The legendary NBA star Snoop Dogg compared Eminem to: “That motherf*cker put 40 on your ass”
Snoop Dogg and Eminem are both close to Dr Dre. However, for a long time, the two feuded over a misunderstanding regarding a collaboration. According to Eminem, the pair had battled though something of a tenuous relationship over the years.
Speaking to his manager Paul Rosenberg in a 2022 interview for his podcast Paul Pod, the ‘Crack A Bottle’ rapper explained that the discord began with Snoop’s appearance on ‘Bitch Please II’, a track on Eminem’s 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP that also featured Dr Dre and Xzibit.
Divulging how their relatively dormant feud began with a simple misunderstanding, Eminem revealed, “I think that there was a miscommunication at the time in regards to him being on my album.”
The rapper continued: “I think he had wanted to do something with me, and you said something to the effect of, ‘Well, let’s hear what the song is first,’ and he said the way that he took it was… that I don’t fuck with him.”
The ‘Stan’ rapper then went on to clarify how the ‘Gin & Juice’ emcee had completely misinterpreted the situation revealing that he actually loves Snoop Dogg, as he declared: “Doggystyle changed my life…[I’ve] looked up to him forever”.
After Dr Dre’s aneurysm in 2022, the two ended their rivalry. In fact, they even collaborated with their song ‘From The D To The LBC’, which featured on Eminem’s greatest hits album Curtain Call 2. Since then, the two have continued to complement each other, with Snoop even comparing Eminem to former basketball player Larry Bird.
Bird is one of the only Caucasian players in the NBA who has ever played against the best. During his career, the power forward played against the likes of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and became a 12-time NBA All-Star. As a fan of basketball, Snoop couldn’t help but notice that Larry Bird and Eminem had a lot in common concerning their ability to dominate in a field predominantly run by black Americans.
Speaking on the Detroit artist and sharing his admiration for the rapper in an appearance on the podcast Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith, Snoop compared the lyricist and the NBA star, stating, “He’s like Larry Bird cuz, remember when n*ggas used to act like that’s white boy sh*t, then all of a sudden that motherf*cker put 40 on your ass? Hey man, you know what, Larry Bird is a bad motherf*cker man.”
Snoop explained how the two were alike because they both defied African Americans’ limited expectations of them in their industries. Eminem exceeded many black people in rap, and Bird did the same in basketball. They not only changed perspectives but challenged the status quo with their levels of excellence.