]

Brother Snoop can't help if people like and want to be around him they vibing. Thats cool if everybody is just chilling and getting along and not kill eachother over bull crap.

[@SharpForceTrauma]

It's a damn shame this music didn't bring em closer all over. Brothers still fighting over colors when they could be making the music of a generation.

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

The only color they seen was green.

[@carl1212]

Snoop Dogg is so lovable that a couple days of hanging out with him is enough to turn a mortal enemy into a friend.

[@alb7844]

That was real talk..... humanity over colored flags.

[@geriflett9043]

RESPECT !

[@kwasikabristevenson7408]

The G way of doing things within your culture.

[@BigZWD]

You see Surge had a hand in reducing gang violence 😅

[@superthowed8651]

Actually, he started the killing between Compton Piru's that's still going on to this day.

[@holoceph3916]

Suge Knight objectively made things worse consistently and would fan the flames into bigger conflicts always

[@iaintmadatcha]

I Wish the black man could unite and bang on the outsiders instead of each other ✊🏿

[@tonyarodriguez2098]

AMEN 🙏

[@schnatzinator7713]

racist

[@iaintmadatcha]

@@schnatzinator7713 so you are cool when we kill each other and rap about it? But soon as we start to wake up and realise we got real enemies that have been unaliving us for centuries with impunity we racist?

[@bigkal7]

Music brings people together (so does pen)

[@kha5518]

I sure hope Snoop is instrumental and unifying because why not? Brothers need to love brothers so that we can have brothers to pick from. Senseless deaths are taking our black men away. Black women NEED our men to survive. Mothers need their sons to live.💔💔💔💔

[@dvoo175]

Snoop is full of love. Do you know how hard it is to keep peace with folks that’s supposed to be the op? Phew!

[@ldturner]

When it comes to music there’s been a truce on different sets getting along and getting money. As long as no one from a specific crew has done something to or killer someone it’s all good.

[@Buenomars]

Snoop Dogg: (socializes) _Suge Knight did not like that_

[@robozeddBehindAPlayButton]

I agree, Suge always had the security

[@dredhed1989]

That just goes to show the level of bs involved in gang beef. I've never understood being told who you can and can't like based on what set they roll with.

[@calvinsmiley2552]

Some grow up in these environments as you grow and mature you embrace ppl on a different level of respect La in the 90’s things were taboo still but the transformation was existing death row brought that visual and the 92 riots helped to bring the better communication between blue & red Farrakhan as well

[@Alvan81]

Los Angeles (city only, not even metro) is 502 sq miles! But by _coincidence_ of growing up 25 blocks in one direction or another, now you're cornered into being deadly enemies... Random, based on where your parents chose to rent apt/buy a house..(or projects)..😏

[@michaelmckenzie6311]

Its a vibe thang mayne! It transcends everything!

[@thomasmcrae40]

Bloods and Crips need to unite and stay united black is beautiful

[@OfficiallyOrca]

Seems like the ones that seen the writing on the wall and wanted to leave the beef alone is the ones we hear today living to talk about it

[@jayrobinson5110]

Respect brings about Respect! Doesn't matter where you are from...it is about where you are at! A man recognizes the foundation of you & if you are 100--then the colors of your set or where you are representing can be put on the shelf so you can both coexist!

[@robertharper6416]

Why do y'all keep asking questions about what happen years ago...same ol interviews

[@ballsbruh1565]

Decades ago lol

[@robbblair6289]

Whats sad is looking at the history of both those gangs. They came from the Panthers. Then turned into 2 fight clubs going after each other. Then escalated from fist to weapons. Sad when they could all unite & get along.

[@markjohnson2080]

Snoop jus one of them cool ass niggas i know plenty bloods that fuck wit genuinely cool ass crips and vice versa

[@gboyz7755]

I ain even into gangs but ion gaf if a nigga solid he solid 💯

[@kennethgrayjr2855]

We family at the end of the day

[@eddiebishop5844]

I too Eddie X in effect came up like snoop dog I came up with tookie Terry Simmons Black Johnny K c Big brownie We got brother-in-law's That is from the blood Set

[@eddiebishop5844]

Coming up ripping and crippling and everything else Having a brother-in- Brother-in-laws from 2 blood sets Outlaws And you Know the story from LA

[@noname-js7pj]

Not enough real ones left to be fighting over colors 💯

[@molink3123]

Respect is respect

[@ronaldwilliamson9117]

It sounds like Snoops energy is liked by different cultures

[@Levord1980]

Suge really didn’t like that Snoop just liked socializing and making friends.

[@kashondemand356]

Snoop was thinking smart out of fear ... U don't think he already knew wat was expekted with having Bloods n krips on the same label ? Snoop was smart and wise enuff to kno that he kould not allow the hounds to suppress him so out of fear the only way to gain their respekt is to hang out ! If Snoop had dissociated himself from them then it would've kaused early tension ... Eventually they did bounce em outta there but he was able to last for a while before then 😅

[@paavoilves5416]

@@kashondemand356 Ain't no good reason to dissociate anyway. I love the gangbang imagery but in reality it's tribalist and childish

[@kashondemand356]

@@paavoilves5416 to each their own but it’s here and it’s the world we live in but with Snoop being a member and not really aware fully of his surroundings some think it would’ve been smart for em to disassociate himself but he didn’t and I think it was smart n wise on his end … Thinking out of fear don’t make u soft at all …

[@keithryankeene5249]

Man we all the same. Just trying not to get they next stepped on by the rich and powerfull.

[@Shockwave117yt]

How funny that a Blood is a CEO with Artists full of Crips and this was before the truce.

[@Wayin52]

I’m starting to believe snoopy a studio gangsta like Eazy said 🤣

[@williamhallager5328]

You think?????😮😂😂😂

[@kwilliams.]

Snoop Was A "G" Back In The Day "Murder Was The Case" Got Him "Scared Straight" Look What Happened To C-Murder "FREE COREY MILLER"

[@randyhenry5446]

​@@kwilliams. but he wasn't the one to pull the trigger..

[@kashondemand356]

Snoop a smart n wise dude tho gotta admit that ...

[@AABRAHAM397]

Snakey snoop LIAR TRAITOR

[@4422-]

I love the honesty im a loyal man (AT TIMES ) I can tell you now Im loyal to me and if your cool your cool IV limited family so good friends to me is and has been all Iv had life's not stable enough for me to turn down good people I honestly wish I had more friends

[@bravecountry4012]

Suge fuck’d up a GOLD MINE on Red vs Blue shit. Death Row could’ve been the movement frfr.

[@robertgibson3655]

This is true in different other ventures going back to the late 80s, because originally in the 70s we were. All Afros came from the south to Calico and the Midwest are people came out in waves Snoop is the generation born out here. ☝

[@deangelobluford8158]

When we as a people understand blood and crips is seperating black.people as one and the white people love it

[@EastyMula]

Snoop is the most Bloodest Crip fr everyone loves him 💀

[@pin9617]

The bloods and crips on Death Row we’re able to put aside their gang affiliation for a greater good and get along, they actually became friends, this is possible for all of us in the ghetto, regardless of coasts, city, or gang affiliation! We gotta wake up! Let’s check our egos and pride at the front door and be willing to listen to reason!

[@jasonito23]

The difference is that in Death Row alot of money was being put in pockets. That makes it easier. Snoop is rapping, you're security because if Snoop bangs out a hit, the company grows and everyone makes more money. If you hurt Snoop and say because he's a Crip....well, that's going to be a big problem.

[@JoeMaMa44444]

Proof we can all come together! They want to divide us only because we are stronger together!

[@afrikasmith1049]

Proof that Tribalism is bullshit, but music brings people together.

[@kcchiviya]

You can not name your label deathrow and expect everything to go smoothly. As you think, you shall be. The seeds thou shalt sow, will bear fruit.

[@bellman214972]

“It was like we were all the same people “….Brother is lost for real💯

[@vanillagorilla6091]

Been banging since Big Boy was a big boy

[@boobillzsittyblack3895]

To me death row was the first label to be a safe place for bloods and crips

[@korsicanbrothazindependent4480]

O.F.T.B artist from the row not to be forgotten

[@bm-is8lo]

HUNNAZ 👌🏿

[@nosmoke247]

Loyalty is to money alone. You can be on a no touch list. Ask Twista...

[@robert2754]

It was so beautiful 😢 i shedded a single m an tear

[@gideonlau2707]

Snoop Stories just keep changing

[@johnbrown8300]

Snoop 😂became friends with everbody. People was the shit back than.

[@philmason9653]

"I'm a magical person who makes friends everywhere he goes. What the hell did you think was gonna happen?"

[@user-dc6ed1rp8n]

Talk with Soilder boy/ in Atlanta Georgia 💯💯💯 pàss word on Chicago Motown Englewood 💯

[@jdsmokes5442]

See a lot of people mix friends with gangs , Snoop is too scared that he's there and he's here Dude's an entertainer and a Rapper If he didn't play both sides he wouldn't be here Period

[@ronaldcombs5657]

Snoop telling the stories about who he hang out with back in the heyday of Death Row. Suge asked him what are you doing? LoL that was funny when Snoop said that.

[@ThrillerALi]

Snoop talking like he re-living that conversation with Suge. “You brought me around these noogas!” Voice got all high and shiiii 😩😭😂💀💯

[@LINDACOSTA-fu7ku]

KEEP,EM BOUNCIN MY MAIN MAN SNOOP, I STILL LISTEN AND LOVE DOGGYSTYLE ALBUM, EVERY DAY WARREN G, LADY RAGE, CORRUPT NATE , I JUST LOVE SNOOP,S FLOW ❤❤❤😂😊😂😊 PUMP PUMP MY FAV WELL NO, ALL ARE MY FAV REALLY LOLOVELINDA AUSTRALIA ❤🇦🇺❤️

[@dextec49]

Break bread, hustle is the mindset.