Snoop Dogg was his most authentic self when he posed for the cover of GQ magazine.
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Snoop discussed his relationship with Def Jam while speaking with GQ.
“I wanted the job. I didn’t need this job. I wanted it. I went looking for this job because I wanted to be the CEO of Death Row Records and basically take over the merchandise and rerelease their music, do documentaries, and possibly do my life story,” he said.
The rapper said he was initially disappointed after setting up a meeting with Lucian Grainge, the chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, which owns Def Jam.
“After the first meeting, I was kind of upset because I felt like, man, he don’t get it,” Snoop said. “Because he kept asking me, ‘Why do you want to work with Def Jam Records? Look at your life, look at your career. You’re having such success, and everything is working for you. You’re everywhere, you’re this.'”
The two sides, however, eventually came to an agreement after the third meeting.
“I told him, ‘I f**king love Def Jam Records, and I love the artists over here. Whether you give me the job or not, I’m f**king with it. But you’d rather have me on your side … because I’m already in your living room. Literally,'” the music mogul said. “They owed me [for DMX’s studio time], and I wasn’t sending no invoices, because I did that for X and then X passed away. Charge to the game. He gave me that.”
