Snoop Dogg on Cordell’s future
August 27, 2015
LAWT News Service
Snoop Dogg was one of many celebrities present for this past weekend’s Athletes vs. Cancer Celebrity Flag Football Game in Los Angeles, Calif. The event was set up to raise money for the charity in memory of in memory of Memphis Grizzlies star Matt Barnes’ mother, Ann Catherine Barnes, who passed away in 2007 after being diagnosed with cancer.
During the event, Snoop Dogg took some time to sit down with Campus Sports to discuss a number of topics including what the charity means to him, the creative way the fund raises money, the future of his son Cordell Broadus and much more.
“Three years ago, [Matt Barnes] decided to do it and I wanted to step up with him in representation of L.A., USC, UCLA,” Snoop said. “So we did it, did it two years in a row, and then when my son got a scholarship to UCLA I said, this year we’ll just go USC vs. UCLA.
“The whole event is a clever event that Matt Barnes put together with his team to bring some awareness; all these athletes, celebrities and entertainers, we come out to support it because we all have lost someone to cancer. And we all feel like we want to find a cure and bring some awareness.”
After mentioning his son’s influence on the theme for this year’s game, Snoop Dogg commented on his son’s future. It had recently been reported that Cordell Broadus decided to leave the UCLA football team in order to pursue a new career in film.
What kind of advice did his father have?
“[I told him to] be all that you can be in life. Play the game of life like you played the game of football,” Snoop said he told his son. “Play it hard, with passion. Be serious about it. Be studious. Be humble, and strive to be great.”