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Snoop Dogg has been denied after requesting to trademark ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’.

The Long Beach rapper recently filed to trademark the phrase with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

The words are famously used at the end of Dr Dre and Snoop’s ‘The Next Episode‘, which appears on Dre’s classic 2001 album.

However, on March 10th, the trademark examiner decided that the phrase is too widely used to be a protected brand name.

According to Billboard, Snoop wanted the trademark as the name for a chain of marijuana dispensaries.

In the ruling, the examiner said, “This term or phrase is a song lyric commonly used in association with cannabis use. Because consumers are accustomed to seeing this term or phrase used in ordinary language by many different sources, they would not perceive it as a mark identifying the source of applicant’s goods and/or services but rather as only conveying an informational message.”

Another reason for the rejection is due to federal law still classifying weed as illegal. “Because applicant’s goods and/or services include items or activities that are a per se violation of federal law, the intended use or use of the applied-for mark in commerce in connection with such goods and/or services cannot be lawful,” the examiner added.

Despite the phrase being blocked as a federal trademark, it doesn’t mean Snoop can’t use the name altogether. He also has the option to challenge the decision.

In ‘The Next Episode’, Snoop’s cousin, Nate Dogg, says, “smoke weed everyday” in the final line of the outro. The iconic hip-hop song reached number 23 on the Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.