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The State of Snoop Dogg: An Awkward Gangstafari

Snoop Dogg/Lion Is Playing the Fillmore on What Promises To Be the Blunted-est 4/20 Ever

As part of his coming-out tour, and only days before the release of his Diplo-produced reggae album, Snoop Lion, (née Dogg) will be playing one of those intimate shows here in S.F. at the Fillmore. And because Snoop Lion loves weed, and San Francisco loves weed, Snoop has decided to come to San Fra ... More >>

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Snoop Dogg Doubts Gays Will Ever Be Accepted in Rap

In a new interview with the UK Guardian, Snoop Dogg dishes on a huge range of subjects: his metamorphosis into Snoop Lion, how many joints he smokes per day, and whether he'd ever consider going into politics. (Also, how to be a pimp and a married man at the same time.) He even explains his thought ... More >>

"Reincarnated": Snoop Gets Spiritual

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Snoop Lion's "La, La, La" Is Hilarious (Whether It's Supposed To Be or Not)

Remember that terrible time when Joaquin Phoenix was running around with a huge beard, acting like a crazy person, and making everyone uncomfortable? And the world was like: "Is this a hoax or did he just take too many drugs?" Well, ever since Snoop Dogg announced that he was changing his name to Sn ... More >>

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Best of Coachella Weekend Two: Sunday, April 22

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event. F ... More >>

Top 10 Songs No One Cares That You Know the Lyrics To

​You know who you are. You're that guy who starts bellowing in the middle of the bar while your friends pretend not to be with you. You're that girl who gets over-excited in the middle of Urban Outfitters and starts singing along to the song playing just loudly enough that everyone has to hear you ... More >>

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Beavis and Butt-Head Return Tonight. Here Are Six of Their Greatest Musical Insights

They're back! The horror!​The world-at-large is bound to associate a few things with Beavis and Butt-Head: the '90s, a ballsier MTV, low-grade animation, juvenile delinquency, crude sex talk, and two idiots who loved fire, cappuccinos, and causing mayhem. Another major B&B element that should ... More >>

Snoop Dogg, The Killers, and Jane's Addiction Soundtrack the Opulence at a Facebook/Spotify Party (Photos)

Snoop Dogg. Photographs courtesy of Julie Schugard for Spotify​ Open bars of oysters, sushi, wine and cheese, and lots booze. Sound too good to be true? How about adding surprise musical entertainment by the Killers, Jane's Addiction, Snoop Dogg, and Kaskade? Yep, it happened. Last night's p ... More >>

The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg Are Playing a "Secret Show" for the Gods of Tech Tonight

​After hearing rumors all day, it appears this is finally actually confirmed: Snoop Dogg, Jane's Addiction, Kaskade, and the Killers are playing a "secret" show after today's Facebook conference, hosted by Napster founder Sean Parker, according to SFist. So after spending the day hearing abou ... More >>

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Live 105's BFD: Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, the Strokes, Bad Religion, Wolfgang Gartner, More

Linkin Park, coming soon to a Shoreline near you.​If you're one of those for whom it just ain't summer before a big-time rock radio bash, listen up: Live 105 yesterday announced the lineup for its annual BFD concert, which goes down Sunday, June 5, at Shoreline. Your headliners: Multiplatinum rock ... More >>

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Snoop Dogg Gets the Smack Down From Bay Area Alcohol Watchdogs

He knows how to sell ​It definitely wouldn't be hard to lure kids to any product with a campaign that combines Snoop Dogg, alcohol, and sugar. Which is what has one Marin anti-alcohol group concerned. The Marin Institute is taking on the alcopop industry with an online petition asking Pabst Blue R ... More >>

The Marin Institute Doesn't Want Snoop Dogg Selling You Alcoholic Beverages

If Snoop Dogg does it, it's gotta be healthy. Right?​Kids, your favorite weed proponent, Snoop Dogg, has moved on: Now the Doggfather is shilling for newfangled caffeinated alco-pop beverage Blast, which is owned by the Pabst Blue Ribbon company. We all know you mindless little monsters like to ge ... More >>

R.I.P. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop's Greatest Purveyor of Hooks and Choruses (With Bonus Videos!)

Nate Dogg R.I.P.​ If you came of age between 1995 and 2005, it's hard to imagine you're unfamiliar with the late, great Nate Dogg (government name Nathaniel Hale), who passed away yesterday at the age of 41 after struggling with strokes suffered in 2007 and 2008. In his prime, he cornered the mar ... More >>

Did Cameron Diaz Buy Weed From Snoop Dogg in High School?

So Cameron Diaz was recently on the George Lopez Show (and has he always sounded like that?), where she discussed Cuban food, driving a Prius, identity theft, and all that good stuff. But she also recalled her days as a high school student in Long Beach, and memories of one upperclassman named Calvi ... More >>

Do Black Voters Want to Legalize Marijuana?

​As the campaigns for and against California's marijuana-legalizing Proposition 19 heat up, a big question mark still hangs over a vital factor in the initiative's fate: How popular is it among minorities, and specifically among black voters?Notes prince-among-pollsters Nate Silver on FiveThirtyEi ... More >>

Exclusive: '90s R&B Mini-Mix by Debaser's Jamie Jams

Chris BrennanJamie Jams​One thing I've always greatly respected about Jamie Jams and the other fellas that run the 'SF Weekly Best of 2010' Debaser club is their unending wealth of knowledge about the music they love. Obviously, they know their way around '90s alt-rock hits, but it's a pleasant su ... More >>

Nopa, Four Barrel: How New York Times Food Writer/Rocker Peter Meehan Eats on the Road

Premshree Pillai/FlickrFour Barrel: Too slick for psych-folk rockers?​"West Coastin'," New York Times food writer Peter Meehan's Snoop Dogg-ishly titled "Grass Fed" column of June 29, revealed that the scraggly-maned scribe plays guitar in a musty, atmospheric psych-folk band that includes Mag ... More >>

Things Katy Perry Got Wrong About S.F. in 'California Gurls'

You're not speaking for our part of California, Katy and Snoop​Maybe it's because of Hollywood, the recording industry, the big, wide beaches, the weather, or the hilariously fucked-up crack at utopia that is Southern California, but the place's cultures, ideas and people seem to dominate musical ... More >>

Accused Thief Re-Enacts Snoop Dogg Song -- In His Pants

​A man who wandered into the Outer Mission Safeway late Tuesday night is accused of turning his pants into a virtual mini-bar of the sort that washes a wave of nostalgic joy over anyone who came of age in the 1990s. At 10:30 p.m., the store guard observed a man make a beeline for the liquor aisle, ... More >>

As Seen on the Telly

Video of the Day: Snoop Dogg's Fireside Reading of the Grinch

Pretty much a classic in the making here. Snoop Dogg offered a holiday good night story on Friday's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, when the rapper sat fireside and read the classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Of course, he had to give the Dr. Seuss classic a Dr. Snoop twist, throwing in referenc ... More >>

Dam-Funk's dancefloor manifesto

Q&A with Blind Pilot's, Israel Nebeker

Joseph SchellIsrael Nebeker of Blind Pilot.​Israel Nebeker is the lead singer and guitarist for Portland's own, Blind Pilot, whose debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound, has quickly launched the band into indie folk pop stardom. SF Weekly sat down with Nebeker yesterday to chat about the benefits and ... More >>

S-N-O-O-P-D-O-G-Geezy plays at Mezzaneezy

EKAphotography Bow Wow Yippe Yo Yippe Yay: Snoop Dogg Ankh Marketing's latest PR has announced America's favorite Crip, none other than Snoop Dogg, will be playing at Mezzanine April 4th.(UPDATE: MEZZANINE'S OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE NOW LISTS THE SHOW DATE AS APRIL 3, AS DOES LOCATION 415'S WE ... More >>

Oh, Brother

MP3 of the Day: E-40

(Photo from E-40's MySpace page)E-40 is no stranger to clever puns, and the title of the Vallejo heavy's latest release, The Ball Street Journal, shows the rapper isn't slowing down the slang any time soon. The album,  featuring 40's signature rubber tongue alongside guests like Snoop Dogg, Bu ... More >>

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Return of the Mac

Rapper Buckshot thinks, talks, and records for success

Snoop Dogg Brings West Fest to the Fillmore

Britain to Snoop Dogg: No English Breakfast for You!

Snoop Dogg Cartoon Announced by Comedy Central

Snoop Dogg Parties with Too $hort on New Album

Now Playing: Snoop And Larry Do Chicken And Waffles

Cosmic Icons: Once You Go Bonbon, You Never Go Back

Snoop's Got a New Video and Single and It's Off The Chain

Go S.F.! Beat L.A.!

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Double Gizzle in the Hizzle

Misc. Reviews: My Night With Snoop

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here are a few hip hop jammy-jams to warm your yule log.

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