Snoop Dogg says 'stars aligned' for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show

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Snoop Dogg says 'stars aligned' for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show

Snoop Dogg believes the “stars aligned” for this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

The ‘Drop Like It’s Hot’ rapper called his performance - alongside a whole host of hip hop legends including Dr Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar - his “moment” to give back to everyone who has helped his career soar.

He told 'Extra': “That was my moment to be able to perform for all of these people out here that, you know, have been supporting me and Dr. Dre and everybody that I performed with for so many years.

"For hip-hop to be on that stage to be in the city of Inglewood to be across the street from my grand opening, I mean the stars aligned.”

The ‘California Love’ hitmaker kicked off the performance at the 56th annual NFL showcase - which saw the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals - alongside Dr, Dre at a celebration of Snoop’s hometown in Los Angeles, before surprise performer 50 Cent appeared for a rendition of his 2003 hit ‘In Da Club’.

They were then joined onstage with a cast of hip hop icons before finishing off the 15-minute spectacle with ‘Still Dre’.

At the opening of his new store in the neighborhood Inglewood, Snoop reflected on the importance of his efforts to “rebuild” Inglewood.

He added: “I mean it’s very important because we’ve been building in the city of Inglewood for multiple years and we finally got our business to what we wanted — stadium, Super Bowl champs, great business, got the city behind me.

“These are things that we’ve been doing to rebuild Inglewood for a couple of years and we finally got it to the point where the whole world [can] see what Inglewood is about. They came to see the great Super Bowl, great weekend, now it’s great business. It’s time to open up.”