News : SNOOP DOGG GOT HIS FOOTBALL LEAGUE IDEA FROM 2PAC, SAYS EX-DEATH ROW STAFFER REGGIE WRIGHT

Snoop Dogg built on 2Pac’s idea of starting a youth football league, according to a former Death Row Records general manager, though the exec still gives the Long Beach MC credit because “he made it happen.”

In a new interview on his platform Bomb1st that premiered on Wednesday (November 29), Reggie Wright Jr. discussed Snoop bringing Pac’s idea to fruition, and how it has positively impacted the communities involved.

“I know Tupac Shakur was the first one talking about that in the ’90s,” Wright explained. “Y’know, [Snoop] might’ve fine-tuned it a little than what Pac initially was talking, but he got that— stole that idea from Pac.”

Still, he made it a point to recognize what the “Vato” MC accomplished, adding: “There’s people in the NFL because of it, there’s a lot of kids that probably stayed off the streets and was playing football and went a different way in life, where they might’ve went the gangbangin’ life or something like that, because of the football league.”

Proceeds from the auction benefitted the ASCAP Foundation, which is an organization dedicated to supporting musicians. In the past year alone, the ASCAP Foundation’s programs assisted more than 300,000 people, including 60,000 students from 700 schools.

Dre and Snoop gifted a pair of signed Air Force Ones custom designed by Frankie Zombie, while Kane contributed a signed vinyl of his 1988 debut single, “Ain’t No Half-Steppin.”

Back in June, Dr. Dre was honored by the organization for his contributions to music at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, where he received the first-ever Hip Hop Icon Award. Snoop was on hand to present his longtime collaborator with the accolade, which recognized his unmatched impact on Hip Hop’s art and culture.

“There is nobody like Dr. Dre,” Snoop said. “It’s almost unfair how many times he’s revolutionized music. If Dre had only been a member of N.W.A, we’d still remember him forever. If he had only given us The Chronic, he’d still be a Hip Hop legend.

“He’s earned eight Grammys, sold millions of records, and founded some of the most successful music businesses, but Dr. Dre has never stopped working,” he continued. “[He] never stopped pushing the music forward. And I can honestly say that Dr. Dre has changed my life in so many ways.”