Snoop Dogg Admits 2Pac Was A “Higher Dad” To His Son Than Him


Snoop Dogg says that 2Pac performed a serious function in elevating his son, Corde. He mirrored on their relationship throughout an interview with PEOPLE, earlier this week, remarking that the late rapper was a greater father to him than he was early on. He defined: “I used to be engaged on [my 1996 album] Tha Doggfather. So when [Corde] was sufficiently old capable of pee and all that different sh*t, I began taking him to the studio with me. … So I’m elevating him round all the homies.”

Snoop continued: “Tupac cherished him. It’s like his nephew. Tupac was a greater dad than me. We’ve been up right here [in the recording studio for] three hours and we ain’t received him nothing to eat. It’s like I’m up right here rapping and sh*t, I’m not being a father. [He was] coaching me.”

Snoop Dogg & 2Pac Attend The American Music Awards

(L-R) Tupac Shakur, MC Hammer, and Snoop Dogg attend the twenty third Annual American Music Awards on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on January 29, 1996. (Picture by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Photos)

‘Pac tragically died in 1996 after a drive-by capturing in Las Vegas. A 12 months later, Snoop welcomed his second son, Cordell. “I put them in soccer, and I watched them work collectively. Soccer helped me to develop into an actual good father as a result of I used to be round different males who had been single mother and father, or both had an incredible spouse, or was a grandfather elevating their son’s youngsters — a lot I might study from them,” Snoop recalled.

It is not the primary time Snoop has mirrored on his relationship with 2Pac as of late. When launching his Loss of life Row Hashish merchandise, he revealed that ‘Pac was the primary particular person to introduce him to blunts, which he did on the wrap occasion for the movie Poetic Justice. “That first blunt sparked a friendship that ran deep. We’ll all the time have his music, however that is one other means I can deliver what was significant to 2Pac to his followers,” he mentioned on the time. Be looking out for additional updates on Snoop Dogg on HotNewHipHop.

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