Snoop Dogg’s star power is massive now, as the artist is a household name. However, Snoop recently reflected on life before that status and how the moment when he became a star happened.
While speaking to Rolling Stone, Snoop talked about his first appearance on the magazine’s cover, saying, “Jimmy Iovine was getting at me and Dr. Dre about being on the cover, right? So at the time, I’m a hip-hop artist, I’m a gangster with this. I’m like, “Man, f*** the Rolling Stone, n****, I want to be on the motherf***ing Source magazine.”
Iovine tried to convince Snoop to be on the cover, saying: “And Jimmy was like, ‘No, no, you just don’t understand. It’s Rolling Stone. It’s the biggest s*** ever. You guys are like Keith and Mick.’ I’m like, ‘Who the f*** is Keith and Mick, n****?’”
Snoop then revealed what happened after he was convinced to take on the cover. “So I end up doing this s***. The day I do it, I put my s*** in some pigtails. Like, stupid gangster s***,” said the rapper. He continued, “I said, ‘Since y’all want me on the cover, I’m going to be a real n**** on the cover.’ When that s*** come out, a week later my record sold a million more f***ing copies to a whole different demographic. To where I had to go and tell Jimmy Iovine, ‘I’m sorry. What other cover would you like for me to take?'”
source: Rolling Stone
