Snoop Dogg Responds To Warren G's Claims Of Being Left Out: 'It's Pain We've Never Fully Addressed'

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15-05-2025

Hip-Hop legends Snoop Dogg and Warren G have shared a brotherhood that dates back decades — from their early days in Long Beach to their rise during the golden era of West Coast rap.
But recent comments from Warren G reveal that all hasn't been smooth between the longtime collaborators and friends. Snoop Dogg responded to Warren's comments during an appearance on The Breakfast Club, where he offered insight into their complicated history.
'There have been certain situations where we have become super close behind tragedy and behind love,' Snoop said, adding that Warren is 'probably the best friend that I got that only me and him understand each other.'
But Snoop also acknowledged underlying tension that dates back to the early '90s, when Warren G helped introduce him to Dr. Dre and ultimately played a role in landing him a spot at Death Row Records — a deal Warren himself never received.
'The music industry is trifling,' Snoop said. 'You think about how [Warren G] brought me to Death Row, but Death Row didn't sign him, so there's a lot of animosity and frustration and anger in him off of that. Not at me but at the situation at whole.'
He continued, 'As a artist, if you're pushing for me, you want for me to do this. But as an artist, I'm feeling f**ked up because they left my homeboy. These are things that we've never had a chance to fully get a understanding on because it's pain.'
Snoop also clarified the dynamic between Warren's relationship with him versus his relationship with Dr. Dre. '[Warren G's] relationship with Dr Dre is his relationship,' he said.
'His relationship with me is our relationship. When I'm working with Dr. Dre, I don't bring nobody with me. I bring myself because I'm not responsible for nobody but me.'
Appearing on The Ugly Monkey podcast, Warren G opened up about feeling cast aside by both Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, despite his pivotal role in their early careers. While he made clear that there was no malice in his words, Warren expressed hurt over being excluded from recent events and collaborations.
'Snoop and Dre get down and they doing things and it's no diss to neither one of them or anything like that,' Warren said. 'But it's like, y'all could call Warren to come do a cameo or come hang out or something.'
He emphasized that his desire to be involved isn't about money or fame. 'I don't want no money or nothing from nobody, just call me to be around,' he said, his words steeped in a desire for camaraderie and recognition.
Warren also recalled a moment when he was unable to get backstage at the Super Bowl where both Snoop and Dre performed at in 2022 — a moment that stung deeply because he simply wanted to share it with his son.
'I was trying to get downstairs, to get down in the back, 'cause I had my son with me and he was home from the NFL,' he explained.
'I couldn't even get backstage. I called everybody I knew. Nobody would answer their phones. I couldn't get backstage, none of that. I didn't give a f**k about performing, I just wanted to take my son down there to see all my folks and see everybody.'
Watch Snoop Dogg's The Breakfast Club interview below.
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