Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar have cleared the air after the “Missionary” rapper posted a diss track toward Lamar.
In April, weeks after dropping his initial diss track toward Lamar, “Push Ups,” Drake went back to back and released “Taylor Made Freestyle” on his Instagram account.
The track was seen as divisive since the Toronto rapper used AI to mimic the voices of both Snoop and Tupac Shakur. It was so controversial that Shakur’s estate stepped in, and threatened to sue Drake for using an AI-generated version of the late rapper’s voice.
At the time, Snoop shocked fans when he posted the track to his Instagram, leading many to believe he was taking the side of the 6 God and not Lamar.
But after K. Dot recently called him out on, “GNX,” rapping, “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made’ I prayed it was the edibles, I couldn’t believe it was only right for me to let it go,’ the veteran MC has since apologized for showing support to Drake instead of his fellow West Coast brethren.
The day Lamar’s surprise album was released, Snoop jokingly tweeted, “It was the edibles.”
In a recent interview with Bootleg Kev, Snoop gave more insight into why he posted the track and the apology he left for the “Not Like Us” star after he realized his mistake.
He shared, “What had happened was, I did a collaborative post with someone. When I do it, I don’t listen to the music, I just see Gin & Juice because it’s my brand. So when I posted it, I’m thinking I’m posting Gin & Juice. I don’t know what song this is, I’m not hip to everybody’s music.”
Snoop later added, “Then I get the word: ‘Nephew didn’t like what you did. ‘What did I do?’ You played some music.’ What music?! Then I had to go look at the [post] and I’m like, ‘Aw, that’s cuz.’ So then I deleted it, called, l deleted it, called, left him a message ’cause he ain’t pick up, he was working on his shit. ‘Nephew, it’s Uncle Snoop. I got the message. I apologize, I was fucked up. My bad.’”
Snoop posting the track was also shocking since he’s one of the MCs who quite literally handed the torch to Lamar as the new leader of the West Coast in 2011. Other California-based artists were there to support Lamar, including The Game and Kurupt.