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>> you a double o g. ♪ >> larry: next, on "larry king live." >> larry: snoop dogg is in the house. he's 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 in wonderland." the movie "malice in wonderland" was always released this week. always a pleasure. a lot of fun to welcome snoop dogg back to "larry king live." you going to see some extraordinary things during this hour, including me in a crazy car. we'll talk about the car later. malice madness. what is the -- what is that? >> it's me and my new record. my tenth solo record, i might add. i just went in and just made a record that felt good to me,

that was more about me just having a good time and putting people in the spirit of just enjoying some good nukes. >> larry: but malice 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. that's why the record is called "malice in wonderland" because i finally made it to happiness. >> larry: what hachanged? >> i think just my family being around me and just 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 it into a positive. >> all right. the latest single, "i wanna 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 for me because it actually opened the door again to show that the west coast is still 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.

so to have jay-z on the record and to have other rappers putting their verse on the record just shows, that you know, hip-hop is here to stay and it's bicoastal. >> 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 music right now because it's the -- it's the change and the choice of a new generation because 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? i mean, can you hum it? >> you can hum it. if you dealing with snoop dogg. i got music that you can hum like -- ♪ da, da, da,

musicians put together a song that meant so much. and for them to come together for the anniversary it felt good to me. >> larry: the bikini-clad bling bling girls certainly weren't going anywhere during the making of snoop's first single "gangsta love." take a look at some of the behind-the-scenes action. and i do mean behind. >> ooh-wee. >> rolling. ♪ big snoop d-o dub ♪ the american dream ♪ that gangsta, gang-gangsta ♪ that gangsta, gang-gangsta love ♪ ♪

♪ gangsta love >> larry: we'll talk about it more later. what's with you and cars? >> of a always had an infatuation with cars. especially old school cars. anything out of the '60s, '70s, '40s, '50s, '30s. that was like when cars were being made at the highest level. you understand -- >> larry: they were better then? >> yeah, they were way better. and it just mean 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've got a little space i called the double dz. you understand what i'm saying? >> larry: no, i don't. >> i've got like a little underground cave. taz where they're at. >> larry: snoop dogg, i must be going crazy. i'm beginning to understand you. did you invent this language? >> i believe it's something that, you know, is hereditary. i believe that it's something that's accustomed to us from where we come from.

it's a ghetto thing. we have our own little slang we use in the ghetto, and it becomes our own language and our own lingo. back in the '70s it was called jive talking. now we call it snoop talking. >> larry: where did you grow up? >> east side long beach. >> larry: is that a tough area? >> it was tough but it was fun. it was a great experience for me. i learned a lot. there was a lot of positive people. i had a lot of great people to learn from. and a lot of negative people to learn from. so it was a great experience. >> larry: 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 luv." ♪ ♪ boss dog i give it to her right and she like it ♪ ♪ she's only hip like a sidekick ♪ ♪ i whispered in her ear come here you ready to go ♪ ♪ got that little dress on ♪ you coming up out of there psps

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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. >> don't try, son. do it. and burn some incense. >> turn that [ bleep ] back up cuz. >> testicles, one, two. testicles, one, two. hey, y'all, what's crack-a-lacking? this is your soul plane chauffeur. captain antoine maxfield. >> and he sounds nice. >> i like your lincoln. >> it's a '76. it won't be out till next year. but i know some people that know some people that robbed some people. this little meeting, it never happened. >> what meeting? >> c'est la vie, gentlemen. >> got some big stars. >> yes. >> larry: snoop dogg's our guest. tell us about "malice in

wonderland." what's 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's trying to clean up a community called wonderland where he lives at and overthrow a dictator named kane. >> larry: i get it. in "malice in wonderland" snoop plays a cornrowed superhero. let's take a look. >> wonderland! wonderland! ♪ wonderland we've known this man for years. this is the modern-day robin hood. 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 kane got a thing. i don't like him. he don't like me. i've come to find out that it's about all of us becoming one to unite, to fight against that man called kane.

we become untouchable. >> larry: snoop, we've had a tough time picking clips out of there for a family show. why are you so gritty? >> it's needed sometimes. i had a family show that had i on the air for two years called "fatherhood" with my wife and my beautiful kids. so i do have time to give up a little family time. but people tend to love the edginess of snoop dogg. so i've got to give them what they love. >> larry: you've got to do what you've got to do. >> i've got to give them what they want. >> larry: the last time you were on you showed the wholesome side, the family guy as you said, the husband who reconciled with the wife. much of this was shown to the world. "snoop dogg's fatherhood." why do you think it got cancelled? >> i believe the show was too positive and too enlightening. >> larry: wait a minute. too positive, too enlightening, too good, too wholesome -- >> because they wanted some drama. you've got to understand i'm snoop dogg so, you want confusion and you want 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? >> oh, it's beautiful. we've been on the right track. we're not even looking 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 i realized that's where i wanted to be and i needed to be so i had to get my mind back right and focus on what was important to me. >> larry: you look at all these videos and stuff you look like a player. >> yeah. because that's who i am when i'm playing that role. you understand me? i'm great at what i do. and it's only a few that can do what i do. >> larry: you've admitted your own infidelity at times, right? >> yes. >> larry: what do you make of tiger woods? >> i make, you know, nothing of it. you know, 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 as somebody who's perfect. but at the same time nobody's perfect and everybody makes mistakes. let's let him get his life right with his wife and move on. >> larry: think he's going to do good in the masters? >> i think he's going to do real well in the masters and he's going to do real good in life. just getting his life back right and understanding what's important because sometimes it

takes a negative situation like that for you to really turn it into a positive. >> larry: 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, it's so exposed, everybody knows everything now. >> larry: how do you balance, by the way, the hood and hollywood? >> well, i call it hollihood. >> larry: hollyhood. >> yeah. i just walk a fine line and i do me at all times. as long as i do me, i'm going to be able to walk between the corporate world and the streets. >> larry: what's your name? your real name p. >> my real name is courtisar calvin broadus. >> larry: courtisar? >> yeah. >> larry: how did you come one snoop dogg? >> my mother. >> larry: peanuts? >> yeah, i used to watch charlie brown and there's a character on it i used to always imitate. >> larry: snoopy. >> yeah. the dog. >> larry: that's still a great cartoon. he's gone. there's never been anything like

peanuts. >> no. >> larry: what do you think about obama in how's he doing? >> i think he's doing a great job, you know, 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's doing a great job because we're in a better state than we were in two years ago. >> larry: okay. you want snoop dogg to get you to your next meeting? he's going to do it. with turn-by-turn directions on your gps. it'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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>> larry: good night, everybody. >> good night. ♪ snoop >> turn right in 20 yards. >> larry: i feel like i'm being controlled by my gps. i'm turning right as instructed. >> make another right in 40 yards. >> larry: sweeping deftly into

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! >> larry: i had to turn right. machine. >> didn't i tell you to turn left? >> larry: hey, if you'd 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 fun. it makes a trip to the dry cleaners more entertaining. i got a chance to check it out, take it out on a ride with snoop. watch. >> the skill drives like new? >> it drives good. it rides like an airplane. it's real smooth, slow motion. >> larry: we're going to go up and down, bounce. for what purpose do you have that? >> that's called low riding. that's called hitting the switch. that's dipping. you understand me, on the west coast that's what we do. >> larry: i'm west coast. i don't dip. >> i'm going to show you how to dip, larry. let's get it in.

>> larry: what was the model number? >> 1967 pontiac parisini. >> larry: i never heard of a parisini. >> yeah. it's low to the flow, too. >> larry: whoa. >> see, i told you it's low to the flow. >> larry: i'm low to the floor. whoa. >> do some of this here. >> turn around when possible. hey, keep it g. you dig? after 300 yards you have reached your destination. thanks for the ride, man. i had the time of my life. ooh-wee. >> larry: here we go into snoopville. what's the name of the magic? >> this is the magic. >> larry: i'm still on the brake. why are we moving? >> that's me hitting the switch, baby. >> larry: oh, you're controlling the gas. bye. ♪ with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪

>> larry: i can't reach the gas. ♪ sipping on gin and juice ♪ laid back >> larry: by the way, if you want to have snoop do your gps, all you've got to do is go to voiceskins.com, right? and bring it down. voiceskins.com. and snoop can drive you home. >> la dah. >> larry: i want to do that. i want to do gps. >> well, larry, i just had to tell myself one day i had to be real creative and different than everybody. i was looking at the cars and i was riding in my car hearing this lady where to go every day getting tired of hearing her voice. i said man, it would be real cool if i was doing this. so i reached out to the people from tomtom club and gps and whatnot, and we made it happen. >> larry: but you don't get mad. i would want to get mad. >> that's how you would do it, larry. because you've got that kind of attitude. me personally i'm i'm too cool to get mad. >> larry: i tell a guy to make a left, he makes a rierkt he misses his turn. i don't want to do that anymore for him. all right. i get it. by the way, you did letter mans

top ten, satellite. >> yes, sir. >> top ten things that sound cool when said by snoop dogg. here we go. number 10. >> yo. >> number 9. >> i'm following wolf blitzer on twitter. >> number 8. >> let's go to the gap and buy underpants. >> number 7. >> shalom and happy purim to all. >> number 6. >> instead of eating haagen-dazs i might as well apply it 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 race rice-a [ bleep ] rhoni. >> number 2. >> my cd comes out. >> and the number 1 thing that sounds cool when said by snoop

dogg. >> i'm just a simple old hockey mom from alaska. >> what did you make of that whole letterman-leno thing? >> i think it was a -- i think 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 a money thing. >> larry: snoop. how skeptical you are. >> that didn't seem like a real feud to me. nobody hit nobody. nobody got vitamolent. >> larry: now you're going back to the hood, right? >> where i'm from if you don't hit nobody it's really not a conflict. it's a quarrel. >> larry: we'll come back with an e-mail question. snoop's a growing presence in mainstream media. he starred on a soap, entertained stephen colbert. coming up. stick around. . if you're shopping for a new car, we invite you to put us to the test. and may the best car win.

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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. special appearance on "larry king live" with some extra added throw-ins. cars and stuff. you still actively involved with the youth football league? >> yeah, my youth football league is snoopy football league. it's been up for six years now. we're doing a great job. we've got our first ever kids that are on their way to

college. and we're just doing so many great things in the inner city right now. >> larry: flag or tackling? >> oh, it's tackle. it starts off with flag at the age of 6 and works up to tackle at 13. >> larry: can anybody play? >> all over l.a. south central, compton, long beach, pomona. all you've got to do is hit us up at snoopyouthfootballleague.com. >> larry: how bay couple white kids from beverly hills? >> why not? >> larry: i got two pretty good ones. what if they were to win the snooper bowl? would that embarrass you? >> no. that would make me feel good because football has no color barriers. >> larry: you've got 3500 kids in the league. good yes, sir. >> larry: how did you start that? >> i started it six years ago with my oldest son, corday. he was playing little league football and he was playing in a league that i didn't feel was really meeting the needs of what we needed as far as an 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 $300 or $400. 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: we've got an e-mail from mike in maine. who do you listen to in your free time? do you listen to in your free time? and who were your musical influences growing up? >> i like listening to frank sinat sinatra, sam cooke, marvin gaye. my musical influences growing up were george clinton, curtis mayfield, earth, wind & fire. >> larry: ♪ what goes up, must come down ♪ spinning wheel got to go oh, i love that. i love that. earth, wind & fire were pretty good. i went to the concert one night. but wind was sick. anyway. i thought that was funny. you're involved with your fans through twitter tv live chats. how often do you twitter? we twitter. >> i've got a thing called ustream tv and i have my own

show called the wake and bake show where they can actually look and see me personally and then i hit them on twitter through my conversation because it's kind of hard for me trying to type all my fans at one time. so what i do is 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 be a part of the snoop dogg thing. >> larry: you're very involved with your fans. you're easy access. >> up close and personal. >> larry: what's hard to read about you is where does most of your income come from? records? because that business is hurt. >> i mean, i'm just a hustler. i just know how to get it in all different ways. you know, like you've got the gps. you've got, you know, the football league. 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 just always trying to get to the next level. >> larry: that's part of your clothing line? good yeah. i'm down with adidas. that's who i represent. so three stripes is how i roll.

>> larry: why the green, blue and yellow? >> because it's like the beautiful colors. it's like that bob marley. sometimes i feel like i'm bob marley reincarnated and it's got that jamaican feel. >> larry: i knew bob marley. i interviewed him. >> that's one person they always said somebody you could work with that ain't here right now -- >> larry: his sons are around. >> i worked with all of them. they're my partners. >> larry: some of the highlights of your past year, get this, recently named creative chairman of priority records. what does that mean? you pick all the artists? >> yeah. i'm frank sinatra up in there now. >> larry: you're 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" for wwe. what's that all about? >> wrestling, man. one of the biggest sports in the world. people love wrestling. they love snoop dogg. and i'm a fan of it. and vince mcmahon loves me and i love him and they've got money and we love doing business. >> are you ever getting in the ring? >> i got in the ring a couple times. i did a few moves. i'm all right in there. >> snoop dogg!

>> oh! down goes stubbo! >> he's ready to go. he's not happy. >> i think we're going to have -- i think they're going to go at each other right here. >> fancy footwork there. whoa. >> larry: yeah, but they're much bigger than you. >> i'm all right in there, larry. don't let the smooth taste fool you. >> larry: in other words-u rehearse td pretty good. >> don't let the smooth taste fool you. >> larry: you went into the wrestling ring with no rehearsal? >> with no rehearsal. that's what i do. >> larry: okay. ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange. >> yes. with no rehearsal. >> larry: that's not hard. which 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. you're ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange -- >> and don't even know what you're pushing. wlshlg and you don't know what you're pushing. buy this today, folks. okay. and you did a dramatic role in "one life to live." >> yeah. >> larry: 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 times. and around the time i came home the soap operas was on and i kind of fell in love with "one life to live." and once i became successful i reached out and let them know i'm a fan of the show and wanted to be a part of it. >> larry: and you're going to see it when we come back. don't go away.

♪ ♪ i wanna rock right now ♪ rock right now ♪ it's your east side partner ♪ big snoopy d.o. ♪ catch me on your tivo ♪ long beach with me ♪ ♪

♪ >> larry: 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 with normie? >> mom, can we order some pizza? i am starving. >> yeah, i could use a slice, too. >> you -- you're -- >> for shizzle. >> my god. >> calvin, this is my son. >> kid buchanan. sued your pops even though you know he's a cop. took your moms to court. got out your seat and you back on your feet. >> they never heard that kind of flavor. >> larry: did you remember that or read off a prompter? >> that was off the top of my

head, larry. come on-u know how i do. >> larry: yeah, i know. okay. 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 that? >> no, i -- >> you're a criminal, sir. >> no, i'm not because -- >> you're a criminal. >> i am actually under the influence of medical marijuana. actually, a doctor prescribes it. >> was it dr. dre? >> larry: marijuana's 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's a blue moon every day. >> larry: do you think 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. >> we'll do it together. >> larry: i'll go on with you. >> yeah, we'll do it together. happiness is togetherness. >> larry: e-mail question from sarah in orlando. how do you pronounce your real name? and why did you change it? what would you say if your son asked you 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, why did i change that? that's the name 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. so the name i was accustomed to was snoop. like snoopy or snoop. >> larry: how did they come up with courtisar? >> my mother came one that name. >> larry: sounds like a salve for sores.

>> it does? >> larry: don't forget to buy courtisar -- >> the way you say it. but i would say it like courtisar. >> larry: changes the whole -- >> yeah, put that flair on it. because i am italian. i got that good blood and 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 you a shout out to all the beautiful people that allowed me 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 just tried to see if there were ways to keep me out and it was no way to keep me out. i've done nothing over there to, 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: there's another rumor. we're going to check it after the break. 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.

♪ rolling down the street sipping on gin and juice ♪ ♪ laid back ♪ with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪ ♪ got it going on ♪ i'm a gangsta ♪ but y'all knew that ♪ the big boss dog ♪ i had to do that ♪ i keep a flag hanging out the back side ♪ ♪ but only on the left side ♪ let 'em know how we feeling right now ♪ ♪ ♪ i wanna rock right now ♪ right, right, right now ♪ i see 'em coming ♪ that's what i heard 'em say ♪ same color 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 records. new album "more malice," released this week.

and the movie "malice in wonderland." the album, new movie "malice in wonderland," also -- he's out there, he's everywhere. what about susan boyle? >> she's a great artist. looking forward to going into the stew the studio with her. >> larry: you are going to record with her? >> yeah, why not? >> larry: have you picked out a song? >> no. we're going to have to get our minds together and figure out what we're going to sing about. >> larry: how about something like an operetta? >> i'm down with that. >> larry: you think you could sing like, say, pagliacci? >> ain't much i can't do, larry. ♪ when the stars meet your eyes in the skies and you fly ♪ ♪ that's amore ♪ >> larry: when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie. >> see, that's y'all version. >> larry: dean martin is spinning. anyway.

okay, hey, 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 -- >> man, 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. my diet consists of that roscoe's chicken and waffles. i think i got some here right now. if you don't mind, i'll have it. oh, they brought big blocks of cornbread, too. and three chicken wings. >> larry: i don't see any waffles. >> they didn't bring no waffles. they flipped the script today. >> larry: i love cornbread. >> me too. >> larry: why is cornbread so good? >> see, it depends on who makes the cornbread. >> larry: where do you buy this? >> it can't be no jiffy. we talking about some handmade cornbread. >> larry: which store was this? >> albertson's. >> larry: albertson's? is this snoop dogg cornbread? >> yeah. you can only get it at those stores. >> larry: wait minute. i can go to albertson's and i can buy snoop dogg cornbread? >> yes, you can. >> larry: let me taste it. because i like cornbread.

>> it's sweet, too, larry. >> larry: got a pretty big piece here. who's going to eat this? the joker? it's good. now, it's -- it's very good. however, it's very hard to host the show -- >> and eat cornbread. >> larry: while eating cornbread. >> so let me take over for you. >> larry: why don't we put some peanut butter on it and i won't come back? >> that'll be groovy. >> larry: we're going to sing later, do? sinatra. >> or sam cooke. >> larry: ever do "american idol"? >> never did "american idol." >> larry: you want to do it? >> i think i'd be the perfect host to fill in for -- who just left the show? >> larry: paula abdul. >> i think i'd be perfect. >> larry: you'd be a good critic. you'd be great. >> yeah. because i understand the dynamics of music and i see stars before they're made. sometimes i feel like they be passing up on some good people because they don't really have it together on that first try. >> larry: what is the secret of the success to that show other than my man ryan seacrest? >> i think the secret of that

show is it's interactive with the people. anybody can become a star. and when you start selling people the real dream that can become reality it's an everyday life. so you've got people watching the show who feel like they could become that next american idol as well. >> larry: do you watch it? >> i watch it occasionally. i like to see what he do 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 that played the harmonica. he did a little show with me. what his name is? >> larry: don't know. >> me neither. >> larry: we'll be back with snoop dogg millionaire. >> yeah. >> 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 what a good guy. he's a good guy, the snooper -- the snoopster. >> larry, i want to give you something, man. my new headphones. you know i make headphones too. these are the skull crushers by snoop dogg. so whenever you listen to that frank sinatra or sam cooke you can enjoy your music happily. >> larry: you make headphones now.

>> yeah. ♪ another saturday night and i ain't got ♪ ♪ i ain't got no money ♪ got my money and i just got paid ♪ thank you, snoop. i like this. i like the design, too. what's 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-jabbar. chick hearns. i had a chance to meet chick hearns -- >> larry: great announcer. >> and work with chick hearns. i'm just a diehard laker. i love them to death. they can't do no wrong with me. >> larry: go to every game? >> i go to as many games as i can when i'm in town. i love to support them. if i'm not at the game i'm at home watching them on prime ticket or channel 9, kcal. >> larry: have you ever been on the road with them? >> when they won that championship in new jersey i was right there on the floor when they did that. >> larry: did you ever play ball? >> i played football and basketball as a youngster coming up on the east side of long beach, and i took it to a level that i thought it was the highest level i could take it to. so i never wanted to play high school or the next level. i went into the level i thought

i could just play at. >> larry: did you go through high school? >> i went to high school but i didn't ever try out for high school sports. i was more into trying to create this music thing. i had a niche for it and i wanted to stick to it. >> larry: you were always a music guy? >> always a music guy slash comedian class clown. >> larry: why the sunglasses? >> so you can see what i'm saying. but i mean i can take them off. >> larry: but it's part of your persona. >> at times. >> larry: do you design those too? >> yeah. you see they've got that flava. you see they match with the headphones. that's that flavor, the paisley. >> 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. anything -- everything in my store would be under $20. it would be nothing in there over $20. >> larry: clothes too? >> everything. under $20. >> larry: snoopermarkets. well-v you talked to people about it? >> i'm talking to them right

now. >> larry: not bad. >> 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, what he done for music, what he done for life. i'm just, you know, i'm just a fan. so i love everything he done. he could never do no wrong in my eyes. i mean, i love the music that he made, the spirit that he brought. just showing people how to love and how to reach out and to give back because that's what he did for most of his time and his money, it was spent on giving back. he was never about himself. it was always about others. >> larry: how did dr. dre find you? >> his brother, half brother warren g was in my group, 213. me, him, and nate dogg. we had a cassette tape and warren g took it to dr. dre's bachelor party. and the music had cut off the bachelor party. sew slipped my tape in. and when my tape came in people was dancing to it and dre' was like who's that? he said that's my homeboy snoop. he introduce med to him, and the rest is history.

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get in the back. old school. >> larry: can i sit on top? >> that's how we do it. we don't sit in the chair. we sit on the back. we don't sit in the front. we sit in the back. just like that. up top. taz west coast gangster right there, larry. now you're official. don't bounce too much. you know larry back there, he ain't holding on tight. >> larry: let me take you by the hand. >> larry: back with our remaining moments with snoop dogg. and we are joined by his son, corde. is this the oldest boy? >> yeah. >> larry: how old are you, corde? >> 15. >> larry: you're tall for 15. >> i'm about to turn 16 in may.

>> larry: what do you think of your father? >> he's -- >> the truth. >> he's cool. and he's -- >> larry: is he weird? >> yes. >> larry: what was he like as a father growing up? >> he was a good father. >> larry: you don't sound too sure of that, corde. >> i do. i'm just saying he was -- >> larry: are you nervous? >> no. >> larry: okay. what's the thing on your arm? >> it's a tattoo. >> larry: what does it say? >> my nickname. >> larry: spank. >> yeah. >> larry: you approve of tattoos on your kids? >> i took him to go get it. >> 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 do in life? >> i want him to have fun and be a respectable man and just enjoy life to the fullest, be what he wants to be. >> larry: do you play ball, spank? >> not anymore. >> larry: what do you want to

do? >> i want to be a football player or a basketball player. >> larry: athlete, though? >> yeah, athlete. >> larry: what college do you want to go to? >> oregon. >> larry: oregon. why oregon? >> because everybody goes touchlt sc. >> he just trying to make me mad right now. >> larry: oh, you're a usc fan? >> he know i'm a diehard -- >> larry: oregon has those crazy colors, though. they're fun to watch. and you like green. >> yeah. >> larry: and the nickname, the zukz. >> quack quack. >> caller: you could be in the stands going quack quack. are you going to tour europe? >> yeah definitely. in may and a little bit of june. >> larry: going to do another reality show? >> he wants to be a model. so i'm going to have to see -- >> larry: oh, you want to be a model, too? clothing model? >> mm-hmm. >> larry: you got a girlfriend ye y yet? >> no. >> larry: what do you mean uh, no?

it don't imply no when you say uh. >> no. >> larry: you want to do stand-up comedy? >> me? >> larry: no, you. >> i'm going ton a tour with mike epps. we've got a tour called imagine that. >> larry: why is corde laughing at that? >> because he know i'm funny. that's one thing i am. i'm very funny. >> larry: was it tough when he was living apart from mom? >> yeah. >> larry: you're glad they're back together. >> yes. >> larry: are you close to your mother? >> yes. >> larry: is she a good mom? has to be to put up with -- >> perfect mom. >> larry: perfect mom. has to be to put up with -- >> snoop. >> larry: do you call him snoop or dad? >> coach snoop. >> respect in my house. i'm a football coach first. when i coach my kids, i give them that love. >> larry: well, you're a great little kid. best of luck. you're following in greet stoop -- snoop steps. here's a couple snoop cds.