tv Larry King Live CNN March 27, 2010 9:00pm-10:00pm EDT
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legislation that would create a path to citizenship for some the 11 million illegals here in the united states. iraq's election results are in and it means new leadership in the country. a coalition led by former prime minister ayad allawi took the most seats in the parliamentary election and allawi says he's ready for all direct talk as he forms a new government for iraq. nuri al malik nuri al maliki wants a recount. those are your headlines. see you back here at 10:00 p.m. eastern. "larry king live" starts right now. ♪ ♪ i rock right now ♪ ♪ snoop dogg >> larry: tonight snoop dogg is back. ♪ ♪ snoop it i go hard baby, yes >> larry: and he's talking tiger. >> nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes. >> larry: his drug of choice. >> legalized. >> larry: and one of his favorite singers? >> what about susan boyle?
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>> she's a great artist. looking forward to going to the studio with her. >> larry: so get in -- >> whoa! >> larry: relax. >> oh-whee. >> larry: come along for the ride. >> i'm a "g" now, right? >> you're a double og. ♪ take them home ♪ west coast ♪ i'm kicking on these encinitas ♪ doing like dominoes and slam them on their back ♪ >> larry: next on "larry king live." ♪ snoop dogg ♪ i want to rock right now ♪ snoop dogg >> larry: snoop dogg in the house. he's a multimillion platinum hip-hop icon and entertainer. priority roertsds. his new album "more malice" released this week. a followup to "malice in wonderland." the movie was also released this week. always a pleasure. a lot of fun. to welcome snoop dogg back to "larry king live." you're going to see some extraordinary things during this hour including me in a crazy
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car. we'll talk about the car later. "malice madness" what is that? >> it's me and my new record. my tenth solo record imight add. i just went in and made a record that felt good to me that was more about me having a good time and putting people in the spirit of just enjoying some good music. >> larry: qumalice implies bad. >> yeah because in the beginning of this record i had a lot of malice in my heart and i was kind of frustrated and upset with the whole industry and then towards the end of this record i found myself being in a place called wonderland and that's why the record is called "mal nis wonderland" because i made it to happiness. >> larry: what changed. >> >> my family being around me and enjoying the fact that people 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 it into a positive. >> larry: all right, the latest single "i want to rock," generated some huge buzz, we understand. what was it like to rerecord this with jay-z and other rappers? >> i mean this was a big record
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for me because it actually opened the door again to show that the west coast is still theorstay, 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 so to have jay-z on the record and to have other raps were putting their verse on the records it just shows that you know hip-hop is here to say and it's bi-coastal raez. >> larry: when rap first started a lot of people put it down. has it change snide believe that rap is the most important form music right now because it's -- it's change and the choifrs new generation. because if you noid 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? i mean, can you hum it? >> yeah you can hum it. if you are dealing with snoop dogg you know what i am saying i got music that you can hum like ♪ da, da, da it's the one and only do double g. >> larry: you will learn later how i became a double g.
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you were part of the haiti world. >> it was special, larry. to call me, have me in the room with all of those great singers. it. special because i was a kid watching it 25 years ago seeing michael jackson, lionel richie and ray charles and argument great musicians you know put a song together that meant so much and for them in to have me become part of the anniversary it felt good for me. >> larry: a little toss here. the bikini glad bling bling girls weren't going anywhere when making snoop's first single. we were there. take a look at some the behind-the-scenes' actions and i do mean, behind. >> oh-whee. >> putting snoop dogg on. >> rolling. action! ♪ bring them chilling ♪ big snoop ♪ the american dream ♪ ♪ throw that gang'st ♪ throw that gangst
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♪ because she love the way they put it on her ♪ ♪ snipping coronas ♪ i give it to her right and she like it ♪ ♪ she only hip like a sidekick ♪ one of the coolest fool on the flow ♪ ♪ i whispered in her ear come over here ♪ ♪ i might come up off of that ♪ gangsta love >> larry: talk more about it later. what's it with you cars. >> i've always had an infatuation with cars. old cars. '50s, '60s, '70s. when cars were made at their highest level you know what i am saying? >> larry: they were way better then. >> yeah way better. >> larry: do you have many? >> i have 25 cars, larry. >> larry: where do you keep them. >> a little spezza. under the keeza. do you know what i am saying? >> larry: no, i don't, snoop. where do you keep them. >> a little speez. out in the bat cave. the underground cave where he comes out with his whoop-whop
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when he needs to. >> 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 hereditary. it's something that you know accustomed to us where we come from. it's a ghetto thing. we have our own slang that we use in the ghetto and it becomes our own language and our own ling pope back from the '70s it was called jibe talking and now we call it snoop talking. >> larry: where did you grow up? >> east side long beach. >> larry: was that a tough area. >> it was tough but it was fun. it was a great experience. i learned a lot. a lot of positive people, great people that learned from it and 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's some more of "gangsta love." ♪ gangsta ♪ that gangsta love ♪ she love the way they put it on her ♪ ♪ some sipping coronas ♪ boss doig give it to her right and she like it ♪
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♪ ♪ i'm thinking of a master plan ♪ >> come on, snoop. snoop-a-loop. bring your green hat. let's go. come on, everybody, we're going. ♪ ♪ she freak with me >> we've 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, cuss. testicles, one, two. testicles, one, two. hey, y'all, what's cracka lacking. this is your plane chauffeur captain antoine max speaking. >> he sounds nice. >> [ bleep ]. >> i like your lincoln. >> this is a '76 it won't be out until next year but i know some people who know some people that rob some people. >> that's it. >> this little meeting, it never
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happened. >> what meeting? >> there's some big stars working with you. >> yes. >> larry: tell me about "mal nis 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 in wonderland" where i play a superhero named malice who is trying to clean up a community named wonderland where he lives it at and overtake a dictator king. >> larry: i get it. plays a corn-rolled superhero. let's take a look. >> wonderland. wonderland. ♪ wonderland we've known this man for years. this is the modern-day robinhood. malice! >> whoa! >> 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
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got a thing. i don't like him. he don't like me. i've come to find out that it's all about us becoming one to unite, to fight against that man called cane. >> yes. >> whoa! >> to become untouchable. >> larry: snoop, we had a tough time picking out clips out of there for a family show. why you are so gritty? >> i mean, it's needed sometimes. you know 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 a little bit of family time but people love the edginess of snoop dogg so i want to give them what they want. >> larry: you have to do what you have to do. you showed a wholesome side. much of this was shown to the world. snoop dogg's fatherhood. why did it get canceled? >> i believe the show was too positive and too enlightening. i think people -- >> larry: wait a minute! >> yeah. >> larry: too positive, too enlightening, too good, too wholesome. >> yeah they wanted some drama.
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you have to understand i'm snoop dogg you want confusion, you know you want disruption and my house was 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 does the reconciliation working. >> it's beautiful. we're on the right track. we don't look back now. we're all about moving ahead. >> larry: how long you were apart. >> about six months. >> larry: was it hard? >> it was hard for meas because i realized that's what i wanted to be and needed to be so i had get on my mind right and focus what was important to me. >> larry: you luke at all of these videos and stuff you look like a player. >> yeah because that's who i am when i play that role, you nds me? i'm great at what i do, larry, you know me? and only a few that can do what i do. >> larry: you've been -- you've admitted your own infidelity at times. >> that's right. >> larry: what do you make of tiger woods. >> i make nothing of it. that's a personal issue between me and his wife and it's been blown out of proportion because he was looked at somebody who was perfect but at the same time nobody's perfect and everybody makes mistakes so let's let him
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get his life right with his wife and move on. >> larry: do you think he'll do great in the masters. >> i think he'll do real well in the masters and real good in life. getting his life back right and understanding what's important because sometimes it takes a negative situation like that for you to really turn into a positive. >> larry: takes down to get up? >> yes, sir. >> larry: do you think that the temptations of hollywood in 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, so exposed, everybody knows everything now. >> larry: how do you balance, by the way, the hood and hollywood? >> well, i call it hollyhood. >> larry: hollyhood. >> yeah i walk the fine line and i do me all times and as long i do me i'll be able to walk between the corporate world and the industries. >> larry: what's your name, real name. >> my real name is cortisone -- >> larry: cortisone? >> yeah. >> larry: how did you come up with snoop dogg. >> my mother.
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>> larry: "peanuts." >> yeah i used to watch charlie brown and a character i used to imitate. >> larry: snoopy. >> yeah the dog. >> larry: that's still a great cartoon. >> it is. >> larry: he's gone but never anything like peanuts. >> yeah. >> larry: what do you think of obama, how's he doing. >> i think that he's doing a great job considering all the pressure that he was up against you know 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's doing a great job because we're in a better state than we were in two years ago. >> larry: okay i want snoop dogg to get you to your next meeting? he's going to do it. with turn-by-turn directions on your gps. here's 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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controlled on my gps. i'm turning right as instructed. >> make another right in 40 yards. >> larry: sneaking adeptly in 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. shh, this machine. >> didn't i tell you to turn left? >> larry: hey if kwooud like snoop to tell you where to go yeah i mean that literally he'll do it when you program your cars, gps, with his voice. it's pretty funny. it makes your trip to the dry cleaners more entertaining. i've got a chance to check it out, check it out on a ride with snoop. watch. it still drives like new. >> it drives good. runs like an airplane. real smooth. slow-motion ride. >> larry: we're going to go up and down. what purpose?
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>> that's called low-ride. hitting a switch. that's dipping, you understand me? on the west coast that's what we do. we like to make the car -- >> larry: i'm west coast i don't dip. >> i will show you how to dip, larry. don't worry about nothing. let's get did in. dip, dip. >> larry: what was the model? >> 1967. pontiac parisini. >> i've never heard of a parsisini. >> yeah it's low to the flow, too. see i told you it's low to the floor. >> larry: i'm low to the floor. whoa! >> give you some of this here. turn around when possible and keep it "g," you dig? >> larry: -- >> after 300 yards you have reached your destination. thanks for the ride, man. i had the time of my life. oh-whee. >> larry: here we go into the snoopville. what's the name of the magic? >> this is the magic. i'm still on the brake, why aren't we moving. >> that's me hitting the switch, baby. >> larry: oh you're controlling
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the gas. >> that's me controlling the gas. ♪ smoking and sipping on gin and juice ♪ >> larry: bye. ♪ laying back with my money on my mind and money on my mind ♪ >> larry: i can't reach the gas. ♪ sipping on gin and juice lay back ♪ >> larry: by the way if you want your snoop to do your gps go to voiceskins.com, right? >> yes, sir. >> larry: bring it down. voiceskins.com. and snoop can drive you home. >> lada. >> larry: lada. how did you come up with that. >> you know i want to do that. i want to do gps. >> larry, i had to tell myself one day i had to be real creative and different than anybody. i was looking at cars. hearing this lady to tell me going every day. getting tired of hearing her voice. i thought this would be cool do this. we nadhappen. >> larry: but you don't get mad? i would want to get mad. >> that's how you would do, it larry, because you know you've got that kind of attitude.
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me personally i'm too cool to get mad. >> larry: tell the guy to make a left, he makes a right, he misses his turn. i don't want to do that for him anymore. i get mad. >> i got you. >> larry: all right i get it. by the way you did letterman's top ten, right? >> yes, sir. >> top ten things that sound cool when said by snoop dogg. here we go, number ten. >> yo. >> number nine. >> on following wolf blitzer on twitter. >> number eight. >> let's go to the gap and buy underpants. >> number seven. >> shalom and happy purim to all. >> number six. >> instead of eating haagen-dazs i might as well apply it to my thighs. am i right, ladies. >> yeah you are right, snoop. number four. >> john mair is like sexual napa napalm. >> number three. >> could you please throw the cologne and -- >> number two. >> my cd "more malice" is
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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 old hockey mom from alaska. you betcha. >> larry: what dumake of that whole letterman/leno thing? or conan? >> i think it was a -- i think they all cool with each other. they're 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 a 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 back to the hood, right. >> yeah exactly. >> larry: 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 not really a conflict. a quarrel. >> larry: good way to look at it. come back wan e-mail question. snoop's a presence on mainstream media. started on the soap. entertained stephen coal ber.
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extra special add-ins cars and stuff. >> football league, the snoop football league has been up for six years now. we're doing a great job. we have our first set of kids that are on their way to college. and we're just doing so many great things in the inner city right now. it's a beautiful feeling to be part of it. >> larry: flag or tackling. >> oh tackling. flag at age 6 and work their way up to you age of 13 to play tackle. >> larry: anywhere around l.a. play. >> yes, sir. >> larry: or live in a certain part. >> all over l.a., south central, compton, long beach, pomona. hit us up at snoopfootballleague.com. and get a commissioner why i do. >> larry: how about a couple of white kids from beverly hills. >> why not? not why? >> larry: i've got a couple of good ones. >> let's bring them. >> larry: what if they were to win the super bowl would that embarrass you. >> no that would make me feel good because football has no barriers. >> larry: you've got 3,500 kids in the league. >> yes, sir. >> larry: how dustart that. >> six years ago with my older son. he was playing little league football and we were playing in
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the league they didn't feel that was really, you know -- 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 really needed to pay that $300, $400 and i made it $100 a kid so it could be more accessible to the kids in the hood. >> larry: you're a good guy. >> thank you, larry. >> larry: an e-mail from mike in maine. "who did you listen in your free time? and who were your musical influences growing up?" >> i like listening to frank sinatra, sam cook, marvin gaye. my musical influences growing up george clinton, curtis mayfield, earth, wind & fire. >> larry: what goes up must come down ♪ >> ♪ must come down >> larry: ♪ spinning them bheels oh, i love that. you know earth, wind & fire were pretty good. >> they were. >> larry: i went to the concert one night but wind was sick. anyway --
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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 ustream tv and my own show the wake and bake show where they could look, see me personally and then i hit them on twitter through my conversation because it's kind of hard for me to be typing all of my fans at one time so what i do i take their messages along the side and i talk with them and they have a chance to ride with me and roll with me while i'm playing great music and letting them being spartof the snoop do snoop dogg thing. >> larry: you're very close with your fans. >> up close and personal. >> larry: what's hard to read about you is where does most of yourn come come from, records? because that's the business that's hurt. >> i mean, i'm just a hustler. i know how to get it in all different ways. you've got gps. you've got you know the football league. you've got the clothing line. you've got you know the tv shows. you've got movie deals. everything that i do is always about trying to get to the next level.
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whether it's financially, spiritually or just mentally you understand what i am saying i'm just trying to get to the next level. >> larry: that wet suit part of your locating line. >> yeah i'm down with the data, that's how i represent. so three stripes is how i roll. >> larry: and why the green, blue and yellow. >> it's a beautiful color. like that bob marley feeling. sometimes i feel like i'm bob marley reincarnated and it's got that jamaican field. >> larry: i like bob marley. i interviewed him. >> somebody that you could work with that ain't here right now -- >> larry: special guy. his son's around. >> i worked with all of them my partners. >> larry: some of the highlights of your past year, get in, recently named creative chairman of priority records. what does that mean you? pick out all of the artists. >> yeah i'm frank sinatra up in there now. >> larry: you're the man? chairman of the board. >> all blue eyes i'm back. >> larry: he was something you would have loved him. hosting "monday night raw" for wwe. what's that all about. >> wrestling, man, one of biggest sports in the world. people love wrestling and love
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snoop dogg. vince mann, they love me and i love them. >> larry: have you ever gotten in the ring. >> i've gotten in the ring a few times and i've done a few moves. i'm all right in there. >> snoop dogg! >> oh, down goes salvo. right in the back of snoop or over the back of -- >> wait a minute now. snoop is ready to go. >> salvo's not happy. >> i think we're going to have a -- i think that they're going to go at each other right here. >> snoop dogg. >> he's got some footwork. whoa! look it. the hemisphere by snoop. great, yes. >> larry: yeah but they're much bigger than you, aren't they. >> i'm all right in there, larry. don't let the smooth taste fool you. >> larry: in other words you rehearsed it pretty good. >> no rehearsal. don't let this move fool you.
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>> larry: you went into the wrestling ring without no rehearsal. >> without no rehearsal. that's what i do. >> larry: ridng happening the bell at new york stock exchange. >> yeah without 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. >> larry: that's when you made it, man. >> exactly. >> larry: you were ringing the bell at new york stock exchange. >> and up don't know what you're pushing. >> larry: and you don't know what you're pushing. >> yeah, push it to the limit. >> larry: and you did a dramatic role in "one life to live." >> yeah. >> larry: you're a soap opera. >> when i was a kid i got into a little trouble at school and got suspended and had to come home a couple of time. i came home and soap opera was on and i kind of fell in love with "one life to live." >> larry: and you're going to see it coming back. don't go away.
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♪ turn it up ♪ what you here from ♪ i'm going all-in ♪ that's what i do ♪ what's up with you ♪ little rapping ♪ tapping out i'm almost 20 years ♪ ♪ what are you rapping about ♪ i'm all in the club ♪ you see a g >> larry: we're back with snoop dogg. he vent europed into the world of daytime tv when he played himself on "one life to live," watch, and see if an emsecoming his way. >> how do you know what happened with normani. >> mom, can i have some pizza i am starving. >> yeah i could use a slice too. >> you -- you're -- >> fa shizzle. >> oh my god. >> calvin, this is my son. >> kid buchanan, soldier pops even though he's a cop, took your mom to court with a summons
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and a tort. >> never heard that kind of flavor. >> larry: do you remember that or read off of a prompter. >> that was off of the top of my head. come on, larry, you know how i do. >> larry: yeah i do. you sat down with stephen colbert to talk about marijuana. his need for bid. >> are a well-known pot smoke sir. >> wouldn't say that. i'd say that i'm a stoner. [ laughter ] >> you are aware -- you are aware that that is illegal, sir? you are breaking the law, you realize that. >> no, i, um. >> you're a criminal, sir. >> no i'm not because -- >> you are a criminal. >> i am actually under the influence of medical marijuana. actually a doctor prescribed. >> it was dr. dre'? >> larry: marijuana's kind of a trademark with you. you still smoke it. >> every blue moon. >> larry: how many blue moons are there? i don't keep count. >> there's a blue moon every
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day. >> larry: do you think that it should be legalized. >> i know it should be legalized. legalize it and i'll advertise 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? >> let's try that one time. >> larry: try it one time, snoop goes on. >> 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 were you say to your son 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: no but snoop dogg. >> oh you mean why did i change that? >> larry: yeah. >> that was the name i was always called as a kid. my mother never called me by my real name. i never heard my name unless i was at school. the name i was accustomed to was
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snoop, snoopy or snoop. >> larry: how did they come up with cortizar. >> it sounds up like a -- for sores. >> larry: on sale this week. two for $5. >> it sounds like cortisone. >> but i would say -- >> larry: changes the whole -- >> yeah, put that flavor on it because i am e-talian you understand? i've got that good blood, 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 of the beautiful people who allowed me on 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 just tried to 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
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you know prohibit myself from being there. i'm all about the people. the people love me and i'm going there to do what i was here to do. >> larry: okay. now there's another rumor, we're going to check it after the break. >> uh-huh. >> larry: that snoop is going to record with susan boyle. i think there's another put-on but we'll tell you about it after the break. it has nutrients to help support eye health and nutrients like vitamin d for your colon. centrum silver ultra men's wow! [ grunts ] oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. aah! [ door opens, closes ] wow. what's the occasion? [ male announcer ] relax. pam helps you pull it off. when we tn lolobster into irresistible creations. like new wood-grilled lobster and parmesan scampi... our signature lobster lover's dream... and eleven more choices. right now at red lobster.
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♪ rolling down the street smoke indo sipping on gin and juice ♪ ♪ lay back ♪ i got it going on ♪ i'm a gangsta ♪ but you all knew that ♪ the big old boss dogg yeah i had to do that ♪ ♪ hanging on my backside ♪ something for the legs ♪ you know what i am talking about ♪ ♪ let them know how we're feeling right now ♪ ♪ every time i come around shawty love me down ♪ ♪ run up on me like -- ♪ i want to rock right now ♪ hey, hey ♪ i see them coming ♪ that's what i heard them say >> larry: i bet you don't know who this is, he is snoop dogg. the multiplatinum hip-hop icon, creative chairman of priority records, new album "more malice"
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released this week and the movie "malice in wonderland," the album, new movie "alice in wonderland" also already -- he's out there, he's everywhere, everywhere. what about susan boyle? >> she's 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 on the a song. >> no, i think that we will have to get our minds together and figure out what we're going to sing about. >> larry: how about something like a -- an operreta? >> i'm down with that. >> larry: you think you could sing like a, let's say a perryachi. >> nothing they can't do, larry, man ♪ when your stars meet you in the eyes and then you fly and that's amore ♪ >> larry: when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie ♪ >> oh you see that's y'all's version. >> larry: e. martin is spinning.
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anyway, okay, hey i have not forgot ben chicken and waffles. we ate it together. i brought it home. everyone loved it. >> yeah that's why i look so physically fit, years later. you see i'm still -- i got my look together, larry. that's what it is, diet consistent of that rosco's chicken and waffles. they brought big blocks of cornbread and chicken wings. >> larry: i don't see no waffles. >> they brought no waffle the. they flipped the script. >> larry: i love cornbread. why is cornbread so good. >>. >> it depends on who makes the cornbread. no jiffy. we're talking about handmade cornbread. >> larry: which store is this. >> albertson's. >> yeah. >> larry: is this snoop dogg cornbread. >> yeah you can only get it at those stores. >> larry: wait a minute i could go to albertson's and buy snoop dogg cornbread? >> yes you can. >> larry: let me taste it
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because i like cornbread. >> it's sweet too larry. i know it's good. a pretty big piece here. who is going to eat this, the joker? it's good. now it's very -- um, it's very good. however, it's very hard to host this show -- >> and eat cornbread. >> larry: while eating cornbread. >> so why don't i take over for you. >> larry: why don't we put peanut butter and i won't be back. >> that would be groovy. >> larry: we'll sing later, do sinatra later. >> or maybe sam cook. >> reporter: >> larry: never done "american idol." >> never done "american idol." >> larry: want to do it. >> i like "american idol" eye think i would be the perfect host to fill in for -- who just left the show? >> larry: paula abdul. >> i think ooibd perfect. >> larry: you'd be a good critic. you'd be great. >> yeah because i understand music, the dynamics of music. i see stars before they're made and i feel like they're passing up on good people because they don't really have it together on that first try. >> larry: what is the secret of the success of that show, other than my man, ryan seacrest.
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>> i think it's safe to say that the success of that show is interactive with people. anybody can become a star and when you start to sell people a dream that could reality it's an everyday life. people watching this show who feel like they can become that next "american idol" as well. >> larry: you watch it. >> i watch it occasionally. i like to see what it do, you know what i am saying? because it's always some new talent that's hot -- the four or five people that i've seen that won on the show are still doing well. the ruben studdard. fantasia, jennifer. and the boy who played harmonica, he did a little show with me. what his name is? >> larry: don't know. >> me either. >> larry: we'll be back with snoop dogg millionaire. >> yea! >> larry: right after this.
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♪ ♪ snoop ♪ >> larry: having a lot of fun with snoop dogg tonight. what a great guest to kick into the weekend. what a talent too and wa a good guy. he's a good guy the snoop here the snoopster. >> larry, i want to give you something. whenever you listen to that frank sinatra, sam cook you can enjoy your music heavily. >> larry: you make headphones
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now? >> yeah. ♪ another saturday night >> larry: ♪ and i ain't got no money ♪ i got my money and i just got paid ♪ thank you, snoop. i love this and i love the you angeles lakers? >> grew up with them. kareem abdul-jabbar, chick hearns. >> larry: grit announcer. >> i love them to death. can't do me no wrong. >> larry: go to many games? >> as many as i can. if not, at home rauching, watch them on channel the, kkal. >> larry: ever go on the road with them? >> when they would not the championship in new jersey, i was right there on the floor. >> larry: did you ever play football? >> on the east side of long beach and took it to a level i thought it was the highest level i could take it to and nerve wanted to play high school or the next level. i went to the level i thought i
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could play. >> larry: did you go through high school? >> went to high school. never tried out for high school sports. more into creating the music thing. i had a niche for it railroad always a music guy? >> always a music guy/comedian/class clown. >> larry: why the sunglasses? >> so you can't see what i'm saying. >> larry: part of your persona? >> at times. >> larry: you design those, too? >> yeah. they match the headphones. the paisley, that's the snoop dogg flavor, larry. >> larry: what haven't you done? you'd like to do? >> i'd like to start a chain of snoopermarkets. >> larry: selling what? groceries? >> yeah. groceries. everything in my store under $20. nothing in there over $20. >> larry: clothes, too? >> everything. >> larry: snoopermarkets. have you talked to people about
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it? >> i'm talking to them right now. >> larry: not bad. >> you hear them talking back? >> what did you make about michael jackson's pass? >> yeah, i knew michael jackson. a close friend of the family. i love what he didn't four music, for life. i'm just -- i'm just a fan. you know? so i love everything he done. he could never do no wrong in my eyes. i loved the music he made, the spirit we brought. showing people how to love and reach out and give back, because that's what they most of his time and his money was spent on giving back. never about himself. it was always about others. >> larry: highway did dr. dre find you? >> his brother. half-g in my group. a cassette tape. warren g took it to dr. dre's bachelor party. he slipped my tape in when the music cut. dre was like, what was that? he said, my home boy snoop. introduced me, the rest is history. >> larry: when we come back we're going to meet young snoop.
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his son's name is korde. his father calls him spank, i call him snoop jr. with us after the break. . no no no, i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism or something... ...lucky. [ wife ] babe... ♪ umm, i gotta go. [ female announcer ] 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. yoplait, it is so good. indulge in new blueberry pie and new red velvet cake. yoplait light. it is so good.
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what's in here? giving it back. can i sit on top? >> that's how we do it. we don't sit on the chair. we sit in the back, just like that. up top. >> gangster, larry. now you official. don't bounce too much. larry ain't holding on. >> you the man. >> larry: back with our remaining moments with snoop dogg and we're joined by his son korde. is this the oldest boy? >> yeah. >> larry: how are you? >> 15. >> larry: you're tall for a 15. >> about to turn 16 in may wlarl
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do you think of your father? truth. >> he's cool, and -- >> 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. >> no. i do. i'm just saying -- >> larry: are you nervous? >> no. >> larry: okay. well, what's the thing on your arm? >> tattoo. >> larry: what does it say? >> my nickname. >> larry: spank? >> yeah. >> larry: do you approve of tattoos on your kids? >> i took him to go get. >> larry: what do you mean? >> i went with him when he got the tattoo. he didn't come home with that. he went with me to get that. >> larry: what do you want him to be in life? >> have fun, be a respectable man. live life to the fullest. be what he want to be. >> larry: you play ball, spank? >> not anymore. >> larry: what do you want to do?
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>> i want to be a football player or a basketball player. >> larry: athlete, though? >> yeah, athlete. >> larry: what college you want to go to? >> oregon. >> larry: oregon. why oregon? >> because everybody goes to usc. >> he's trying to make me mad. >> larry: crazy colors. fun to watch. you like green and white. >> green, i like green. >> larry: atened nick it name, the ducks. you can be in the stands going, "quack, quack" are you going to tour europe? >> definitely. going in may. chilling, out there. >> larry: going to do another reality show? >> might do another reality show. he wants to be a model. i'm going see what i can do. >> you want to be a model, too? clothing model. >> uh-huh. >> larry: you got a girlfriend yet? >> ah -- no. >> larry: what do you mean, ah, don't imply no when you say ah.
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>> no. >> larry: you going to do stand-up comly. >> me? >> larry: yeah, you. >> a little built. going on a tour called "imagine that". >> larry: why is korde laughing? >> he know i'm funny. >> larry: was it tough living apart from mom? >> yeah. >> larry: you're glad they're back together? >> yes. >> larry: are you close to your mom? she a good mom, has to be to put up with -- >> perfect with snoop. >> larry: you call him snoop or dad? >> coach snoop. >> see? >> larry: head man? >> in my house. i'm a football coach first. had i coach my kid i give hem love. >> larry: you're a great kid. great stoopsteps. >> following in great snoop steps. >> larry: here is a couple snoop
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