{"id":71142,"date":"2024-01-26T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/snoop-dogg-this-song-could-get-me-to-join-usher-at-super-bowl-lviii\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:08:05","slug":"snoop-dogg-this-song-could-get-me-to-join-usher-at-super-bowl-lviii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/snoop-dogg-this-song-could-get-me-to-join-usher-at-super-bowl-lviii\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg: This Song Could Get Me to Join Usher at Super Bowl LVIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/snoop-dogg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snoop Dogg<\/a><span> says he would join in on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/usher\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usher<\/a><span>&#8216;s Super Bowl halftime show, but only if the R&amp;B singer allowed him to perform one specific song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Talking with ET ahead of the release of their new film, <\/span><em><span>The Underdoggs<\/span><\/em><span>, the rapper, 52, and co-star Tika Sumpter interviewed each other and discussed Snoop&#8217;s own previous performance at the big game as well the upcoming festivities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Can you talk to me about, you know, you performed at the Super Bowl which to me was my favorite Super Bowl performance,&#8221; Tika said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the 2022 Super Bowl, the &#8220;Drop It Like It&#8217;s Hot&#8221; rapper took the stage alongside Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. The group&#8217;s performance has amassed a whopping <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdsUKphmB3Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">250 million views on YouTube<\/a><span> on top of the 115 million that originally tuned in during the show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;What song would you do if Usher was like, &#8216;Yo, Snoop, can you come and help me?'&#8221; Tika asked her co-star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Oh man, wow. If Usher called me to help him out?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;I would probably do &#8212; &#8217;cause he would be having a party rocking already, dancing, love songs &#8212; I would do something like &#8216;Gin and Juice.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>&#8220;Oh yes!&#8221; responded Tika.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Get him something to drink, you know what I&#8217;m saying?&#8221; the &#8220;Young, Wild and Free&#8221; singer said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It certainly would not be the first time that the Usher and Snoop Dogg teamed up if the &#8220;DJ Got Us Fallin&#8217; in Love&#8221; singer decided to give Snoop a call.\u00a0During his Las Vegas residency, Usher <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ll7x-1kssNo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brought up Snoop<\/a><span> to perform &#8220;Gin and Juice&#8221; much to the surprise and delight of audience members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They have also collaborated on music together in the past, releasing the song &#8220;New Oldie&#8221; alongside Eric Bellinger in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Until he gets the call from Usher, though, Snoop is focusing on promoting his new movie, which also features Mike Epps, George Lopez, Kal Penn and Andrew Schulz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The film follows Jaycen Jennings (Snoop Dogg), a washed-up football player who is sentenced to community service coaching a pee-wee football team in his hometown. Along the way, he reunites with old friends and reignites an old flame, which helps him to find his love of the game again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During their interview, the pair discussed their film and talked about what they learned while working on set with the young actors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;To be free, have fun,&#8221; said Sumpter. &#8220;This is not brain surgery, right? Obviously, it&#8217;s a business and we got to get things done, but like, we get hired to sing, rap, and play on set make-believe. Like, don&#8217;t take yourself so seriously. And I love that youthful energy to remind me like &#8220;Girl, have a good time.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s only a job,&#8221; Snoop agreed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You can watch the trailer for <\/span><em><span>The Underdoggs<\/span><\/em><span> in the player below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for how they would advertise their film to anyone interested in checking it out, the actors each came up with a hashtag to summarize the appeal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Hashtag family must-see movie,&#8221; Snoop said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Hashtag family first, Underdogg always,&#8221; Sumpter said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Underdoggs<\/span><\/em><span> premieres on Prime Video on Jan. 26.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/snoop-dogg-reveals-which-song-hed-do-if-usher-asks-him-to-perform-at-the-super-bowl-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop Dogg says he would join in on Usher&#8216;s Super Bowl halftime show, but only if the R&amp;B singer allowed him to perform one specific song.\u00a0 Talking with ET ahead of the release of their new film, The Underdoggs, the rapper, 52, and co-star Tika Sumpter interviewed each other and discussed Snoop&#8217;s own previous performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[174,21,20,4255,34,24,1119],"class_list":{"0":"post-71142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment-tonight","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-snoop-dogg","12":"tag-super-bowl","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-usher"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}