Snoop Dogg Bestows Death Row Chain On Matthew McConaughey

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: Snoop Dogg and Matthew McConaughey attend the after party of Neon And Vice Studio's "The Beach Bum" at ArcLight Hollywood on March 28, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
The two starred together in the 2019 stoner riot, "The Beach Bum," and they commemorated their bond with some ice, as is usual for Snoop.

Receiving a Death Row chain from the one and only Snoop Dogg is the highest honor, one that plenty of celebrities and notable colleagues have had the pleasure of experiencing. Add Matthew McConaughey onto that list, who recently showed off his new pendant to his son, and their excited reactions speak volumes. "Snoop, I mean, are you reading my mail or am I reading yours?" the actor asked in front of one of Tha Doggfather's framed records in the clip below. The two are great friends and co-stars of the 2019 stoner comedy The Beach Bum, for which they had many stories to share.

However, not every celebrity's interaction with Snoop Dogg external to hip-hop is as wholesome, but he seems to take it in stride all the same. For example, he said that he loved the way that Luka Dončić talked trash to him (well, technically, the person sitting behind him) during Game 5 of the Dallas Mavericks versus the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday (May 30). Luka and Kyrie Irving's Mavs ended up taking the game, and thus, the series. No matter who the superstar was speaking to, the Long Beach icon was all for it.

Matthew McConaughey Flexes His Death Row Chain From Snoop Dogg To His Son

But if you didn't think that there was some crossover between the sports world and Death Row chains, then you'd be sorely mistaken with Snoop Dogg's game. Last year, Skip Bayless of the Undisputed sports talk show flexed some Death Row chains that the rapper gave him and his former co-host Shannon Sharpe. There's plenty of love to go around for fans of the label and collective, and coming from Snoop, it carries a different kind of weight. After all, it's not just the shiny jewelry that can hang heavy on your neck, but the legacy and approval of one of hip-hop's most iconic and enduring movements.

Sure, there's plenty of controversy behind Death Row Records, but Snoop Dogg is doing a lot these days music-wise to bring the sunnier days back. We'll see what the future holds for Death Row and the D-O-double-G, and whether Matthew McConaughey does anything special with his new ice. There will surely be another bestowed chain to talk about soon. That's just the Snoop way of giving back and making sure you look nice for the next photo op you get with him.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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