A Grammy-winning producer. An incarcerated father. And a ‘fairy tale’ reunion
LA TimesSnoop Dogg’s private, self-branded Doggyland casino resides in an unmarked building in Inglewood, and on a mid-January Monday, its paisley print blackjack table and Indoggo-branded bar were commandeered by Buffalo, N.Y., rapper Benny the Butcher for a video shoot. It’s a dream birthed in 2014, when Big Hit featured on Hit-Boy’s posse cut “Grindin’ My Whole Life” and caught a local hit through the waterworks-inducing “G’z Don’t Cry,” but the candle was snuffed out after Big Hit committed a hit-and-run in Humboldt County, sending him away once again, this time for nine years. “He’s been out eight months,” says Hit-Boy, right, of his father, left, “but it’s really 30 years of programming. “I’ve had people say, ‘Y’all made me reach out to my dad again.’ That’s priceless to me.” Big Hit endured a rough upbringing in Pasadena. “I realized it was a bad deal in 2011, when ‘N— in Paris’ came out,” Hit-Boy said.
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