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Snoop Dogg is definitely one of the most entrepreneurial rappers in the business. He has gambled with his brand and won in realms ranging from porn to reality TV, music and more. Could the sports industry be his next realm of endeavor? And could Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg be his next business partner?
Gawker reports:
Mark Zuckerberg has received a very serious, very real business overture from rapper Snoop Dogg, who tweeted that he'd like to buy a professional sports team with the Facebook co-founder. Think hard on this, Mark. Snoop is pretty convincing.
"Wanna do it betta n bigger than itz ever been done," the rapper tweeted to Zuckerberg's sister Randi, who had noted his overture on her own Twitter stream. Randi then suggested the team be called the "Mighty Nerds." How about "privacy snatchers?"
Facebook's CEO has yet to reply to Snoop, according to NESN.com.
See the tweets for yourself at
Gawker.com.
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Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
What's In A Name?
Assuming a new identity is nothing new for celebrities who find major success in the entertainment industry. It seems as though everyone has a stage name. Take a look at the real names of some of our favorite black music makers.
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Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
What's In A Name?
Assuming a new identity is nothing new for celebrities who find major success in the entertainment industry. It seems as though everyone has a stage name. Take a look at the real names of some of our favorite black music makers.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Alicia Keys
Real Name: Alicia Augello-Cook
Profession: Singer-Songwriter, Actress
Factoid: Before acquiring Keys as her stage name, Alicia reportedly once considered calling herself Alicia Wild.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: The Game
Real Name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Profession: Rapper-Actor
Factoid: In addition to being a close friend and high school teammate, NBA star Baron Davis is also reportedly the godfather of Game's eldest son Harlem.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Tina Turner
Real Name: Anna Mae Bullock
Profession: Singer, Actress
Factoid: Winning seven Grammy Awards and selling more than 60 million records has made Tina Turner the world's most successful female rock artist of all time.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Sade
Real Name: Helen Folasade Adu
Profession: Singer
Factoid: Before making it big with timeless songs as 'Sweetest Taboo' and 'No Ordinary Love,' the Nigeria native set up a small fashion company in London making men's clothes.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Diahann Carroll
Real Name: Carol Diahann Johnson
Profession: Actress-Singer
Factoid: In her 2008 memoir, 'The Legs Are the Last to Go,' the Bronx, N.Y., native revealed that legendary entertainer Pearl Bailey caused anguish for her when they starred in Truman Capote's Broadway musical 'House of Flowers.'
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Soulja Boy Tell Em
Real Name: DeAndre Ramone Way
Profession: Rapper
Factoid: In 2008, hip-hop veteran Ice-T criticized Souja Boy for "killing hip-hop" and referred to his chart-topping song 'Crank That' as "garbage."
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Foxy Brown
Real Name: Inga Fung Marchand
Profession: Rapper
Factoid: Foxy made her big screen debut alongside Jada Pinkett Smith in the 1998 romantic comedy, 'Woo.'
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Diddy
Real Name: Sean Combs
Profession: Rapper-Actor-Mogul
Factoid: According to Date.com, Diddy was voted Hollywood's Sexiest Single Father in a 2005 poll.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
Stage Name: Mica Paris
Real Name: Michelle Wallen
Profession: Singer
Factoid: Mica Paris' 1991 song 'If I Love U 2 Nite' was written by Prince and recorded at Paisley Park studios.
Government Names: Black Music Month Edition
All I can say is -- WOW. This would be quite the match, but who can say if it would be a match in heaven or hell.
The Facebook CEO certainly has a lot on his hands right now. Zuckerberg is currently dealing with the release of the Facebook movie, which depicts him negatively. On the positive side, he is doing a lot of press around his $100 million gift to the struggling New Jersey school system. Does the baby-faced CEO really have the time to engage in another project? We certainly all know that he has the money.
Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg should take on this new deal and form a sports team with Snoop Dog. Let's face it. As his profile grows, being associated with African Americans like Oprah and Snoop Dog will help him appear to be very interested in diversity and relations with many different communities.
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By working with
Corey Booker and Oprah to spread the story about his gift towards education, Mark is definitely turning the public's view of him towards a more positive note. It would be easy to see Zuckerberg as just an out-of-touch, rich, white guy with no perspective because of his youth. His gift, and giving it surrounded by African American leaders, counterbalances the possibility of this assumption.
Snoop Dogg as a possible business partner for Mark Zuckerberg would polish his public profile in an entirely different way. In a similar fashion to the project that Justin Timberlake undertook in going from a boy bander to a sexy singer of R&B, Zuckerberg can increase his quality of cool by being associated with pop-friendly black folks. Doing business with Snoop would also make Mark appear to be interested in media and entertainment on a whole other level, not just as a tech geek, but also as a well-rounded mogul.
Snoop of course gets his in the deal by being associated with one of the hottest companies and names in the world right now. Maybe this
is a match made in heaven.
What do you think? Should Mark Zuckerberg go into business with Snoop Dogg? Or is the rap/sports/entertainment game a bit too much for the young man at this time?
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