“This is Paul McCartney, he knows who I am,” the rapper recalls of meeting the music legend.
There probably aren’t too many celebrities left on Snoop Dogg’s bucket list, but he checked a major one off earlier this year when he met Paul McCartney for the first time.
Fresh off performing at the Olympics’ Closing Ceremony, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre recently sat down with Complex, and The Doggfather reflected on having the chance to link up with The Beatles legend, where the respect was mutual.
“I did a little concert for somebody in Hollywood. Paul McCartney was there. I never met him before, but I’m a f–king fan of The Beatles,” he began. “I know Jimmy [Iovine] know him, I know Dre know him. I’m in the back smoking and they’re like, ‘Sir Paul would like to meet you.’ I’m like, ‘Oh for real? Hold on.’
Snoop continued, noting he didn’t know McCartney is also a cannabis connoisseur. “I put the blunt out, cuz walk in the room like, ‘Don’t put that down!’ He give me a hug and he meet me and I’m like, ‘F–k, Paul McCartney know who the f–k Snoop Dogg is!’” recalled the rapper. “This is Paul McCartney, he knows who I am. That’s the experience I love is when the people you respect, respect you.”
“F–k yeah,” he exclaimed when asked about potentially working with Paul. “In a heartbeat, ‘Ebony & Ivory,’ ‘The Girl Is Mine.’ What do you want to do? Like a motherf—-r?”
A photo of Snoop and Paul emerged in April from the Jimmy Buffett Tribute concert, which appears to be the event that the West Coast icon is referencing.
After once passing on the opportunity to collaborate with Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre is open to locking in with the music icon. “You know what? It’s crazy because I bumped into Stevie Wonder a couple times,” Dre said. “He called me. He pulled up on me in the restaurant, ‘I heard you been talking about me?!’ … He’s one of my heroes and I would absolutely go in there with him … I always thought maybe you shouldn’t meet your heroes.”
While Dre hasn’t been in the studio with Stevie, Snoop reminded him he did co-produce a record for Busta Rhymes titled “Through the Storm,” which featured vocals from Wonder on 2006’s The Big Bang. “[It’s] probably gonna happen. I have to have that experience,” Dre concluded of working with Wonder down the line.
Snoop Dogg chimed in, recalling a hilarious time when he was in the studio with Wonder and Pharrell, and he got Skateboard P so high that he just left him in the studio with Stevie. “I’m like, ‘What you want me to do?’ I ain’t no producer,” Snoop said.
Snoop and Dr. Dre are gearing up to deliver their first full-length collaborative project since 1993’s Doggystyle with Missionary, which they’re promising to release before Santa Claus comes down chimneys across the globe.
Watch the full interview below.
