In a new sit down interview facilitated by the Rolling Stone’s Snoop told Latto what his secret is to his long career!
Everytime Snoop appears on a new commercial or hosts a new show we cant help but think, how does this man always have a job?
Well according to Rolling Stone, he told Latto it’s because he remains true to himself and the biggest kid in the room
Latto and Snoop are preparing for their Musicians on Musicians cover shoot at Hollywood’s historic United Recording studios, when Snoop shouts out a song he’d like cued up: “Can we turn on that ‘Rip me out the plastic, I’m actin’ brand-new?’”
Latto lets out a yelp like she just won a Grammy, overjoyed that Snoop Dogg knows the opening bars to her single “Put It on Da Floor.” Though they just met, the two get along like old friends.
The 24-year-old told Snoop that she discovered him through her mom.
Latto: I want to tell you how I discovered you. You’re my mama’s only celebrity crush since I was a kid.
Snoop: Your mama put you up on the Dogg?
Latto: My mama put me up on you, for sure. And then my daddy was like, “Hold on, let me put you down.” My daddy a hip-hop head. And he loved West Coast [rap]. You, Cube, Dre, ’Pac: Them his [GOATs].
Snoop: How I got put up on you was [Atlanta DJ and radio personality] Greg Street. He was like, “Man, I’ve [known] her since she was a little kid. She used to perform in talent shows. She been a star.” I started discovering your music and I was like, “I like your style.” You’re gangster. That shit is fly.
Let me give you one of my secrets: I remain the biggest kid in the room at all times. Just keep the kid in you. Because that’s the inspiration.
About having fun
Latto: Somebody told me, “Whenever you not having fun no more, stop it. You got to figure out what’s stopping your fun.” We blessed to be able to do a job that’s fun.
Snoop: It’s two funs that are the most important funs in the world: The funds that you make off of the fun that you have. That’s why it’s not a job.
Snoop: How did you get where you got? You didn’t get what you got with that attitude.
Latto: Right. Once you hit a new level, it just be “new level, new devils.”
Snoop: If you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, niggas supposed to hate. Let the hate shit inspire you to do great. And then at the same time, the only way you could beat hate is with love. You can’t match they energy and try to [hate them back]. Nah. “I’m going to show you some love, I’m going to show you how I do what I do.” That’s how I’ve been able to prevail for 30 years in this music industry. Because there’s been times where I’ve been approached with hate and negativity. Sometimes I dealt with it on some gangster shit. And I was intellectual a couple of times. The business was more important. It wasn’t personal.
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