<p><a href="/profile/SnoopDogg" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Snoop Dogg</a> is easily one of the most identifiable figures in hip-hop, and pop culture as a whole, but perhaps, that wouldn&#8217;t have happened <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/432768-snoop-dogg-speaks-on-tupac-as-a-revolutionary-my-spirit-is-bubbling-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">without</a> <a href="/profile/2pac" class="text-word" target="_blank" >2Pac</a>.</p>



<p>During a recent appearance on <em>The 85 South Comedy Show</em>, Snoop Dogg explained that he was never comfortable with embracing a flamboyant fashion sense until 2Pac pushed him towards it. He recalled still dressing in khakis and Chucks after the success of <em><a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/225685-the-art-of-doggystyle-how-snoop-doggs-cover-shaped-album-art-for-26-years-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Doggystyle</a></em>. However, &#8216;Pac said that he needed to elevate his style to appeal to a wider audience.</p>



<p>&#8220;[2Pac] like, ‘Me and you finna have a meeting… We stepping our game up. We gotta change your look, Snoop Dogg. You a <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/10492-snoop-dogg-talks-on-his-pimping-past-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pimp</a>, n***a. Bitches love you. You fly. You gotta start showing your fly side,&#8221; Snoop recalled. &#8220;‘I’ma get you suited up.’ ‘I’ma call this n***a Dion Scott, get your suits fitted, get your hair laid, get your nails done. Put some pimpin’ on screen, n***a.&#8217;”</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="2442" height="3656" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?w=684" alt="" class="wp-image-609776" srcset="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg 2442w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=768,1150 768w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=684,1024 684w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=1026,1536 1026w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=1368,2048 1368w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-635925955.jpg?resize=1002,1500 1002w" sizes="(max-width: 2442px) 100vw, 2442px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg (left) and Tupac Shakur flash gang signs while attending the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall.   (Photo by Mitchell Gerber/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>



<p>The result of the pep talk inspired the look in 2Pac and Snoop&#8217;s &#8220;2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted&#8221; music video in 1996, which certainly marked a shift in Snoop&#8217;s career. However, Snoop explained that he wasn&#8217;t necessarily comfortable with making the stylistic shift at first.</p>



<p>&#8220;Just look at how I’m standing next to cuh when I’m wearing it. I’m trying to figure it out! I’m like, ‘Do I look right? I hope I don’t look sweet ’cause these pants tight as a muthafucka!’&#8221; Snoop Dogg continued, explaining that &#8216;Pac had him in &#8220;all this Italian that&#8221; that he &#8220;couldn’t even spell or pronounce.&#8221;</p>



<p>&#8220;Once I got comfortable with it, then it was like, ‘OK, this n***a’s teaching me how to be a star.’ Like, levels and layers,&#8221; Snoop continued. &#8220;‘We know you gangsta, dawg, but can you go higher than that? What if a n***a call you to be in a movie where they want you to be a lawyer? What if a n***a wants you to be a detective?&#8217;”</p>



<p>Check out the full interview below.</p>



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