The Snoop apple doesn’t fall far from the Snoop tree.
Rapper and entertainer Snoop Dogg just posted a throwback picture of himself with father, Vernell Varnado, and you can totally see the resemblance.
In the photo, which was taken at Snoop’s 2018 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, Snoop stands with his arm around his dad, wearing a Gucci sweater and camel coat, while his father looks snappy in a light gray suit. “Me and pops 🔥🔥💙💙,” he wrote on Instagram.
“Pops looks just like you,” wrote one commenter. “Like father like son 🔥” added another.
Snoop Dogg and his father Vernell Varando
Varnado is a Vietnam War veteran who spent ten years as a mail carrier in Detroit. While the rapper, and former The Voice Mega Mentor, was raised primarily by his mother in Long Beach, California, he reconnected with his father as a young adult.
In an article for OC Weekly in 1999, Varnado admitted, “I didn’t even much see Snoop until he was 12 years old.”
Snoop Dogg and Vernell Varnado attend a ceremony honoring Snoop Dogg With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on November 19, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage
He fondly remembered when his son’s hit “Nuthin’ But A G Thang” came out, and how proud he was of his son’s success. “Man, that was like the national anthem,” he recalled.
“I was out there delivering mail in Detroit, and everyone on my route was playing it, givin’ me love because everybody knew I was Snoop’s dad. It made me popular in Detroit.
I mean, I’m a mailman, and my son is doin’ this and doin’ that?” Later, Varnado moved to Southern California to work on projects in the music business.
He was always a fan of his son’s work, telling Spin in 1993, just after Snoop had became famous on the hip-hop scene, “Snoop was always extraordinary. I thought he was a genius. Even when he was like six or seven, if music came on, he’d jump up and dance and perform all the hand movements.”
Snoop Dogg arrives at E11EVEN Miami during Miami Art Week on December 8, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Photo: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for E11EVEN
Snoop Dogg and the Paris Olympics
In a press release, he enthused, “I grew up watching the Olympics and am thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris. It’s a celebration of skill, dedication, and the pursuit of greatness.
We’re going to have some amazing competitions and, of course, I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix. It’s going to be the most epic Olympics ever, so stay tuned, and keep it locked.
Let’s elevate, celebrate, and make these games unforgettable, smoke the competition, and may the best shine like gold. Peace and Olympic LOVE, ya dig?”
We so dig.
