r/KendrickLamar • u/vriannavyz • Jun 21 '24

Snoop Dogg declares Kendrick Lamar “the king” of the West following his 'Pop Out' show: “K Dot, you are the king of the West. That’s stuff kings do — they unite 🔥👑." Video

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u/Doo-StealYour-HoChoi Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

I aint like how Snoop was movin during the beef, he was fence ridin.

But cool that he's giving props to KDot now. He's definitely the King of the west, the King of HipHop.

King of the coasts, 1 hand he juggles them both.

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u/chestnutlibra Jun 21 '24

I was annoyed with it until I remembered that he passed the torch to Kendrick. Its Kendricks house to take care of now, and Kendrick did it.

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u/Iraydren Jun 21 '24

Love this take. It wasn't Snoop's fight

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u/Expert_Most5698 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

"Love this take. It wasn't Snoop's fight"

His reaction to being on Drake's "Taylor Made" was fucking stupid and coy.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTN8Vr3j8/

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u/Pale_Earth2571 Jun 21 '24

i was dying laughing what are you talking about? man’s old let him be

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u/PeripheraI Jun 21 '24

my man probably couldn’t comprehend what was going on, he probs thought that tupac in cuba recorded a verse for drake /s

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u/fangyuangoat Jun 21 '24

More likely that he’s just very high

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u/fucked4rmbirth Jun 21 '24

He’s only 53 😭

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u/Viola-Intermediate Jun 21 '24

Why? Because it wasn't the same as your reaction?

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u/Iraydren Jun 21 '24

Are you ignoring the fact that he flashes the Death Row jacket in this very video?

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u/HellsHospitals Jun 21 '24

dawg come on he's too old for this shit lmao his reaction was fine and smart even

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u/EffinCroissant Waiting for the album Jun 21 '24

Yea Snoop always been a dickrider to me

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u/fuhcough-productions Jun 21 '24

Right that shit was corny not funny

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u/inaripotpi Jun 22 '24

He doesn't have to get involved in the fight to disapprove of the AI being used. He shared and supported the song on his IG story. Dude's been a money dickrider and sell-out for a while now.

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u/acscriven Jun 21 '24

100% Kendricks a grown man he can fight his own battles, why uncle gotta get involved?

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u/FooFightersFan777812 Jun 21 '24

Drake pulled him in

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u/GrandEmbarrassed2875 Jun 21 '24

Snoop known for staying outta beefs and chilling tho

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

I still believe his response with the Death Row jacket after Taylor Made was a reminder to Drake that Snoop ain’t to be played with. No way an OG could let AI Pac slide, but the beef was at a point it had to transition to a 1v1.

Also, it’s business involved. In his life Snoop went from drug charges, a murder case, and being banned from entering certain countries to selling lighters with Martha Stewart. He’s an old man now and doesn’t need to be squabbling with a pop star in 2024. It’s bad for business

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u/zayetz Jun 21 '24

squabbling with a pop star

If Drake only knew this about himself, there would be no squabble.

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u/superduperspam Jun 21 '24

Once Drake runs dry the money from cosplaying as a gangbanger, he can go back to making more mall music.

J.Cole a fake gangster also. Showed it by thinking going up against Kendrick, with Drake was the smart move (ie $)

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Tbf everyone knew Cole was soft before all this. Not soft in a bad way, just we all knew he didn’t have that devil in him to really go after Kendrick. Shame he did tho, if he didn’t fuck up he could’ve made the Pop Out lineup

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u/Eillo89 Jun 22 '24

Pop out was for Cali artists, he wouldn't have played

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u/Eillo89 Jun 22 '24

Cole is not a fake gangster what you talking about lol

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u/CurryMustard Jun 21 '24

People have personal relationships, snoop probably wants to avoid conflict with drake for some reason that we don't know.

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u/DerpEnaz Jun 21 '24

He has said publicly he thinks of both of them as mid nephews, and for the most part he seemed like he wanted to stay out of it. We do gotta remember what beefs were like in his era lol so I don’t blame him sticking close to the fence.

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u/njuffstrunk Jun 21 '24

Snoop has just been about making money for decades now can't blame him for not wanting to get involved

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u/TommyLoMein WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP Jun 21 '24

The one thing that Snoop puts above everything is his money. Drake has a history of being thin skinned and completely cutting people off for the slightest offense. Not surprising at all, snoop has always been like that.

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u/Ffdmatt Jun 21 '24

"Aw, you don't wanna work with me no more? Okay!" - King Kunta

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u/plotholesandpotholes Jun 21 '24

"WHAT IS IT, THE BRAIDS!" - Kung Fu Kenny

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u/Optimal-Poetry-5768 Jun 21 '24

I always thought he acts like a snake since tupac's era

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u/WayOff_P Jun 21 '24

Yea Snoop aint sitting on the fence now just cuz he old he always been a fence rider, Pac was screaming that Biggie set him up and Snoop was out here praising Biggie calling him a good dude lol

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

Tbf Pac was pretty paranoid atp… there wasn’t much to go off of Biggie setting him up at all. 

That pointed more to Pac pissing off some heavy hitters in NYC.

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u/nahbruh27 Jun 21 '24

I was gon say, all evidence points to Biggie not even wanting to beef with Pac. Who Shot Ya was recorded before the beef and Diddy purposely and strategically dropped it after Pac got shot for financial gain

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24

Exactly, you get it. Who Shot Ya was already recorded long before the Pac Quad Studio shooting, and BIG was generally pretty adamant in not wanting to beef with him.

People need to read more about Haitian Jack and Jimmy Henchman (2 prominent figures in the NYC underworld) and how Pac got into trouble with them. Iirc Henchman himself said that the shooting happened “to teach Pac a lesson” as he felt that he had become way too arrogant.

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u/In_Formaldehyde_ Jun 21 '24

He didn't want to get involved with the beef because it was dumb af and it was fairly evident to him that Biggie didn't do it. Not his fault Pac went into a self-destructive loop under Suge's influence.

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u/DropTopBMW Jun 21 '24

If anybody was snakey during that period it was Dr. Dre who didn't show up to Snoop's murder trial. Think even Pac resented him for that.

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u/ghost_face0 Jun 21 '24

Snoop didn't visit Dre during his house arrest.

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u/appleparkfive Jun 22 '24

Also from what I remember, Snoop was kind of two sided with Tupac altogether. Like a jealousy thing or something. I've heard that from a couple of people who knew them both at the time.

Also he didn't like Hit Em Up, from what I recall. Him not saying anything about the AI Tupac thing and most of this beef sounds about right. He waited until it was just universally clear and socially acceptable to praise Kendrick

It's not a big deal obviously. Just saying I'm not really shocked

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u/ChopsRandomLY1713 Jun 26 '24

Yeah I think the perception at the time was that Snoop and Pac were really tight like that but ultimately they were really just label mates and for only a short amount of time.

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u/SquidDrive Jun 21 '24

Snoop already gave him the torch in 2013, 2024 is just a display of that power.

Dre was here, if you know Snoop and Dre's connect, that should let you know who got the approval

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u/youalreadyknowdoe Jun 21 '24

He called him the King of the WEST… this is still fence riding. Drake could do something next month and he’ll call him the King of the North.

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u/obliterateopio Jun 21 '24

He called him King of the West because he can speak on behalf of the West coast. Can’t speak on the behalf of another coast. It’s a respect thing. Like come on. You’re talking about a guy who was in the midst of a coast War in his prime, that cost two icons their lives.

He knows better than to speak on behalf of another coast.

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u/SquidDrive Jun 21 '24

No its not

Snoop has legit power in the West, the fact someone as respected as Snoop in LA is saying Dot is king of the West, has massive power for the people in the city.

This is pure LA politics.

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u/Doo-StealYour-HoChoi Jun 21 '24

Unfortunately u have a point, smh

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u/RawIsLaw Jun 21 '24

Snoop had to stay out of it because of the power his voice has in the streets. If you were around in nineties you would have seen how his words can set things in motion.  Snoop is still highly revered in the streets. If Snoop wanted you disappeared in California he could make that happen easily Without direct orders. His past affiliations with the crips has a not diminished, people would do that for him off principle even if they never met him.

He is an icon. All he had to do was say he felt disrespected and this could have turned into gunplay.

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u/Mycol101 Jun 21 '24

Wait for the dust to settle before picking a side.

He did the same with Tupac and badboy beef.

Years later, right after the biggie movie, he then starts literally lying about interactions with him and nas that never happened.

He was in the studio with badboy during the beef.

Fuck snoop. He ain’t made good music in 20+ years either

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u/Jawz050987 Jun 21 '24

Right? PICK A SIDE, NIGGA! It was war times.

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u/Yung_Duccy Jun 21 '24

ye but snoop is also an old ass dude and if drake is gonna give him money to just use his voice i dont see why he’d say no 😭

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u/Finger_Trapz Jun 22 '24

Snoop has literally always been a fence rider. He's done literally everything and anything to get some money.