Dionne Warwick once ‘outed’ Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur while blasting them with misogynistic lyrics.
The 82-year-old singer once brought the two hip hop icons to her home in the 1990s, criticizing them for the tone of their music.
In a new documentary, Snoop Dogg, 51, shares the story of the impact of the legendary hitmaker, who recently announced she will collaborate with Dolly Parton on a new gospel duet song, on her own life and music.
Dionne Warwick, 82, once ‘outdone’ Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur while criticizing them for misogynistic lyrics
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over premiered on January 1 and reflects on her continuing, decades-spanning career.
The CNN The Films documentary also chronicles the impact and activism of the five-time Grammy Award-winning music icon.
Snoop, whose full name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., said: “She was controlling me at a time when I thought we couldn’t be controlled.”
The singer once brought the two hip hop icons to her home in the 1990s, criticizing them for the tone of their music.
“We were as gang bang as you could be, but that day at Dionne Warwick’s house,” he said. I think that day they defeated us.
Rapper Doggystyle felt ‘scared and shocked’ at the meeting due to the level of respect Dionne commanded.
He added: “We’re powerful right now, but she’s been powerful forever.” Thirty-something years in the game, in the big house with lots of money and success.
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over premiered on January 1 and reflects on her continuing, decades-spanning career; seen in mid december
In the film, Dionne, who previously revealed that the late rapper Tupac was at the meeting, noted that while rappers had a “right” to express themselves, she thought “there’s a way to do it.”
Tupac, considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, tragically died at age 25 in 1996.
She started the meeting by telling them to call her Grandma and said, ‘You’re all going to grow up. You are going to have families.
‘Out-gangstered’: Snoop, full name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., said: ‘She was controlling me at a time when I thought we couldn’t be controlled’ seen in December
You are going to have children. You’re going to have girls, and one day that girl will look at you and say, “Dad, did you really say that? Is that really you?” You’ll say?’
The reunion had an impact on the stars, and Snoop has now admitted that he was inspired to focus on creating ‘joy records’.
Following the encounter with Dionne, Snoop changed his tune on his next album Tha Doggfather.
Shocking: Snoop has now admitted that he was inspired to focus on creating ‘joy records’; seen in 2019
He said: ‘I set out to put records of joy: me cheering everyone and nobody dying and everyone living.
His discography now includes 175 singles and 19 studio albums, and he has sold over 37 million albums worldwide.
In 1997, he married his wife Shante Broadus.
Together they share three sons, Corde, 28, Julian and Cordell, both 25, and a daughter, Cori, 23.
“Dionne, I hope to become the jewel you saw when I was the dirty little rock in your house,” Snoop said. I hope I’m making you proud.
He said, ‘Dionne, I hope to become the jewel you saw when I was the dirty little stone in your house. I hope I am making you proud,’ said he; seen with his family in august