Snoop Dogg Says He’s Giving Up His Weed Smoking Habit – Billboard

Because the day he rolled into our lives in 1992 on Dr. Dre’s debut solo single, “Deep Cowl,” Snoop Dogg has been laser centered on two issues: bars and blunts. The famously excessive like each single day rapper, 52, shocked the world on Thursday (Nov. 17) when he made probably the most surprising assertion doable: he’s going to kick-y his sticky icky behavior to the curb.

“After a lot consideration and dialog with my household, I’ve determined to surrender smoke,” Snoop posted to his socials. At press time there was no extra info on Snoop’s alleged sinsemilla cessation kick, and it was unclear if his dope vacation referred to only inhaling or if the Leafs By Snoop hashish model proprietor will commerce his bountiful many-blunts-per-day rely with edibles, tinctures or different weed-delivery strategies.

In a nod to the seriousness of the nugs information, Snoop added, “please respect my privateness right now,” alongside a photograph of the glassy-eyed MC making prayer arms.

The publish got here as a shock to followers who’re used to the sight of Snoop burning one — or 5 — blunts throughout his stay reveals, showing on late evening in a clearly buzzed state, or blunting the truth of fellow celebs like Ed Sheeran, who just lately advised Conan O’Brien that the D-O-G-G smoked him out so laborious as soon as that he “couldn’t see.”

Some followers had been skeptical of the information, with one writing, “that is most likely simply gonna be some viral marketing campaign the place he launches his personal line of vapes or edibles or one thing,” one other including, “immediately isn’t April Fools day Snoop” and a 3rd bravely promising, “don’t fear Snoop, we your disciples will carry in your legacies… we’ll smoke in your behalf… keep sturdy for us.”

Snoop’s model has been related together with his weed consumption for therefore lengthy it’s laborious to think about him doing junkets with out his skunk. However in an interview with the Every day Mail earlier this yr, Snoop hinted that turning into a grandfather could have “modified” him in a number of methods. “The principle approach is caring with how I stay, how I transfer, the type of folks I’m related to, as a result of I wish to see my grandkids develop outdated,” he stated. “The one approach I can do that’s to take precautionary steps so far as how I transfer, who I hang around with, the place I’m going out, my consumption… I simply don’t wish to do that to my physique anymore. I wish to survive.”

A few of Snoop’s cheeba pals gave him props for his selections, together with Sean Paul (“Huge Up mi bredda Snoop. I’ll hold it blazin’ in your honor 2nite”) and Meek Mill, who stated he plans to observe Snoop’s herb vacation path. “Ima go to Dubai and utterly give up smoking … ima observe snoop, my physician stated I received a lil bit emphysema in a chest if I don’t give up smoking it cuts my lifeline in half, I used to be hooked on the nicotine and this new weed received too many chemical substances and too dangerous to play with my psychological!” Meek tweeted.

See Snoop’s publish and celeb response under.