Snoop Dogg and Method Man have shared their reactions to Death Row beating Wu-Tang Clan to earn the “Greatest Rap Crew” crown.
The legendary gangsta rap label was announced as the winner of the BET’s Greatest Rap Crew of All Time bracket at the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday (June 25), as voted by fans.
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Snoop celebrated the win on Instagram on Monday (June 26) by posting a screenshot of an article about Death Row winning “the championship to end all championships.”
“Thank you. @betawards,” he simply wrote. “Wow.”
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Method Man had no hard feelings about the Wu-Tang losing out on the title, though, as he congratulated Snoop and the rest of the Death Row family in the comments section of the post.
“Well deserved!!” he wrote alongside two fire emojis.
On the East Coast, Wu-Tang Clan defeated Dreamville, Native Tongues, Juice Crew, Bad Boy Records, Ruff Ryders, Roc-A-Fella, G-Unit, G.O.O.D. Music, St. Lunatics, Shady Records, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, the Soulquarians, Griselda, Hypnotize Minds and CMG on their way to the final.
Out West, Death Row beat out the Hieroglyphics, N.W.A, Soul Assassins, TDE, Odd Future, Sick Wid It, Dangerous Crew, YMCMB, Grand Hustle, No Limit, Rap-A-Lot, Quality Control, So So Def, MMG and the Dungeon Family.
The accolade comes shortly after Snoop Dogg presented his former Death Row labelmate Dr. Dre with the inaugural Hip Hop Icon Award at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday (June 22).
“There is nobody like Dr. Dre,” he said. “It’s almost unfair how many times he’s revolutionized music. If Dre had only been a member of N.W.A, we’d still remember him forever. If he had only given us The Chronic, he’d still be a Hip Hop legend.
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“He’s earned eight Grammys, sold millions of records, founded some of the most successful businesses in music, but Dr. Dre has never stopped working. [He] never stopped pushing the music forward. And I can honestly say that Dr. Dre has changed my life in so many ways.”
He added: “There’s a reason why I keep coming back to Dr. Dre. We make magic together. We’ve been doing this shit for over three decades, and we still at it. Trust me, the best is yet to come.”
