Snoop Says He Wants To Lend Suge Knight A Helping Hand

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Snoop Says He Wants To Lend Suge Knight A Helping Hand
05.23.2005 7:10 PM EDT

Rapper buried beef with former boss at unity conference last month.
Snoop Dogg (file)
Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images 

Just like the title of his latest single, "Ups & Downs," so goes the saga of Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight.

As Tha Row's number one artist in the early and mid-'90s, Snoop anchored Suge's empire. Since the Dogg parted ways with Suge, though,

 

 
"I feel like I can help him like he helped me. It's just a matter of us trying to come together and me looking at the situation." — Snoop Dogg
 
 
 
the relationship between the two has been nasty (see "Snoop Calls Suge Knight A Bitch On Upcoming Album"). They've dissed each other countless times in public, and they even almost locked horns at the BET Awards once during an untelevised standoff between their crews.

The Dogg, however, says he's older and wiser and that he's done beefing with the man he once threatened to slap with his pimp hand. Last month Snoop organized a summit for West Coast artists called the Protect the West Conference, and the agenda for attendees such as the Game, Mack 10, Daz and Kurupt was squashing beef (see "Snoop Dogg Holds Summit To Squash Beefs, Unify West Coast"). Snoop decided it was the best place to set aside his differences with his former boss.

"Suge didn't show up," he said, "but you know, as far as we're both concerned, we don't have no problems with each other no more. We're just trying to move forward because he's trying to do business. They're trying to take him out the game, and I don't want to see him go out of the game like that because I've got love for him. He gave me opportunity when nobody else would. I'm a grown man now, so I've learned to forgive people for what they've done, for what they know not."

Snoop speaks so highly of Suge, some sort of collaboration between the two doesn't seem like as much of a pipe dream as it did even three months ago.

"I feel like I can help him like he helped me," Snoop continued. "It's just a matter of us trying to come together and me looking at the situation. You know, when you see a brother down, do you kick him or do you give him a hand? I was taught to give him a hand. So I'm just trying to help. I don't have any problem with Suge Knight, Death Row Records, more power to them. I wish them success and luck."

A spokesperson for Suge Knight could not be reached for comment.

Another huge reconciliation to come out of the summit was Kurupt rejoining the Dogg Pound Gangsta Clique. Kurupt has been on the How the West Was One Tour with his homies Snoop, Daz and Soopafly (see "Snoop And Game Beef Up Their How The West Was One Tour"), and the entire collective has been recording a full DPGC album.

"It was crazy the first couple of nights," Snoop said, "but the first song that we actually laid down, Kurupt was so hard on the song, man, he was so vicious with the verse, I didn't even want to rap on it. I was like, 'I can't match him.' He came back, his blade was so sharp. It touched me in the heart to hear him like that because I could just tell he was holding back, like, 'I gotta say this but I don't have the right scenario.' It was just a great uplifting for us to put him back into the building with us. And it helped us. Now we're on the road, we're traveling, we're doing some of that classic DPG music onstage. Just to see us all up there smiling, having a good time, interacting is beautiful."

The DPGC are about seven songs into the album, and Snoop said to also look for Nate Dogg and Warren G on the album. Snoop wants to put his latest group project out later this year but has not settled on a label yet.

[Lil Jay]

thats great news right there about the dpgc album. and i never thought i'd see the day that snoop is trying to help out suge

[T-Dub]

I have to give props to Suge once again for helping organize the West Coast Conference, but I seriously hope there are more to come.  It was a step in the right direction, but there's still matters that need to be addressed.  I have respect for what Suge did as far as being a successful black entrepreneur, and the early days of Death Row.  imo West Coast Hip Hop is better without him...

[Sikotic™]

Interesting. Snoop's stock went up in my eyes.

[Dean]

good to see

[Trauma-san]

the relationship between the two has been nasty (see "Snoop Calls Suge Knight A Bitch On Upcoming Album").



^ That, is some funny shit.  That's like something they'd do as a skit on Mad TV or something.  Hilariously, though, it's true. 

[Eddie G.]

Awesome news

[Low Key]

I've been saying this was gonna happen during the whole Vibe Awards thing when Dre went on stage and gave props to Kurupt and Suge was praising Dre. Everyone is getting older and getting away from this little kiddy shit, and everyone who was once signed to Suge is finally realizing how big of a role Suge playing to put them on and to keep them out of jail.

I'm not an advocate of Suge behavior, but if he got back in to the game strictly with business in mind, he could do a lot of damage again.

[AxleF]

That would be something if Snoop actually worked with Suge again.  Maybe appeared on ATG and helped get it distributed???   Ok, maybe not.  Just wishful thinkin...

[SHOTGUN]

suge will never come bacc. he's finished. snoop tryin to help him haha. snoop ought to be slapped for helpin out dat fat bitch.

[Just Another Sunny day in California]

suge will never come bacc. he's finished. snoop tryin to help him haha. snoop ought to be slapped for helpin out dat fat bitch.

what's wrong with trying to reunite the west???  All the bullshit has to come to an end sometime might as well do it right now.

[IFB Flood]

thats great news right there about the dpgc album. and i never thought i'd see the day that snoop is trying to help out suge

[Wicked977]

Good News

[The Predator]

Nowadays Suge cant do fuck all for the west he couldnt even release an album from a dope artist like Crooked. Hes one horrible fat fool who should never be forgiven. Anyway the authorites are on his case hard and all the dumb shit hes done in the past is catching up with him. If he really did pay or send that fool who got stabbed n looking at jail time for his lame attack against Dre hes in more shit.

Snoop working with Kurupt n daz for a new DPG lp is cool and clearing up his beef and moving on is fine for him but if hes learned anything he should never work with or trust that fat clown.

[Acgrundy]

wow, I've gained a lot more respect back for snoop in the past couple of months.  its bout time a westcoast rapper stopped acting like a soap opera queen and did the right thing for the music.  good for snoop.  hell I never thought this would be possible, maybe that means that it will be possible for the dpgc album to come out pretty good.