Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Dionne Warwick Once Invited Snoop And Tupac Over And 'Out-Gangstered' Them Over Their Misogynistic Lyrics

Dionne Warwick; Snoop Dogg; Tupac Shakur
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for CNN; Tommaso Boddi/GA/WWD via Getty Images; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The rapper recalled in CNN's documentary 'Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over' that he was 'so scared' after the singer summoned him and some other rappers to her home for an intervention of sorts.

 Snoop Dogg recalled a time when he and his friend, the late Tupac Shakur, were intimidated by legendary singer Dionne Warwick when she invited them over to her house to reprimand them on their misogynistic lyrics.

Warwick, who was the first solo female Black artist to win a Grammy in contemporary vocal performance and broke racial barriers through her music in her six-decades-long career, had enough of the demeaning lyrics in gangsta rap songs during the 90s.


In CNN's documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over, the singer said:

“These kids are expressing themselves, which they’re entitled to do."

She added:

"However, there’s a way to do it."

So she invited rappers like Snoop, Tupac and Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight for a lesson on songwriting.

Snoop–who is known for songs like "Bad Decisions" and "Gin and Juice"–said he and Tupac were instructed by Warwick to arrive on the dot at 7 a.m.—"not a minute before, not a minute after."

The rapper remembered being so "scared" about being late he and Tupac arrived eight minutes early at Warwick's home.

He told CNN:

"We’re powerful right now, but she’s been powerful forever."
"Thirty-some years in the game, in the big home with a lot of money and success.”

Once the meeting commenced, Warwick instructed the rappers to refer to her by using the b-word, which was a slur the rappers frequently used to describe women in many of their rap songs.

Warwick told them:

"You guys are all going to grow up. You’re going have families. You’re going to have children."
"You’re going to have little girls and one day that little girl is going to look at you and say, ‘Daddy, did you really say that? Is that really you?’"
"What are you going to say?”


The rappers were at a loss for words after hearing feedback from the iconic, six-time Grammy winner.

For his part, Snoop got the message loud and clear from the humbling experience.

He explained:

“She was checking me at a time when I thought we couldn’t be checked."
"We were the most gangsta as you could be but that day at Dionne Warwick’s house, I believe we got out-gangstered that day.”

The title of her documentary, Don't Make Me Over, is a nod to the song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which she made famous by recording the tune in 1962.

It was the lead single off of her debut studio album, Presenting Dionne Warwick.

Here is the official trailer for Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over.

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over - Official Traileryoutu.be

Since then, Snoop has gone on to release 19 studio albums–including his first gospel album Bible of Love after announcing he was "a born-again Christian"–got inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He is also a husband, father to three boys—Cordé, Cordell and Julian—and a girl Cori, as well as a grandfather of five.

The 51-year-old rapper addressed Warwick–who is now 82 and experiencing renewed stardom for being hailed as a "Queen of Twitter"–and told her:

“Dionne, I hope I became the jewel that you saw when I was the little, dirty rock that was in your house."
"I hope I’m making you proud."

Last year, Warwick touched on the private meeting with the rappers on The Real, which you can see here.

[Full] Dionne Warwick Once Summoned Tupac & Snoop Dogg for a Meeting About Controversial Lyricsyoutu.be

In response to the young rappers at the time feeling like she was "dissing" them for their music, Warwick reiterated:

“If I didn’t care about you, you would not have been invited to my home.”
“They all kind of knew that I was quite serious."
“We had something to talk about. I was giving them a spanking, and they wanted to know why I was spanking them.”

Well, "that's what friends are for," right Dionne?

More from Entertainment/music

Screenshots from Dove's ad featuring transgender women
Dove

'One Million Moms' Calls For Dove Boycott Over Hair Care Ad Featuring Trans Woman

The vehemently transphobic conservative group One Million Moms (OMM)—an arm of the Christian fundamentalist nonprofit American Family Association (AFA)—called for a boycott of Dove products after the company featured a transgender woman in an advertisement for their Damage Therapy Intensive Repair Conditioner.

The ad garnered attention after it was shared by the social media account Libs of TikTok—run by the anti-LGBTQ+ conservative Chaya Raichik—which described the ad as an example of "another woke company trying to erase women."

Keep ReadingShow less
Alyssa Milano; Julian McMahon
Michael Kovac/Elton John AIDS Foundation/Getty Images; Marcus Ingram/The Surfer/Getty Images

Alyssa Milano Shares Poignant Tribute To 'TV Husband' Julian McMahon After His Death At 56

Actor Julian McMahon lost his battle with cancer at the age of 56 earlier this week, and to say that the Charmed, Nip/Tuck, and Fantastic Four actor touched many lives would be an understatement.

When the news of McMahon's passing went public, his Charmed costar and "TV wife" Alyssa Milano came forward and expressed her sadness and condolences on Instagram. The pair were a favorite couple on Charmed, and it was clear from her post that their care for each other extended beyond the screen.

Keep ReadingShow less

People Who Slept With Their Best Friend Describe The Aftermath

When two people have a deep and meaningful friendship, the question might eventually come up of whether or not they could be more. Agreeing that their friendship might deserve more, they might try to date or at least explore physical intimacy.

But crossing that line carries with it consequences, and it's only once the pair crosses that line that they'll find out if crossing it was good or bad.

Keep ReadingShow less
child writing on chalkboard
Leonardo Toshiro Okubo on Unsplash

Bilingual People Explain Which Words They're Surprised Don't Exist In English

According to one report, approximately 3.3 billion people worldwide—43 % of the population—are multilingual, meaning they speak at least two languages. According to the last Census, 21.6% of people in the United States speak more than one language, while in the United Kingdom, the number is 36%.

More multilingual people speak English as a second language than English speakers who have learned another language besides English. Worldwide, people who learned English as a first language rate among the lowest in multilingual rates.

Keep ReadingShow less
Andrew Garfield at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival
Harry Durrant/Getty Images

Andrew Garfield meets fan with wild tweet!

American actor Andrew Garfield had a funny yet awkward reunion with a fan from a viral “Thirst Tweet” featured on Buzzfeed Celeb.

The Thirst Tweet compilation shows celebrities reading a collection of scandalous tweets from fans commenting on their looks, attractiveness, and sex appeal. Blushing stars include James McAvoy, Renee Rapp, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Mackie, and more recently, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem, as they promote F1 the Movie that was released in theaters last week.

Keep ReadingShow less