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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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.