How Warren G stopped Snoop Dogg from getting shot

Warren G was an integral determine within the rise of the West Coast. Following the inception of Dying Row Information in 1991, the Lengthy Seaside native launched Snoop Dogg to his brother, Dr Dre, and issues rapidly started to take off.

As a part of the Lengthy Seaside trio 213 alongside Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, Warren G made a whole lot of music and spoke to the MCs frequently. That stated, in a current interview with Noreaga and DJ EFN on the Drink Champs podcast, the lyricist revealed that he inadvertently saved Snoop Dogg from probably getting shot within the drive-by capturing that killed 2Pac. 

Talking with the Queens host, the California emcee (actual identify Warren Griffin) unveiled that Snoop had initially deliberate to go to Las Vegas with 2Pac and Suge Knight to observe the Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon struggle on September seventh, 1996.

Unveiling that he had let Snoop know he was welcome at his home in Los Angeles as a substitute, Griffin defined, “The cold shit about it is, I had called Snoop. At that time, I was single. I had a house to myself. I was like, ‘Shit, I’m a bachelor. What’s up, Snoop? Come over! I’m here watching the fight, I’ma invite a gang of people over; we gonna barbecue.’”

Griffin advised Noreaga that, at first, Snoop (actual identify Calvin Broadus) declined the provide, admitting, “[Snoop] was like, ‘Fuck that shit, I’m going to Vegas with 2Pac and them for the fight.’ So I was like, ‘Damn, n*gga! You don’t never kick it with me, shit.’”

Fortunately for the ‘Regulate’ musician, Broadus had a change of thoughts and made a grand entrance, divulging, “So a couple of hours went by, I’m in the house, getting everything ready. I heard a horn honking in front of my house. I looked out the house, and Snoop was outside in a white muthafuckin’ Rolls-Royce with the peanut butter inside with the top down.”

Griffin continued, “He pulled up, he surprised me. He came and hung with me, he let me drive that muthafucka, and we just having a good time, barbecuing, having fun. And the fight was coming on. He came to fuck with me for the fight instead of going to Vegas.” 

Griffin’s story additionally corroborates Snoop’s story from the 2003 documentary Tupac: Resurrection, throughout which he confesses he was at Warren G’s home when he discovered 2Pac died. You may watch Griffin’s Drink Champs interview within the video beneath.