"I got the message. I apologize, I was f**ked up. My bad."
Snoop Dogg admitted that he apologized to Kendrick Lamar after he posted Drake‘s diss song, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” on his Instagram.
During an interview with The Bootleg Kev Podcast, Snoop spoke about Drizzy’s AI-driven diss track, which featured artificial vocals from the West Coast legend alongside 2Pac. After Snoop reposted the video to his Instagram, many fans saw the act as a swing of support for Aubrey. However, the Missionary artist states that sentiment isn’t true and rather, he was actually high as hell when he did it.
“What had happened was, I did a collaborative post with someone. When I do it, I don’t listen to the music, I just see Gin & Juice because it’s my brand,” he recalled, referring to his spirits company that he owns with Dr. Dre. “So when I posted it, I’m thinking I’m posting Gin & Juice. I don’t know what song this is, I’m not hip to everybody’s music.”
“Then I get the word: ‘Nephew didn’t like what you did,’” he added. “What did I do?!’ ‘You played some music.’ [I go], ‘What music?!’ Then I had to go look at the [post] and I’m like, ‘Aw, that’s cuz… So then I deleted it, called [Kendrick], left him a message ’cause he ain’t pick up, he was working on his sh*t. ‘Nephew, it’s Uncle Snoop. I got the message. I apologize, I was f**ked up. My bad.’”
He then addressed Kendrick dropping his name in his song, “wacced out murals,” where K. Dot, rapped, “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/ I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go.” Snoop asserted that he had to take the bar on the chin and respect it “because he’s speaking truth.”
“That’s my nephew, man. He’s a rapper, he’s supposed to speak his mind and tell his truth. That’s the way he felt and he has the right to say that,” he expressed to Kev. “I’m his big homeboy so I have to take what’s given to me from his perspective because he’s speaking truth. And the truth shouldn’t hurt you, it should make you better. I’m one to accept truth when it’s brought to me directly… He feels that I shouldn’t have played that. Damn, I was on them edibles, my ni**a. I gotta be more careful. You right, nephew.”
The same interview also found Snoop addressing his vocals being artificially manipulated for the purpose of a diss record. He insisted that he “doesn’t want to be in nobody’s sh*t” and was unaware that his vocals would be featured on Drake’s song.
“I don’t want to be in nobody’s sh*t, man. I like being in my own sh*t,” he added. “When it comes to beef, that’s a real parameter that I do have. I don’t get in nobody’s beef. I’m usually the one who ends the beef… But if it’s out of my reach, then I step out and allow two men to get an understanding. And that’s what I feel like these two men should establish, where they don’t need me to take sides or jump in.”
“I’m from the West, so my heart lies on the West. But when it comes to this sh*t, you gon’ handle your business ’cause you from the muthaf**king West! You don’t need no help. And if you needed help, you wouldn’t have to ask; I’d have been on the double.”
As for Drake’s widely panned decision to bring a lawsuit into the feud, Snoop opined that, “On the West, we hold court in the streets, cuh.”
