New Zealand Interview with Snoop

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Interview That Snoop Dogg Had With Sunday Star Times:

Q. How did your TV reality show Snoop Dogg's Father Hood come about?
A. They wanted to do a show based entirely on me but I wanted to incorporate the positive things I do, so I felt there was no better way to do it than through my family. So I said to the producers that it wasn't to be about the negative things that surround Snoop Dogg, it's about Snoop Dogg the father, the husband, the person.
Q. How does your wife deal with it when you do things like appear in porn films?
A. She knows the difference between the entertainer and her husband. She knows that the fans gotta have me, but she knows she's got me.
 
Q. So what if she just said "No, you can't do that"?
A. That ain't gonna happen.
Q. What do you think of the US elections?
A. I don't have any views on the election because I can't vote. I just wish we had a new president. Someone who is gonna do better than the president right now.
Q. Why can't you vote?
A. I've got a criminal record.
Q. Is that with you forever?
A. I dunno. I've moved on but the hardest thing to do is to make people realise that you ain't that old person and you've outgrown the character. I was about 20 when a lot of these cases I caught happened. Now I'm 36, the trouble I get into is usually around marijuana and possession of something. There's no violent crimes.
Q. How do you protect your kids from some of the bad things that happen in the hip-hop community?
A. I'm up front. I let them see everything through my eyes for a different perspective. They see the struggle, the good, the bad. As opposed to just a regular kid saying "I wanna be a hip-hop star", my kids know what it takes.
Q. What's the best and worst things about your career right now?
A. The best thing is that people still wanna hear me and respect me. I can create a lane to be different still. The worst thing is that I gotta do all the work. I'm like a brand new artist starting all over again because you never wanna lose focus or that accessibility with people. If I depend on my label to do it, it just won't get done so I have to do it all myself.
Q. Do you still think you have something to prove?
A. I got nothing to prove but I got a lot to do.
Q. What musicians do you respect?
A. The old school, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald.
Q. Any of the new artists?
A. Snoop Dogg.
Q. Are you a workaholic?
A. I work hard and I hardly work.
Q. What's a perfect day?
A. Sleep all day. No work, all play. Can you dig that?