Snoop Dogg & Tom Brady On SiriusXM’s “Let’s Go!”

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Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg back in October 2021 [Press Photo]

On this week’s episode of their SiriusXM show, “Let’s Go!” Bill Belichick and Jim Gray are joined by Tom Brady and legendary hip hop artist Snoop Dogg, who jokingly thanks Brady for not inviting him to be a part of Brady’s infamous roast.

Snoop shares what Thanksgiving at his house will look like, which may include him dressing up in costume to entertain his nine grandchildren.

He goes on to talk about his journey from growing up in Long Beach, CA to becoming the renowned artist and popular figure he is today.

And Jim Gray shares the story of first meeting Snoop when he was a kid hanging around outside the L.A. Raiders headquarters looking for opportunities, and introducing him to Raiders owner Al Davis, who he remained close to until Davis’ death in 2011.

Belichick and Snoop go on to discuss what they’ve seen this season from Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles, the Detroit Lions, and more.

Snoop on Tom Brady’s Roast:

Snoop: “Tom, thank you for not having me come to your roast because I didn’t want to be a part of that shit. (laughter) Thank you for leaving me out, man. No, some real shit. Normally I’d have been mad, like, how the fuck you leave me out? But I was like, naw, thanks, Tom. Appreciate that.”

Tom Brady: (laughs)

Bill Belichick: “Water got a little rough there, Snoop, I’ll tell ya.”

Snoop: “That’s why I say thank you! Thank you for leaving me out of that shit. I was on the sideline watching like, hey, man, I’m your real friend, me over here, see?”

Snoop shares what Thanksgiving at his house will look like:

Snoop: “You know, Martha [Stewart] sent me some shit that I don’t know how to cook. … My family gonna keep it real basic. We’re gonna go with the old turkey, the ham, the stuffing, the dressing. I got a lot of grandkids now. I got nine grandkids. So I really enjoy my time with them. We pull out jumpers and have little things for them. I get to be a character that day. I may put on a costume and dress up and not even be Paw-Paw. I may be a character all day, maybe Buzz Lightyear or some shit, you know what I’m saying?”

Snoop and Jim Gray talk about the origins of their friendship, which began in the parking lot at the L.A. Raiders facility in El Segundo when Snoop was a kid:

Jim Gray: “I was a young reporter for ESPN, and Snoop would be out in the parking lot in El Segundo…and he was there all the time. And he was by himself. He was just out in the parking lot and he wasn’t hustling anything, he was just trying to say hello to everybody going in. So after about the 15th time, I walked over and I said, ‘Why are you always here?’ And he said, ‘I’m Calvin.’ And he said, ‘You know, I just kind of maybe want to be a ball boy or hook on with the team or do something in the game.’ And I said, ‘Come on, let’s go inside.’ And I introduced him to Al Davis and I introduced him to Howie Long and Mike Haynes. … Fast forward, it’s gotta be 15, 20 years later, I see Snoop over at Staples Center. He is watching Kobe and Shaq in one of those championships. And I walked up and I said, ‘Snoop, nice to meet you.’ He says, ‘Oh no, you’ve been meeting me a long time ago. I’m Calvin Broadus. That little kid outside in the parking lot.’”

Snoop: “That’s the truth. Jimmy, you know me, man. I’ve been the standup guy. I’m still a big kid at heart. I always say that’s what keeps me where I am because I’m the big kid. I never was afraid, never was ashamed. And that opportunity to meet Al Davis went a long way because he was my friend ‘til he left this earth. And that was a beautiful thing is that, that meeting me as a kid and then seeing me as an adult and watching me grow and having that relationship. And I still love the Raiders to this day.”

Snoop: “As I became more serious about what I wanted to do in life, I started like studying, I started practicing, I started like doing things that the average rapper wasn’t doing. I wanted history, I wanted knowledge, I wanted to understand how to articulate. I wanted more lingo. I wanted to read thesauruses and dictionaries and things of that nature so that way when I was rapping, my words was a little bit more unique and I was able to express myself differently.”

Snoop: “Even when I made it and became successful, Jim, if I met people that I was a fan of, like when I met Muhammad Ali, when I met James Brown, I raced across the room to meet these gentlemen because I love them so much. I wanted them to know, look man, y’all inspired me. I’m famous and I’m successful, but a lot of this is because of you, because of what you taught me, from me watching you. And nowadays kids come up to me and do that to me. And it’s a beautiful feeling to know that I was able to be that kid and now I can give that kid that same information that was given to me.”

Snoop and Coach Belichick trade analysis on the Philadelphia Eagles, who have emerged as one of the powerhouses of the NFC, with Snoop predicting a Lions-Eagles NFC Championship:

Snoop: “If you watched last year, D’Andre Swift ran good with the Eagles, but [Saquon] Barkley runs with a little bit more intensity and he is a little bit more hungrier and he’s in a division that he came from. So he gets to play all those teams that been whooping him for years and now he’s on the strong team where he doesn’t have to be the whole thing. He can just be a nice piece to the puzzle. He’s got AJ Brown, [Devonta] Smith, he’s got a quarterback that can run as well. So it’s like there’s so much deception on that offensive side that when he does get the ball more than likely you’re not paying attention to him because you’re scared of the pass or scared of the quarterback. And that RPO game they got is efficient, especially with him in the backfield.”

Belichick: “Yeah, it’s a really well balanced offense. They’ve got two great receivers, good tight end, good quarterback, really good offensive line. There’s a lot of guys that can kill you there. And you put all your attention on Barkley – like I played the Giants with him there – everything was about him, even the passing game, you didn’t want him matched up on a linebacker so you always had to have somebody good covering him. You had to load the box for the running game. He was the guy you had to stop and just, you know, make everybody else beat you. Now he’s such a great complementary piece – he’s the center piece – but he’s a great complementary piece to the rest of that offense.”

Snoop: “I see them playing the Lions in the NFC Championship game.”

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