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You can take Snoop out of the ghetto, but... photo

Apparently paying double most families' yearly income for an hour of "performing" isn't enough to get a washed-up criminal / rapper to represent at a childrens charity event. I was going to write my version of what happened, but somehow ended up ranting about how rappers and professional athletes should swap their salaries with teachers and police officers, so here's the scoop direct from the New York Post:

If you want Snoop Dogg to play at an event, not only will you have to pay his $150,000 fee, you'll have to accommodate his unusual tastes and enormous entourage. Organizers of Tuesday night's Pussycat Dolls concert at Cipriani Wall Street to benefit UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund), which also featured the rapper, had to fly in more than 10 members of his posse, first-class. Then, at the last minute, Snoop almost didn't go on because, "he insisted on having an Xbox in his dressing room," an insider said. "We finally found someone who lent us their kids' Xbox, and had to put Snoop somewhere on the third floor because he was smoking so much dope." Snoop and his pals were having such a good time they were an hour late making it to the stage...

There you go. Countless innocent children are abused sexually, physically, and mentally everyday, but Calvin Broadus needs him some Xbox. Can some one get this man a fire to die in?

[Via the NY Post]


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lAboMbA's Avatar
lAboMbA at 04/21/2007 21:49
i guess the Xbox made this dtoid news worthy.

also cocknizzles.
Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 04/21/2007 21:53
It's really sad that he would do this. The man shouldn't have charged them a dime to begin with. To hear that he was in the back with the "funny Indo" is just a bit too much to bear.

Charity work should be taken seriously.... People depend on you.
Jsun's Avatar
Jsun at 04/21/2007 22:05
All this ruckus because of not having an Xbox. I mean a PS3 or Wii I can understand, but an Xbox.
Crunshii's Avatar
Crunshii at 04/21/2007 22:21
snoop + xbox + dope = bad dog...
FatBologna's Avatar
FatBologna at 04/21/2007 22:27
Whatevs! The S N oo P be representin' the set my nizzles!
Fuck those broke-ass abused children! They can't even play with my nigga snoop!
Like Fergie says: "If ya'll ain't got no money take yo' broke ass home!" ....

same goes for abused chilluns, yo!
Thornnn's Avatar
Thornnn at 04/21/2007 22:29
This is why people that like rap shouldn't be gamers. Snoop and FatBologna are prime examples.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 04/21/2007 22:32
Hey. Pimping is not easy, contrary to popular belief.
FatBologna's Avatar
FatBologna at 04/21/2007 22:33
uhh.. I was joking. Sarcasm, dude. Look into it.
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angry_poster at 04/21/2007 22:42
i don't see anything wrong with what he did....aside from smoking dope. his records are going to sell whether or not he does charity work. the only reason i did charity...was for the money..
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ozkr at 04/21/2007 23:17
Did they run out of imagination or was this overrated moron the only "artist" available?
Usedtabe's Avatar
Usedtabe at 04/21/2007 23:26
@ozkr:

Well, you have to consider the term "imagination" in context to people who thought it was cool to have The Pussycat Dolls performing for charity. Hip-hop used to be amazing. Now only the underground stuff is good.
SecretOfMyst's Avatar
SecretOfMyst at 04/21/2007 23:58
Hah, not surprising.

Wonder what his gamertag his.
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William Haley at 04/22/2007 00:03
My money's on Douche_Bagg420. Keep in mind he asked for a regular Xbox, not even a 360.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 04/22/2007 00:06
After we burn Snoop Dogg, can we get rid of the Pussycat Dolls too? I'm thinking something involving acid or razor wire.
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free touch at 04/22/2007 00:39
man... $150,000 is a lot of good stuff for those kids. Maybe he was to high to know it was CHARITY. Ahh, the Pussycat Dolls. They're like the Spice Girls, but without the talent.
JudoShrew's Avatar
JudoShrew at 04/22/2007 00:48
insertJoke.("The Spice Girls had talent?");
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 04/22/2007 01:30
Ginger Spice had a pretty nice pair of talents, as I recall.
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BritiniMartini at 04/22/2007 01:41
oh wow... at first I was thinking "what does this have to do with video games?"

then ya... Funny stuff.
TheRob91's Avatar
TheRob91 at 04/22/2007 03:00
God dammit Twisted Imp, every time I see your icon I have to look at the full pic. So mesmerizing.
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C4Vicious at 04/22/2007 03:17
I bet he was playing 50 Cent: Bulletproof, while getting his hair put in dooky braids and drankin' 8 ball dawg... what a fucking loser.

Mac Dre > Snoop Dog
schnodder's Avatar
schnodder at 04/22/2007 03:51
let me play some hazzle dazzle on the lizzle twizzle
CheapyD's Avatar
CheapyD at 04/22/2007 05:33
I have a hard time believing this story...Snoop Dogg smokes weed? Unbelievable.
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JoeyBuckets at 04/22/2007 05:50
This genetic disaster needs to slip and fall in a puddle of the Hiv. He has no love left in his burnt out sorry ass. He should crawl into a hole and be happy some of his friends are still alive. Douchebag.
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 04/22/2007 06:48
grrr, people like him make me angry, now I want to go shoot things... *goes for controller*
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 04/22/2007 07:23
Hahaha this guys good priorities :D
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zsavior at 04/22/2007 08:23
Yes you are all correct Snoop dog is the first and only star to ever charge a charitable organization to preform for them. You have blown this case wide open SCOOBY! Now go search for the WMDs in IRAQ AMERICA NEEDS YOU!

OR

This is a common practice and you just particularly happen to catch one snoop Dog doing it when many other celebrities do the exact same thing. HMMMMM.... I wonder? Nah that must be crazy talk Snoop Dog alone does this.
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LarkOhiya at 04/22/2007 08:51
He wasn't implying that Only snoop does this. Its just in the process he showed little concern for the kids by not even wanting to go on just because he had no XBOX forcing the hosts to first class fly 10 of his "friends" just for laughs and smoke weed before the performance...............charging to perform is the least of our concerns here.
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viewtifulmom at 04/22/2007 11:59
Snoop's fall from grace is approaching Britney Spears'.
Robo Gibdos's Avatar
Robo Gibdos at 04/22/2007 13:06
He's going to shave his head and claim he's the antichrist?
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J03yyz at 04/22/2007 14:11
snoop played my hometown 2 years ago at the arena in which my buddy is maitenance supervisor... my buddy was working that night and helped get most things on the rider...
anyways
on the rider was an xbox, they rented one from the local blockbuster... snoop stole the xbox and all the games they had rented
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savagesaladin at 04/22/2007 14:13
That is FUCKING HILARIOUS. Snoop has made some good music. I have nothing against smoking dope or being a criminal, so I can look at this and laugh.

Fuck yo charity nigga!

Oh yeah, isn't UNICEF an organization that rehabilitates child soldiers? Aren't most of them African (black)? You would think that Snoop would pay to do this, since it would be helping his... you know... people. But I still think its hilarious that he borrowed some kid's xbox and smoked dope with his homies and was an hour late.
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Robert at 04/22/2007 14:23
Snoop is pretty hilarious. I like the video where he tells Bill O'Reilly to sizzle his dizzle.
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winojesus at 04/22/2007 16:47
rap is just plain evil.
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DryvBy at 04/22/2007 17:11
[rant] I have no idea why people complain about how much athletes and "artist" get paid. Their line of work pays very well. As far as teachers getting paid more, get real. My aunt is a kindergarden teacher who complains about pay and she's making $26 /hr to do arts and crafts and baby sit kids. That's pretty good, I'd say. I've never met a person in real life who's had a teacher that actually could say that they deserved more than $10 /hr. My teachers used to show up late for class, never teach slow enough for a kid to understand, and we're really rude. No, they deserve less than what they get paid. I could care less how many years they wasted in college. [/rant]
Ninjajuice66's Avatar
Ninjajuice66 at 04/22/2007 19:15
I have nothing interesting to contribute to this conversation.
Mazda's Avatar
Mazda at 04/22/2007 21:37
jerk
Geoff's Avatar
Geoff at 04/22/2007 22:06
Good choice inviting that moron to such an event in the first place. Not like there's any respected celebrities out there.
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Churchhills Dog at 04/23/2007 06:14
Is there anything this walking stereotype WON'T do for a buck?
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908peruvian at 04/23/2007 06:48
snoop sucks
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verkon at 04/23/2007 09:53
Send him to death row!
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kodack at 04/23/2007 15:36
Is this any different than Al Gore or one of the EnviroMENTALists refusing to do aid shows unless they are flown in on planes that run on butterfly's and sunshine?

Or refusing to go on until all of the light bulbs in their dressing room are replaced with Vegan firefly bulbs that give 50watts of light for 25 watts of power....Meh.


TheRob91's Avatar
TheRob91 at 04/24/2007 16:16
Yes, because one is a belief that helps society and the other is Snoop wanting to just get extravagant shit and be treated like royalty.
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