I'm Uncle Snoop. That's the name I've been given in the industry because I'm like an Uncle to all of the rappers whether they are older than me or younger than me and I love giving advice. If I feel like they need some information, I give it to them, I sit them down and talk to them. I try to get all of the rappers on one page of peace, love and just having soul and just being about representing this music.

The more medicated, the more dedicated.

Black folks don't have a chance, so they are in the hood, dealing drugs, in a shoot-out. They do it again and one more time they are out.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, someone comes into your life who'll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who's tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones.

Why do people carry guns? Protection, right? To protect me and myself. Whether it's home protection or street protection.

I love making music and I'm falling in love with making records, so it's like having two girlfriends. But I can handle it.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.