Snoop Dogg is not your average rapper. Ever since hitting the scene in 1992 as Dr. Dre's first protégé, the Long Beach native has amassed millions in sales, and earned immense success beyond his skills on the mic. Still, it's been his extracurricular activities that set him apart from the rest of his peers in hip-hop.
What other rapper could hang out with Martha Stewart and bake holiday brownies on daytime television? Or smoke in the White House and not get caught by Secret Service? From performing in a Bollywood film to rapping about Hot Pockets, here are 10 Things Snoop Dogg Can Do That No Other Rapper Can.
Change his stage name and music style several times, and everyone is completely fine with it.
Make a pornographic film/music video that lands on the Billboard music video sales chart.
Perform in a Bollywood film.
Bake secret brownies with convicted felon Martha Stewart.
Collaborate with a Nickelodeon boy band.
Rap about Hot Pockets and make it sound super slick.
Set off a fire alarm in an Australian hotel room, and instead of getting in trouble, pose with firefighters.
Get all gangsta with a struggle rap group from Thailand.
Claim he smoked weed in the White House and people don't second-guess it.
Year: 2014
During a recent episode of Snoop Dogg's GGN program, guest Jimmy Kimmel asked the rapper a rather blunt question: "Have you ever smoked at the White House?" And of course, the answer was yes. "In the bathroom," Snoop replies, holding a joint in his hand as he recounts the story of tricking security into letting him light up while he relieved himself.
And what came next? A contact high for Mr. President Barack Obama.