Clutch your pearls, if you must - but please listen to Snoop

[kpete]

Snoop's message to furloughed employees during the government shutdown is really quite something 👀
Video:

Link to tweet

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Word!

[MountCleaners]

2. I always loved Snoop

He's an elder statesman of rap now.

[The Truth Is Here]

7. I have a lot of respect for Calvin Broadus

Aka Snoop. He does a lot of charity work and raises a good family.

He cares.

[Blue_true]

43. He is a pretty acute person. Successful in a number of ventures,

a solid parent. Many current rappers should role model him or EM&EM (another solid parent and success in other areas than rap).

[calimary]

50. Welcome to DU, The Truth Is Here!

I find him most impressive. He DOES care. And he DOES give back. And he CERTAINLY does make sense.

[Cha]

52. lol.. he's a

!!

[WheelWalker]

3. Damn straight Snoop!

[UniteFightBack]

4. That's the rump doctrine.....he don't give a fuck. It's not that he doesn't "understand" blah

motherfucking blah.....HE DOES NOT CARE.

[hlthe2b]

5. Snoop may not be Rhodes scholar material, but he clearly isn't stupid and he cares... Good on him.

[ret5hd]

16. I have often wondered...

You sometimes see people like Snoop...coming from meager means, some decent talent, given/grab a break, and then they RUN with it. They build a business out of it, something way beyond their original talent (in his case rap). They got a real head on their shoulders for business/management/negotiation etc.

Would they have risen to great heights under different/easier circumstances? Become a CEO of some corporation? I dunno...sometimes I think that it is the entire environment that makes a person like him blossom. The difficulty itself becoming the proper fertilizer for that individuals growth.

[IronLionZion]

26. 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Magic Johnson, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and many others

have achieved business success. When I was in college I went to see Magic Johnson speak about his career progression and how he found niches selling products he likes in underserved black communities that established companies didn't even consider to be viable. And how in some cases people bought his products and services because of his basketball career but others had no idea he was behind it, they just liked it. It's good to know your products and customers.

https://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/draft/13-hip-hop-artists-who-became-entrepreneur.html

[Ztolkins]

30. I dunno if Dre and Ice Cube count as...

coming from nothing. Their mythos is more intriguing than reality. They met in college.

But great success nonetheless

[IronLionZion]

33. I deliberately left out Kanye West

but the others are pretty intriguing regardless

[Blue_true]

45. Many Black people from their era were the first in their family to attend college.

Before you dismiss them meeting in college, think about all the hurdles they had to mount,

No college role models in their family or even community - having someone that came before you and knew what college life is like is a major assist toward success, first timers have to learn all the pitfalls while trying to survive them.

They likely did not have a lot of money. Things like enough food, a good place to live, a chance to relax by attending paid entertainment events take money.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

47. And that's not even how they met. Dre never went to college and between

his bad grades and absences barely made it out of high school.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. Cube went to College in AZ for a year to learn architectural drafting. Dre

never went to college. He all but flunked out of high school. Most likely met through Dre's cousin. They pretty much came from nothing, or close to.

[yardwork]

18. I think he's highly intelligent. I noticed that years ago.

[Cha]

53. Yeah, he's just using

vernacular now.

[theaocp]

6. I regret that I have but one rec to give to this OP.

FDT. Fucking A right.

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[tblue37]

9. Could you provide a brief summary for us deafies? nt

[ret5hd]

11. Fuck trump.

[tblue37]

12. That'll do. nt

[True Dough]

57. That was very concise

but entirely on point!

[mucifer]

13. Fuck Donald Trump. Federal Employees don't vote for him because he

doesn't give a fuck about you. And don't fucking vote for anyone who fucking is down with him. And you need to vote. There were about 12 more fucks in there.

It was awesome!

[tblue37]

14. Thanks. nt

[Cha]

54. lol!

Awesome!

[ret5hd]

10. If the pearl-clutchers would trade in their pearls for coal...

they'd have a handful of diamonds by the end of this clip!!!

And Snoop...I'm with you: Fuck him.

[jcgoldie]

15. Fo shizzle!

Snoop is great.

[lilactime]

17. As a retired federal peon let me just say - A-FUCKING-MEN!!!!

[uponit7771]

19. AMEN!!

[jalan48]

20. K & R.

[RichardRay]

21. Not a fan of his music...

...and a BIG fan of the man. I’ve listened to him talk about everything from moonrocks to coaching kids’ sports and never disagreed with anything I’ve heard.

[Bettie]

22. No pearl clutching

just a hearty Fuck YEAH! from this old white lady.

From everything I've ever heard about him, he's a very good guy.

[Pepsidog]

23. Words were never so true

[Solly Mack]

24. :)

[keithbvadu2]

25. How much do Trump and his sycophants care about you folks not getting paid?

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. And "Fuck your paychecks"

[democratisphere]

27. Tellin' it like it is!

[brush]

28. Woohoo! I'm down with Snoop.

[malaise]

29. Perfect

Anything the Con can do we can do better

[oberliner]

31. He is a vile human being

Sexist, degrading and misogynistic.

No one should listen to him about anything.

[SaintLouisBlues]

37. You mean Trump, right?

[Cha]

55. I would hope so! But, I wondered, too?

[madville]

59. He says he has evolved

Since being married and having a daughter. His early stuff and attitude when younger fits your description but he does seem to have changed a lot in the last decade.

[LanternWaste]

60. Fun to pretend we know who others should listen to.

Chum: noun - a close or intimate companion.

The ol' fickle finger of fate, eh?

[Charlotte Little]

32. Spot on

But I doubt it will reach Trump's base who happen to work for the federal government.

[RightiswrongTn]

34. Snoop is very smart

Level headed, contentious, environmentally aware, socially liberal, mentally fit and well...longing for qualities like that to lead us and the world in the morally correct direction. Fuckin Treasonous GOP..Fuck them one and all!!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

35. Snoop laid down the scoop!

[Mr. Quackers]

38. SNOOP 2020!

Ha!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. I'm down with Snoop.

For some reason I’ve always loved Snoop. Still do!

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. He said more intelligent words in that little rant than

ANY repug has said since the orange criminal was placed into office.

[Cha]

56. Ain't that the truth.

[agincourt]

41. I know a couple TSA workers who voted Trump

Maybe they'll change, maybe they won't. Some in Nebraska blame democrats because the just won't roll and fetch for orange shithead.

[rwsanders]

42. Just because they work for the government, doesn't mean they're immune to stupid...

Once heard a high ranking MO DNR employee say he believes in "letting the market decide".
An EPA regional director before the election said that most of his folks were voting for Bush because they were sick of doing community outreach (as directed by Clinton) and wanted to get back to cleaning up and enforcing the law (wonder if he notices that didn't really work out).
Finished 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and most of them don't realize that "smaller government and less regulation" means them because they must think they are part of the DOD. At least Zumkumft caught a clue when Trump proposed what would have been a crippling $8 billion cut to the USCG budget.
Others in the USCG work in the pollution response field and listen to Limbaugh. I asked them what he would think of the work they were doing (stunned silence).
Met a lady who worked for ATSDR and later the EPA who had not 1 but 2 pictures of Reagan in her house. Her ex-husband was struggling with alcoholism and she would moan and ask "why aren't there government programs to help people like him".

[spike jones]

44. i just wish for once he would say what he really feels.

[Olafjoy]

48. PREACH!!

[czarjak]

49. That's how propaganda works...

You get bullshit-believers to believe bullshit. Period.

[Cha]

51. GO SNOOP! I feel him!@@!

[DaDeacon]

58. Snoop Dee Oh double Gee!!!!!

Keep it real!!!