Snoop Dogg has shared a major loss with the world, announcing the death of his younger brother Bing Worthington.
On Friday (February 16), the Long Beach veteran took to Instagram to share multiple tributes to Bing, 44, who was Snoop’s half-brother on his mother’s side.
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He held a long string of jobs related to Snoop’s career over the years, from tour managing to writing a track on Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz to selling Snoop-branded skateboards and hot dogs. He also rapped as a member of the duo Lifestyle.
Most recently, he was involved in a record label in Canada that he co-founded with Miguel Lopez. The project was a merger between Worthington’s Dogg Records and Lopez’s Urban Heat.
Bing’s death comes less than two and a half years after his and Snoop’s mother Beverly Tate passed away.
He announced the news on October 24, 2021. via Instagram with a photo of Tate, smiling and dressed to the nines.
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“Thank u god for giving me an angel for a mother,” he wrote in the caption. “TWMA [Til we meet again].”
While no cause of death was disclosed, Snoop Dogg’s mother had been sick for some time. The West Coast gangsta rap pioneer initially suggested Tate wasn’t doing well the previous May, asking his legion of friends, fans and family for prayers. Jermaine Dupri, Warren G, Roxanne Shanté, percussionist Sheila E., Busta Rhymes, Xzibit and Killer Mike were among the many to heed the call.
Then, that July, Snoop Dogg shared an Instagram photo of Tate in her hospital bed, surrounded by her family.
“Happy Sunday,” he wrote in the caption at the time. “me and my brothers went to c mama today and she opened up her eyes to c us and let us know she still fighting. God is good. thanks for all the prayers. 1 day at a time.”
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Snoop didn’t specifically say what his mother was facing, but the photo revealed she’d undergone a tracheotomy to help her breathe.
HipHopDX sends our condolences to Bing Worthington’s friends and family.
