Lately, Snoop Dogg has not been seen as the most positive person in hip hop. Although the west coaster he has had some recent global legal issues ranging from his banning from Australia to mixup in the controversy of the Don Imus incident, Snoop Dogg wants to keep it clear that he is not this bad guy that some current headlines suggest.
In talking with MTV, Snoop had these things to say about all of his current issues:
MTV: You recently put out the album Snoop Dogg Presents: The Big Squeeze. Part of your squeezing of the industry has to do with choking out all the beef. You’ve been able to help end quite a few beefs, especially on the West Coast, with your Western Conference summit meeting a few years ago.
Snoop Dogg: A few wildfires pop up every once in a while, but for the most part I ended the traumatic stuff. “I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna kill you” � pretty soon we’re gonna get rid of all that, ’cause to me, the battle-rap days are over. It had its time and place when rap first came out � it was fun, it was friendly, it was cool. But now that needs to be out of the game. They have the DVDs with the rap battles, and when you lost, you lost. I like that because it’s structured. But when you get a [record] deal, it’s more egos and personalities and stuff you have to live up to, and that prevents you [from taking] your loss like a man.’
by David Dennis & Robby Uppal
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