If this week has taught us anything, it's that mega-star American rappers love the queen. Nicki Minaj recently tweeted her well wishes at Queen Elizabeth (who just tested positive for COVID) and in a new interview, Snoop Dogg recounted the time the monarch kept him from being booted out of the UK in 1994, saying "the queen, that's my gal."
In a new interview with DJ Whoo Kid, Snoop talked about the infamous 1994 cover of the Daily Star that called on British lawmakers to "kick this evil bastard out!" in reference to Snoop, who at the time was facing first and second-degree murder charges for the shooting death of Philip Woldermariam.
"It's a headline, n—," Snoop said. "That s–t is documented. They had a picture of me on the front […] They was like, 'Kick this evil bastard out.'"
The rapper — who recently played the Super Bowl 2022 Halftime Show with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent — was in the UK at the time on tour following the release of 1993's Doggystyle. He was eventually acquitted of the charges.
"This was while I was fighting a murder case, over there [UK] doing shows," he said. "But guess who came to my defence? Just take a guess."
"The queen, n—. The queen said, 'This man has done nothing in our country. He can come,'" he continued. "The queen, n—, bow down. When the queen speak, bow down. That's Harry and Williams' grandmother, you dig? You think they weren't there, saying, 'Grandma, please let him in, grandma. He's OK. We love his music.' 'You know Harry, I'll let him in for you. He's not so bad after all and he's quite cute.' … The queen, that's my gal."
Snoop had spoken about the incident previously in a 2015 interview with The Guardian, saying, "When they tried to kick me out of England, the queen made a comment that her grandbabies loved Snoop Doggy Dogg, and he had done no wrong in the UK, so she gave me permission to be here."
In a new interview with DJ Whoo Kid, Snoop talked about the infamous 1994 cover of the Daily Star that called on British lawmakers to "kick this evil bastard out!" in reference to Snoop, who at the time was facing first and second-degree murder charges for the shooting death of Philip Woldermariam.
"It's a headline, n—," Snoop said. "That s–t is documented. They had a picture of me on the front […] They was like, 'Kick this evil bastard out.'"
The rapper — who recently played the Super Bowl 2022 Halftime Show with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent — was in the UK at the time on tour following the release of 1993's Doggystyle. He was eventually acquitted of the charges.
"This was while I was fighting a murder case, over there [UK] doing shows," he said. "But guess who came to my defence? Just take a guess."
"The queen, n—. The queen said, 'This man has done nothing in our country. He can come,'" he continued. "The queen, n—, bow down. When the queen speak, bow down. That's Harry and Williams' grandmother, you dig? You think they weren't there, saying, 'Grandma, please let him in, grandma. He's OK. We love his music.' 'You know Harry, I'll let him in for you. He's not so bad after all and he's quite cute.' … The queen, that's my gal."
Snoop had spoken about the incident previously in a 2015 interview with The Guardian, saying, "When they tried to kick me out of England, the queen made a comment that her grandbabies loved Snoop Doggy Dogg, and he had done no wrong in the UK, so she gave me permission to be here."