{"id":190,"date":"2016-02-04T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/long-beach-poly-s-jack-jones-announces-commitment-to-usc-in-sit-down-with-snoop-dogg\/"},"modified":"2016-02-04T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:39:29","slug":"long-beach-poly-s-jack-jones-announces-commitment-to-usc-in-sit-down-with-snoop-dogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-poly-s-jack-jones-announces-commitment-to-usc-in-sit-down-with-snoop-dogg","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Poly\u2019s Jack Jones Announces Commitment to USC in Sit-Down with Snoop Dogg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-46502\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Snoop_and_Jones.png\" alt=\"Snoop and Jones\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Screenshot of Jones&#8217; announcement with Snoop Dogg, courtesy of Snoop&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopDogg\">Twitter.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Poly\u2019s Jack Jones, a five-star football recruit straight from the LBC, announced his commitment to the University of Southern California yesterday in an interview with Snoop Dogg, posted to the rapper\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopDogg\">Twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Snoop and Jones reminisce over his playing in the \u201cSnoop U\u201d football game in the Coliseum\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/snoopyfl.net\/page.php?page_id=39811\">a nonprofit football league that allows inner-city children to participate in football<\/a>\u2014when the football star was \u201cmaybe about nine or 10,\u201d and discuss the reasoning behind his decision, which he said is based on how the university will prepare him for an NFL career (something he dreams of).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much of your decision will be based upon your friends or homies that you go to school with, that you want to stay together with them?\u201d Snoop asks Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really that much, because they know, they know it\u2019s my life and I gotta go on and play football, whatever, because, you know, in a couple of years, I\u2019m not gonna pick where I\u2019m goin\u2019, they\u2019re gonna pick me,\u201d says Jones.<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coach Snoop got the exclusive ! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopLeague\">@snoopleague<\/a> alum n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBPoly_Football\">@LBPoly_Football<\/a> 5-star recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/presidentjacc\">@presidentjacc<\/a> announcement !!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QaMtKEDgYf\">https:\/\/t.co\/QaMtKEDgYf<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopDogg\/status\/694998824142508034\">February 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The video features a wholesome Snoop stressing the value of fun in the sport, the importance of making smart decisions (as they\u2019ll impact others) and kindly inquiring about Jones\u2019 other hopes, dreams and goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like [football] is gonna get my family out of SoCal, put them\u2014take my mom out the hood and put her in the hills,\u201d said Jones, elaborating on how he hopes football will change his as well as his family\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>The interview concludes with Jones\u2019 announcement. Shortly after the announcement, Snoop posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snoopdogg\/\">Instagram image<\/a> of the rapper with his hand on the young man\u2019s shoulder as he wears a USC cap.<\/p>\n<p>In case you forgot, <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/music\/snoop-dogg-releases-new-single-i-m-from-long-beach\/\">Snoop Dogg recently released a track in homage to his hometown,<\/a> the birthplace of genius.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url(images\/stephanie\/long beach song.jpg); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; float: left; margin-right: 30px; display:none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p> <small style=\"font-weight: lighter;\">RELATED<\/small> <\/p>\n<h2 ><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Related Link', 'click', 'Realted Link v1');\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/music\/snoop-dogg-releases-new-single-i-m-from-long-beach\/\">Snoop Dogg Shows Hometown Pride With New Single I&#8217;M FROM LONG BEACH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach Poly\u2019s Jack Jones, a five-star football recruit straight from the LBC, announced his commitment to the University of Southern California yesterday in an interview with Snoop Dogg, posted to the rapper\u2019s Twitter account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":16533,"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":"","_":"","_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":[3],"tags":[69,90],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-long-beach-poly","tag-snoop-dogg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}