Article content If anyone asks who let the dogs out on Montreal’s F1 party weekend, here’s the scoop: Pitbull was a no-show, but Snoop came through. The coincidentally scheduled back-to-back concerts by the two canine-monikered rappers — Pitbull at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saturday night and Snoop Dogg at the Bell Centre on Sunday — couldn’t have led to more diametrically opposed outcomes. Pitbull fans waited in the rain only to get slapped with a last-minute message saying the show was cancelled just as it was supposed to start while Snoop Dogg lovers partied all night at the Bell Centre with everyone’s favourite good-times OG gangsta rapper.
Pitbull issued apologies on social media Sunday, blaming his absence on “transportation issues.” Snoop Dogg, luckily, had his ride sorted out. He rolled on stage in an old-school west-coast rap video classic, a convertible Cadillac, smoking (what appeared to be) a fat joint and rhyming his legendary lines from homeboy Dr.
Dre’s The Next Episode. The crowd went wild. And really, what’s not to love? Snoop Dogg became one of the most bankable — and beloved — rappers on the planet from the moment he appeared on Dr.
Dre’s 1992 solo debut The Chronic. He sealed the deal with his own Dre-produced solo album, Doggystyle, a year later, his casual charisma setting him apart from seemingly everyone else in the game. And while the prolific MC never made another album that equalled Doggystyle’s success, he never lost his Mida.
