Snoop Dogg is a pioneer in a few areas. While he is mostly known for his musical innovations and being one of the leading rap figures from the West Coast, now his forays into fashion have him questioning whether he got dealt a bad hand. Moreover, he recently popped by The Pivot podcast to talk about his cancelled clothing line, which refers to his Snoop Dogg Clothing collection in the early 1990s. Furthermore, he remarked how it got shut down for being gang-related, mostly due to the "Paisley print" that he used in his designs. However, he claimed that just a couple of years after its downfall, some of the top designers in the world jacked his style.
"I had a clothing line called Snoop Dogg Clothing in the early '90s," the Doggfather recalled. "New York was the fashion industry. So when I come out with my clothing line, they made Roc-A-Wear, they had Sean John. They had all of these East Coast lines. So I put my s**t out, and naturally, I put some crippin' on mine with the rag. You know what I'm sayin'? 'Cause I'm like, rag, what I represent.
Snoop Dogg Breaks Down How His First Clothing Line Got Shut Down
"First thing they said was 'Uh, this is gang-related. It'll never be at Macy's, they'll never take it at these big stores,'" Snoop Dogg continued. "I'm like, 'Okay, well, what am I supposed to do?' They said, 'You should kill that idea and come with something else.' So, basically, they shut my clothing line down. Three years later, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, all these motherf***ers got my Paisley print on their s**t. And I'm sitting back like, 'Hm, that's how they work. They work like that now, huh?' I get it. But we have to live and learn and get better."
Unfortunately, other business ventures from the Long Beach legend recently came under fire, as well. His Funko Pop! shop in Inglewood was vandalized with anti-crip graffiti. All that being said, we're sure that he has plenty more to thrive in, market, and grow when it comes to his music and whole host of other endeavors. For more news on Snoop Dogg and the latest updates on his career, stay logged into HNHH.
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