{"id":1717,"date":"2016-10-13T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T01:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/complexcon-performance-marks-a-long-overdue-homecoming-for-snoop-dogg\/"},"modified":"2016-10-13T01:13:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T01:13:37","slug":"complexcon-performance-marks-a-long-overdue-homecoming-for-snoop-dogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/complexcon-performance-marks-a-long-overdue-homecoming-for-snoop-dogg","title":{"rendered":"ComplexCon Performance Marks a Long-Overdue Homecoming for Snoop Dogg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The announcement of Snoop Dogg returning to his old hood to perform at ComplexCon<\/a> on November 6 may not seem like a banner moment, until you realize he\u2019s never performed in a large-scale capacity in Long Beach, at least not since achieving hip hop stardom\u2014and notoriety\u2014some 20-plus years ago.<\/p>\n

The news is almost shocking: the performance will be his first in Long Beach in decades, after a disagreement with city officials in the early 90s during the gangsta rap heyday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re super excited about today\u2019s announcement, as this is the FIRST EVER Snoop performance for the LBC,\u201d said Neil Wright, a concert organizer. \u201cApparently he has never played a Snoop Dogg show\u2014even though he has DJ\u2019d in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., Snoop showed his talent in schoolyards and in neighborhoods during his teen years, before making it big and moving out of Long Beach, according to childhood friend Duke Givens.<\/p>\n

He speculated that city officials began to associate violence with the rap scene Snoop had joined, and that he hasn\u2019t performed in Long Beach since the tumultuous times of the early 90s.<\/p>\n

Snoop was no stranger to the street life; he was arrested and later acquitted of murder charges in 1993, in connection with the death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was shot and killed by Snoop\u2019s bodyguard, McKinley Lee. An old MTV news article<\/a> delves deep into the subject, a matter Snoop has distanced himself from, most recently through his conversion to the Rastafari movement and focus on reggae music in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His homecoming is exciting, especially since the legend of Snoop Dogg is synonymous with the City of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cSnoop is a Long Beach native\u2026 he reps the city on a world scale,\u201d said Givens. \u201cWhen you say Snoop, it coincides with Long Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Givens said Mayor Robert Garcia had told him the first album he ever bought was Doggystyle<\/em>, perhaps hinting at a new era of cooperation between Snoop Dogg and Long Beach, opening the door to \u201cbring him home.\u201d According to Givens, Long Beach has every reason to celebrate the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cSnoop is a lyrical genius. His recall is amazing,\u201d said Givens. \u201cHe once rapped for nine minutes straight at a friend\u2019s house and did not repeat the same word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Givens said his ability got him out of homework and helped him pass classes at times, during his days at Long Beach Poly, and that he even rapped from the bench at football games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew at 15 he\u2019d be where he is,\u201d said Givens. \u201cHis rap was always smooth and melodic\u2014like jazz to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Givens said the last place he saw Snoop perform in Long Beach was \u201cat a place called \u2018ToeJams,\u2019 which is where the Roscoe\u2019s is now on Broadway,\u201d said Givens. \u201cThat\u2019ll give people a laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The announcement of Snoop Dogg returning to his old hood to perform at ComplexCon on November 6 may not seem like a banner moment, until you realize he\u2019s never performed in a large-scale capacity in Long Beach, at least not since achieving hip hop stardom\u2014and notoriety\u2014some 20-plus years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":67102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[357,227],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-complexcon","tag-snoop-dogg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}