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>> snooby, i go hard, baby, yes. >> larry: and he is talking tiger. >> nobody is perfect and everybody makes mistakes. >> larry: his job of choice? >> legalize it. >> larry: and one of his favorite singers. what about susan boyle? >> she is a great artist. looking forward to going to the studio with her. >> larry: so get in. whoa! relax. >> wait. >> larry: come along for the ride. i'm a g now, right? >> you a double-o gee. ♪ >> larry: next on "larry king live." snoop dogg is in the house! he is a multimillion platinum hip-hop icon and entertainer, creative chairman of priority records. his new album "more malice" released this week, a follow-up to "malice 'n' wonderland."
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the movie "malice 'n' wonderland" was also released this week. always a pleasure, always a lot of fun to welcome snoop back to "larry king live." you're going to see a lot of extraordinary things in this hour, including me in a crazy car. we'll talk about the car later. malice madness. what is that? >> me and my new record. my tenth solo record. i just went in and made a record that felt good, about me having good time and putting people in the spirit of enjoying some good music. >> larry: but malice implies bad? >> yeah, because in the
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beginning of this record i had a lot of malice in any heart. i was kind of frustrated and upset with the whole industry. towards the end of this record, i found myself being in a place called wonderland. that's why it's called wonderland because i finally made it to happiness. >> larry: what changed? >> i think my family being around me and me enjoying the fact that people still want to listen to me from being a rookie in 1992 to still being here. and people still loving my music. so that got me the great spirit of just turning into it a positive. >> larry: all right. the latest single "i want to rock" generated some huge because i understand. what was it like to rerecord this with jay-z and other rappers? >> this was a big record for me because it opened the door to show that the west coast is here to stay. and at the same time it's a great record because it makes people understand that hip-hop is a great thing and it's universal and it's bicoastal. to have jay-z on the record and other rappers putting their verse on the record shows that hip-hop is here to stay and it's bicoastalle. >> larry: when rap first started, a lot of people put it down. has it changed? >> i believe that rap is the most important form of the music right now because it's the change and the choice of a new generation. if you notice any sports venue or anything that has to do with entertainment, they always have to involve rap because rap is the number one source of music right now. >> larry: but is it music? can you hum it? >> yeah, you can hum it. if you dealing with snoop dogg, you know what i'm saying? i got music you can hum like ♪ ♪ it's the one and only ditle double g. >> larry: i'm a g now, right?
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>> a double-0 g. >> larry: you're going to learn that later, how i became a double g. you were part of the rethe world haiti remake. >> it was special to have me in the room with all those great singers. it was special because i was the kid watching it 25 years ago, seeing michael jackson, lionel richie and ray charles and all of the great musicians put a song together that meant so much. and for me to come be a part of the anniversary, it felt good to me. >> larry: we have a little toss here. the bikini-clad bling bling girls weren't going anywhere during the making of snoop's first single, gangsta luv. we were there. take a look at some of the actions, and i do mean behind. >> rolling! action! ♪ ♪ big snoop, the american dream ♪ espinosa it's the gangsta, that gangsta, that gangsta, that gangsta luv ♪
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♪ ♪ shipping coronas, and she like it, hip like a sidekick ♪ ♪ i whispered in her ear come mere ♪ ♪ gangsta luv >> larry: talk about it more later. what's about you and cars? >> i've always had an infatuation with cars, especially old school cars. anything out of the '60s, '70s, '50s, '40s, '30s. that's just when cars were being made at their highest level, you know what i'm saying? >> larry: they were better then. >> it just means a lot more to me to have an antique car. >> larry: do you have many? >> i have 25 cars, larry. >> larry: where do you keep them? >> i have a little spizak. you know what i'm saying?
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>> no i dote. >> a bat cave where he come it with the little woo whop when he needs to. that's where i'm at. >> larry: snoop dogg, i must be going crazy. i'm beginning to understand you. >> i love that. >> larry: did you invent this language? >> i believe it's something hereditary, accustomed to us from where we come from. it's a ghetto thing. we have our own slang and it becomes our own language and own lingo. in the '70s it was called jive talk. and now we call it snoop talking. >> larry: wrid where did you grow up? >> east side long beach. >> larry: is that a tough area? >> it was tough but fun. a lot of positive people, a lot of great people to learn from. a lot of negative people to learn from. so it was a great experience. >> larry: okay. snoop's got some relationship advice for tiger woods. that's ahead. and as we go to break, you're going to enjoy this. here is some more of "gangsta luv." ♪
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>> snoop! snoop a-loop, bring your green hat, let's go. come on, everybody. we're going! ♪ >> we got a call about the music. >> i don't hear any music. but we'll try to keep it down for you. >> don't try, son, do it. >> and burn some incense or something. >> turn that [ bleep ] back up, cuz. testicles, one, two, testicles one, two, hey y'all, let's crack-a lacking. this is your soul plane chauffeur. antoine max speaking. >> he sounds nice.
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>> i like your lincoln. >> it's a '76. it won't be out until next year, but i know some people that know some people that rob some people. >> that's it? >> this little meeting, it never happened. >> what meeting? >> larry: some big stars. snoop dogg is our guest. tell me about "malice 'n' wonderland." what is it about? >> it's about a musical experience through the mind of snoop dogg. and it's supported by my movie "malice 'n' wonderland" where i play a superhero named malice who is trying to clean up a community called wonderland where he lives at and overthrow a dictator named cane. >> larry: i get it. in "malice 'n' wonderland," snoop plays a corn-rowed superhero. let's take a look. >> wonderland! wonder southland. ♪ wonderland >> we've known this man for years. he's the modern-day robin hood.
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>> malice! >> i greatly appreciate you guys for coming out tonight. wonderland, right now is in desperate need for us to become one. everybody know that me and cane got a thing. i don't like him. he don't like me. i've come to find out it's about all of us becoming one to unite to fight against that man called cane. [ cheering ] >> we'll become untouchable. >> larry: you had a tough time picking the clips out of there for a family show. why are you so gritty? >> i mean, it's needed sometimes. i do have family time. i had a family show that i had on the air for two years called fatherhood with my wife and my beautiful kids. so i do find time to give up little family time. but people tend to love the edginess of snoop dogg, so i got give them what they want, lar. >> larry: you got to do what you got to do. >> i got to give them what they want. >> larry: the last time you were on you showed the wholesome side, the husband who reconciled with the wife. much of this was shown to the world.
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snoop dogg's fatherhood. why did it get canceled? >> i believe the show was too positive, too enlightening. >> larry: too enlightening, too good. >> i'm snoop dogg. so you want confusion and you want, you know, disruption. and my house is not like that. my wife does a great job of running my house and my kids are in line. so it's a beautiful situation. >> larry: how is the reconciliation working? >> it's beautiful. we're on the right track. we don't even look back anymore. we're all about moving ahead. >> larry: how long were you apart? >> about six months. >> larry: was it hard? >> it was hard for me because that where i wanted to be and where i needed to be. i had to get any mind focused. >> larry: you look like a player in the videos. >> that's who i am playing a role. i'm great at what i do, larry, you understand me? there's only a few that can do what i do. >> larry: you admitted your own infidelity at times. >> yes. >> larry: what do you make of tiger woods?
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>> i make, you know, nothing of it. that's a personal issue with him and his wife. and i feel like it's been blown out of proportion because he was looked at somebody who was perfect. but at the same time, nobody is perfect and everybody makes mistakes. so let's let him get his life right with his wife and move on. >> larry: you think he is going to do good in the masters? >> i think he is going to do real well in the masters and real good in life, just getting his life back right and understanding what is important. because sometimes it takes a negative situation like that to really turn it into a positive. >> larry: it takes a down to get up. >> yes, sir. >> larry: do you think the temptations of hollywood and the music industry are worse now? >> definitely. because there are so many ways to have access to them, even if you're not in hollywood. it's like that computer game is so crazy now and so exposed. everybody knows everything now. >> larry: how do you balance, by the way, the hood and hollywood? >> i call it hollihood. >> larry: hollyhood. >> i just walk the fine line and do me at all times. as long as i do me, i'm going to be able to walk between the
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corporate world and the streets. >> larry: what's your name, your real name? >> my real name cortazar calvin broadus. >> larry: cortazar. how did you come up with snoop dogg? >> i used to watch peanuts. >> larry: that's still a great cartoon. he is gone there has never been anything like peanuts. >> no. >> larry: what do you think about obama? how is he doing? >> i think he is doing a great job, considering all the pressure that he was up against, taking over a bad situation from the beginning. and trying to clean up and move forward and get us back on the right pace. but to me, you know, he is doing a great job because we're in a better state than we where in two years ago. >> larry: okay. you want snoop dogg to get you to your next meeting? he is going to do it with turn by turn directions on your gps. he has a demonstration with me. you're not going to believe it. you're not going to believe it. it's coming up.
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the right-hand lane. >> proceed east and turn right in 40 yards. >> larry: this machine is good. okay. i am now turning right. >> proceed south and turn right in 40 yards. turn left, turn left, turn left! >> larry: i had to turn right. machine! >> didn't i tell you to turn left? >> larry: hey, if you would like snoop to tell you where to go, i mean that literally, he'll do it when you program your car's gps with his voice. it's pretty funny, makes a trip to the dry-cleaners more entertaining. i got a chance to check it out, check it out on a ride with snoop. watch. it still drives like new? >> it's good. it drives like an airplane. >> larry: you have this thing where we're going to go up and down? for what purpose? >> that's call low rider, hitting the switch. on the west coast, that's what we like to do. >> larry: i'm west coast. i don't dip. my car don't dip. >> i'm going to show you how to dip. let's get in.
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dip, dip. >> larry: what was the model number? >> 1967 pontiac parasini. >> larry: i never heard of a parasini. >> it's low to the floor too. >> larry: i'm low to the floor. whoa! get you some of this here. >> turn around when possible and keep it, ya d? after 300 yards, you have reached your destination. thanks for the ride. man, i had the time of my life, wooee! >> larry: where we go into snoopville. what is the name of the magic? >> this is the magic. >> larry: i'm still on the brake. why are we moving? >> i'm hitting the switch. >> larry: you're controlling the gas. ♪ >> larry: buy! i can't reach the gas. ♪ rolling down the street soyng gin and juice ♪
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>> larry: by the way, if you want to have snoop do your gps, go to voice skins.com and snoop can drive you home. . >> la da. >> larry: how did you come up? i wanted to do gps. >> larry, i just had to tell myself one day, i had to be real creative and different than anybody. i was looking at the cars and riding in my car and hearing this lady telling me where to go every day, getting tired of hearing her voice. man, it would be real cool if i was doing this. so i reached out to the people from tom-tom club and gps and we made it happen. >> larry: you don't get mad. i would want to get mad. >> that's how you would do it, larry, because you got that kind of attitude. i'm too cool to get mad. >> larry: i tell a guy to take a left, he misses his turn. all right. i get it. by the way, you did letterman's top ten. >> top ten things that sound cool when said by nothing. >> number ten. >> yo. >> larry: number nine.
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>> i'm following wolf blitzer on twitter. >> larry: number 8. >> let's go to the gap and buy underpants. >> number 7. >> shimon, and happy to all. >> number 6. >> instead of eating haagen-dazs, i might as well apply directly to my thighs, am i right, ladies? >> you are right, snoop. number 4. >> john mayer is like sexual napalm. >> number 3. >> could you please pass the rice-a-[ bleep ]-roni. >> number 2. >> my cd "more malice" is available march 23rd. and if you illegally download it, i'm coming to your house. >> and the number one thing that sounds cool when said by snoop dogg -- >> i'm just a simple ol' hockey mom from alaska. >> you betcha'. >> larry: what did you make of that whole letterman-leno thing? >> i think it was -- i think
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they all cool with each other. they all friends. it was like some made up scripted feud. >> larry: you didn't buy it? >> i didn't buy it. i think they all like each other and it was money thing. >> larry: snoop! how skeptical you are. >> that didn't seem like a real feud to me. nobody hit nobody. nobody got violent. >> larry: now you're going become to the hood. meet on the street and punch, right? >> that's where i'm from, larry where i'm from if you don't hit nobody, it's really not a conflict. it's a quarrel. >> larry: we come back with an e-mail question. snoop is a growing presence in mainstream media. he starred on a soap, entertained stephen colbert, coming up. stick around. it's great. i eat anything that i want.
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♪ ♪ rolling down the street, sipping on gin and juice ♪ ♪ laid back, with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪ >> larry: we're back with snoop dogg, a special appearance on "larry king live" with some extra added throw-ins, cars and stuff. you still alternatively involved with the youth football league? >> yeah, my football league, the snoop football league has been up for six years now. we have our first set of kids on their way to college. we're doing so many great things in the inner city right now. it's a beautiful feeling to be a part of it. >> larry: flag or tackling it?
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>> it starts at flag at age 6 and work their way to 13. >> larry: do you have to live in the neighborhood. >> all over l.a., south central, compton, long beach, pomona. all you have to do is hit us up at snoop football league.com. >> larry: how about a couple of white kids from beverly hills? >> why not, not why. >> larry: i got pretty good ones. what if they were to win the snooper bowl? >> football has no color barriers. >> larry: you have 3500 kids in the league. >> yes, sir. >> larry: how did you start that? i started it six years ago with my oldest son. we were playing in a league that i didn't feel was really meeting the needs of what we needed as far as inner city football program. so i went back to the community that i come from and created a football program for the kids who didn't have money, who didn't really have the necessities that they needed to really pay that 3 or $400 and i
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made it $100 a kid so it could be more accessible to the kids from the hood. >> larry: you're a good guy. >> thank you, larry. >> larry: we have an e-mail from mike in maine whom. did you listen to in your free time, what do you listen to in your free time, and who were your musical influences growing up? >> i like listening to frank sinatra, sam cook, marvin gaye. musical influences growing up were george clinton, curtis may field, earth, wind and fire. >> larry: what goes up -- ♪ must come down >> get it, larry! >> larry: oh, i love that. earth, wind and fire were pretty good. i went to the concert one night, but wind was sick. i thought that's funny. you're involved with your fans through twitter, tv, live chats. how often do you twitter? we twitter. >> i got a thing called you string tv and i have my own show called the wake and bake show where they can look and see me personally, and then i hit them on twitter through my
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conversation. it's kind of hard for me trike type to my fans all at one time. what i do is i take their messages along the side and talk with them, and they have a chance to write with me and roll with me while playing great music. >> larry: you're very involved with your fans. >> up close and personal. >> larry: what's hard to read about you, where does most of your income come from? records? because that's the business that is hurt. >> i mean, i'm just a hustler. i know how to get it in all different ways. like you've got the gps. you've got the football league. you've got the clothing line. you've got the tv shows. you've got movie deals. everything that i do is always about trying to get to the next level, whether it's financially, spiritually, or just mentally, you know what i'm saying. i'm always trying get to the next level. >> larry: is that sweatsuit the clothing line? >> yes, three stripes is how i roll. >> larry: and why the green, blue and yellow? >> it's beautiful colors like that bob marley feeling. sometimes i feel like i'm bob
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mari reincarnated. >> larry: i knew bob marley. >> you did? i interviewed him. >> man, i really wanted to meet him. that's somebody they always say somebody you could work with that ain't here. >> larry: special guy his son is around. >> i work with all of them. my partners. >> larry: recently named creative chairman of priority records. what does that mean? you pick all the artists? >> yeah, i'm frank sinatra up in there snow. >> larry: you're the chairman of the board? >> i'm ol' blue eyes. i'm back. >> larry: he was something. you would have loved him. hosting monday night "raw." what's that all about? >> wrestle, man. one of the biggest sports in the world. they love wrestling. i'm a fan of it. i love vince mcmahon and he loves me. >> larry: you ever got in the ring? >> i got in the ring a couple of times. i did a few moves. >> snoop dogg! >> oh!
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down goes. put up with a bag of snoop. >> snoop looks ready to go. >> i think we're going to have -- i think they're going to go at each other right here. >> snoop dogg. got some footwork there. whoa! by snoop, great, yes! >> larry: but they're much bigger than you are, aren't they? >> i'm all right in there. don't let the smooth taste fool you. >> larry: in other words, you rehearsed it pretty good. >> no rehearsal. >> larry: you went into a wrestling ring without rehearsal? >> no rehearsal. this is what i do. >> larry: okay. ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange. >> yes, with no rehearsal. >> larry: that's not hard. what stock were you pushing? >> i was pushing -- what was i pushing? i forgot what i was pushing.
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>> larry: that's when you made it, man. you're ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange and you don't know what you're pushing. buy this today, folks. >> push it to the left. >> larry: and you did a dramatic roll in "one life to live." you're a soap opera person? >> you know what, larry, when i was a kid i got in a little trouble at school and got suspended and had to come home a couple of times. around the time i came home, those soap operas were on. i kind of fell in love with "one life to live." once i became successful, i reached out to them, let them know i wanted to a part of it. ♪ ♪
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♪ you super-good, you better know the deal ♪ >> larry: we're back with snoop dogg. he ventured into the world of daytime tv when he played himself on "one life to live." watch, and see if an emmy is coming his way. >> how do you know what happened to normie? >> can we get some pizza? i'm starving. >> yeah, i can use a piece too. >> you're -- >> for shizzle! >> oh my god. >> calvin, this is my son. >> cade buchanan, a soldier pop even though he is cop. got out your seat, now you're back on your feet. >> never heard that kind of flavor. >> larry: do you remember that or was that from the prompter. >> that was off the top of my head. come on, larry, you know how i
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do. >> larry: yeah, i do. you sat down with stephen colbert to talk about marijuana, his need for weed. >> you are a well-known pot smoker. >> i wouldn't say that. i'd say that i'm a stoner. >> you are aware -- you are aware that that is illegal, sir? you are breaking the law. you realize is that? >> no, i -- >> you are a criminal, sir. >> no, i am. >> you are. >> i am actually under the influence of medical marijuana. actually, a doctor prescribed. >> was it dr. dre? >> larry: marijuana has been kind of a trademark with you. do you still smoke it? >> every blue moon. >> larry: how many blue moons are there? i don't keep count? >> there is a blue moon every day. >> larry: do you think it should be legalized? >> i know it should be legalize. legalize it and i'll -- it. >> larry: can you perform just as well while a little high? >> how about i've never performed without it? >> larry: well how about learning? maybe you'll be better without it?
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>> let's try that one time. >> larry: try it one time. >> we'll do it together. >> larry: i'll go on with you. >> yes, let's do it together. happiness is togetherness. >> larry: a jew finds relief. anyway. e-mail question from sarah in orlando. how do you pronounce your real name, and why did you change it? what will you say if your son asked you if he wanted to change his name. why did you change it at all? >> i didn't change it. i put my middle name first. >> larry: but snoop dogg. >> oh, why did i change is that that's the name that i was always called as a kid. my mother never called me by my real name. i never heard my real name unless i was at school. the name i was accustomed to was snoop dogg, like snoopy or snoop. >> how did they come up with court czar. >> my mother came up with thame. >> larry: it sounds like a salve for sors. don't forget to buy court czar. >> the way you said it, it does doh sound like that say i would say court czar. >> larry: court-czar.
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>> changes the whole. but that flavor on it because i am italian. i got that good blood and that good skin and that good hair. >> larry: i have the feeling i'm being put on. okay. last time we talked you had some problems back in the uk. are they letting you back in the country? >> as we speak, larry, i've been reinstated and i'm on my way back to the uk. so i want to shoot a shout out to all the beautiful people that allow med to come back. see you in a minute. >> larry: what changed on their part? >> they went to court a couple of times and just appealed it and see if there were ways to keep me out. and there was no way to keep me out. i've done nothing over there to prohibit myself from being there. i'm all about the people. the people love me, and i'm going to do what i was here to do. >> larry: okay. there is another moment. we're going check it after the break. that snoop is going to record with susan boyle. i think this is another put-on. but we'll tell you after the break.
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♪ ♪ rolling down the street, smoking, sipping on gin and juice, laid back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪ th ♪ i'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that, i had to do that. i keep a blue flag hang oggmy back side, but only on the left side ♪ ♪ let them know how we feeling right now. ♪ >> hey, hey, hey. ♪ i see him coming, that's what i heard him say, the same as the chevrolet ♪ >> larry: in case you don't know who this is, he is snoop dogg, the multiplatinum hip-hop icon, creative chairman of priority record. new album "more malice" released this week, and the movie "malice
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'n' wonderland," the new movie "malice 'n' wonderland" also out there. he is out there, everywhere. what about susan boyle? >> she is a great artist. looking forward to going to the studio with her. >> larry: you are going to record with her? >> yeah, why not? >> larry: have you picked out a song? >> we have to get our minds together, figure out what we going to sing about. >> larry: how about something like -- an operetta. >> i'm down with that. >> larry: you think you could sing like a -- let's say -- >> there ain't much i can't do, lar. ♪ when the stars meet your eyes in your fly, that's -- amore. when your moon hit yourself eye like a big pizza pie. >> see, that's y'all version. >> larry: dean martin is spinning. anyway. okay.
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i have not forgotten about chicken and waffles. we ate it together. i brought it home. everybody loved it. do you still dine on chicken. >> that's why i look so physically fit years later. you see, i'm still got my look together, larry. that's what it is. my diet consisted of roscoe's chicken and waffles. i think i got some here right now. if you don't mind, i'll have -- oh, they brought big blocks of corn bread too, and three chicken wings. >> larry: i don't see any waffles. >> they didn't bring no waffles. they flipped the script today. >> larry: why corn bread. i love corn bread. >> me too. >> larry: why is corn bread so good? >> see, it depends on who makes the corn bed. it can't be no jiffy. talking about hand-made corn bread. >> larry: which store was this? >> albertsons. >> larry: albertson? >> yeah. >> larry: wait a minute, i can go into albertsons and buy snoop dogg corn bread? >> yes, you can. >> larry: let me taste it. because i like corn bread. >> it's sweet too, lar. >> larry: a pretty big piece.
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it's good. now -- it's very good. however, it's very hard to host the show. >> and eat corn bread. >> larry: while eating corn bread. >> so why don't you let me take over. >> larry: why don't we put some peanut butter on it and i won't come back. >> that will be groovy. >> larry: we're going to sing a little later. maybe some sinatra. >> sam cooke too. >> larry: you never go "american idol"? >> i think i would be the perfect host to fill in for -- who just left the show? >> larry: paula abdul. >> i think i would be perfect. >> larry: you would be a good critic you. would be great. >> yeah, because i understand the dynamics of music. and i see stars before they made. sometimes i feel they be passing up on some good people because they don't really have it together on their first try. >> larry: what is the secret to the success of that show other than my man ryan seacrest. >> that show is interactive with the people.
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we sell the people a real dream that can become reality, it's everyday life. so you got people who watching the show who feel they can become that next american idol as well. >> larry: you watch it? >> i watch it occasionally. i like to see what they do, you know what i'm saying. there is always some new talent that is hot. the four or five people that i seen that one on the show are still doing well, the ruben studdard, the fantasia, the jennifer, and the boy who played the harmonica. he did a little show with me. what's his name? >> larry: don't know. we'll be back with snoop dogg millionaire. >> yeah! >> larry: right after this. insu. this is not how does it fit in my company's budget insurance. this is help protect and care for your employees at no cost to your company insurance. with aflac, your employees pay only for the coverage they want or need. and, the cost to you - nothing at all. if all you know about us is... aflac! ...then you don't know quack.
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dogg tonight. what a great guest. what a talent too and a good guy. he is a good guy. the snoopster. >> larry, i want to give you something, man. my new phones. these are by snoop dogg. so whenever you listen to that frank sin nat ra, sam cooke, you can enjoy your music heavily. >> larry: you make headphones you? ♪ another saturday night -- and i ain't got no money, i got my money and i just got paid. thank you, snoop. i love this. i like the design too. >> yes, sir. >> larry: what is with you and the los angeles lakers? >> i've been a laker fan since the early 70s. i grew up loving magic johnson, kareem abdul gentleman par, chick hearns. >> larry: great announcer. >> they can't do no wrong to me. >> larry: go to every game? >> when i'm in town, i go to every game. if i'm not at the game, i'm at home watching them on channel 9 or k-cal. >> larry: you ever go on the road with them? >> i've been on the road with them when they won the
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championship in new jersey. i was right there on the floor. >> larry: did you ever play ball? >> i played football and basketball as a youngsterment i took it to the level that i thought it was the highest level. i never played high school or the next level. i went to the level that i thought i could play. >> larry: did you go through high school? >> i went to high xoochlt i never tried out for high school sports. i was more into trying to create this music thing. i had a niche and really wanted to stick to it. >> larry: you were always a music guy? >> always a music guy/comedian/class clown. >> larry: why the sun glasses? >> so you can see what i'm saying. >> larry: it's part of your persona, right? >> at times. >> larry: do you design those, too? >> i have to have my flavor. they match with the head phones. it's that paisley. that is snoop dogg flavor. >> larry: what haven't you done that you'd like to do? >> i'd like to start a chain of snooper markets.
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>> larry: selling what? groceries? >> yeah, groceries. everything in my store is under $20. nothing over $20. >> larry: clothes too? >> everything. under $20. >> larry: snooper markets. have you talked to people about it? >> i'm talking to them right now. >> larry: not bad. >> do you hear them talking back? >> larry: what did you make about michael jackson passing? did you know michael? >> yeah, i knew michael jackson. i'm a close friend of the family. i love michael jackson and what he done for music and life. i'm just, you know, i'm just a fan. so i love everything that he done. he could never do no wrong in my eyes. i mean i loved the music he made, the spirit that he brought. just showing people how to love and how to reach out and to give back. that's what he did with most of his time and money was spent on giving back. he was never about himself. it is always about others. >> larry: how did dr. dre find you? >> his brother was in my group 213, me, him, and nate dogg.
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we won a ticket to dr. dre's music party. and the music cut off. we slipped my tape in. when the tape came in, people were dancing to it. dre said who is that? he said that is my home dog snoop. he introduced me to him and the rest is history. >> larry: when we come back, we're going to meet young snoop. that isn't his name. his son is his dad calls him spank. i call him snoop jr. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've wanted to quit smoking so many times, but those days came and went and the cigarettes remained. ♪ today's a new day. talk to your doctor about prescription treatment options and support. and this time, make it your time.
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>> larry: do i sit on top? >> no, we don't sit on the chair. we sit on the back. just like that. up top. see, that's west coast gangster there now, larry. now you're official. don't bounce too much. you know larry, he ain't holding on tight. ♪ let me take you by the hand >> larry: back in the remaining moments with snoop dogg, and we joined with his son corde. is this the oldest boy? >> yes. >> larry: how old are you? >> 15. >> larry: you are tall for 15. >> i'm about to turn 16 in may. >> larry: what do you think of your father? >> he is -- >> larry: the truth. >> he's cool, and he's --
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>> larry: is he weird? >> yes. >> larry: what was he like as a father growing up? >> he was a good father, and -- >> larry: you don't sound too sure of that, corde. >> no, i am sure. >> larry: are you nervous? >> no. >> larry: what is that thing on your arm? >> a tattoo. >> larry: what does it say? >> my nickname. >> larry: spank. you approve of tattoos on your kids? >> i took him to go get it. >> larry: what do you mean? >> i went with him to get the tattoo, and he didn't go alone. >> larry: what do you want him to do in life? >> to have fun and be a respectable man and enjoy life to the fullest, and be what he wants to be. >> larry: do you play ball anymore, spank? >> well, not anymore. >> larry: what do you want to do? >> i want to be a football player or basketball player. >> larry: athlete? >> yes. >> larry: what college?
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>> oregon. >> larry: why oregon? >> because everybody goes to usc. >> look at him. he is trying to make me mad right now. >> larry: oh, you are a usc guy? >> yes. >> larry: they have great colors the green and white, and they are ducks. >> yeah, quack, quack. >> larry: you could be in the stands yelling quack, quack. are you going to tour europe? >> yes, in june. >> larry: are you going to do another reality show? >> maybe on him, because he wants to be a model, so i will see what i can get. >> larry: you want to be a model a clothing model? >> yes. >> larry: you have a girlfriend yet? >> ugh, no. >> larry: what do you mean ugh -- that implies other than no. >> no. >> larry: you want to do standup comedy. >> me?
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>> yeah, you. >> i'm going to do a little bit. i'm going on tour with mike epps and -- >> larry: why is he laughing? >> because he knows i am funny. i am very funny. >> larry: was it tough living apart from mom? >> yes. >> larry: are you close to your mother? >> yes. >> larry: is she a good mom? has to be to put up with -- >> perfect. >> larry: perfect to put up with -- >> snoop. >> larry: do you call him snoop or dad? >> coach snoop. >> larry: head man. >> you see, respect in my house. i am football coach. when i coach my kids, i give them that love, you understand? >> larry: well, you are a great kid and you are following in great snoop's sneps. snoop's steps. here are a couple of cd's, snoop dogg's malice in wonderland, and our guest is corde and he has treated us to everything, his gps and
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