Snoop Dogg posts photo showing him smoking pot with Kurt Cobain in 1992 without realizing it’s a fake
- Rapper shared the throwback photo on July 4
- Picture appeared to show Cobain lying on a bed laughing as Snoop Dogg sat on the floor with a spliff in his hand
- Celebrities including Busta Rhymes, T-Boz and Juliette Lewis all gushed over seeing the two together
- The photo was originally shared on the Vemix Instagram account which specializes in Photoshopped images showing unlikely duos together
He is famous for his love of weed and his signature line of cannabis products.
But Snoop Dogg’s years of heavy smoking could be playing games with his memory.
The rapper and media personality, 47, posted a photo to his Instagram on July 4 that purported to show him smoking pot with the late Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain in 1992.
Reminiscing: Snoop Dogg posted this photo on July 4 which he said showed him smoking pot with Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain in 1992
‘Young dogg with. Kurt 92,’ he captioned the snap which appeared to show Cobain lying on a bed laughing as Snoop Dogg sat on the floor with a spliff in his hand.
It turns out, however, that the image is a fake.
The picture was originally posted on the Vemix Instagram account which bills itself as ‘Visual Remix. Snapshots from another dimension.’
The account hosts a series of Photoshopped images showing unlikely duos together such as Steve Irwin and Chris Farley and Jimi Hendrix with Jack White.
When Vemix discovered the rapper had posted their doctored photo, they regrammed it with the caption: ‘When you make Snoop think he smoked with Kurt in 92’ followed by three ‘crying with laughter’ emojis.
Illusion: It turns out the snap is a fake. The doctored image was originally posted on the Vemix Instagram account which bills itself as ‘Visual Remix. Snapshots from another dimension’
Gone to pot: The rapper, pictured in June, is famous for his love of weed and his signature line of cannabis products. But years of heavy smoking could be playing games with his memory
It wasn’t just Snoop who was tricked into remembering something that didn’t happen; some of his celebrity pals commented on the post gushing over seeing the two music stars together.
Busta Rhymes called the picture ‘incredible’ while actress Juliette Lewis wrote: ‘Wow, This is special pic.’
T-Boz commented: THIS IS EVERYTHING.’
1992 is the year that Snoop Dogg – real name Calvin Broadus – was discovered by Dr. Dre and his first album Doggystyle was released by death Row Records in 1993.
In 1992, grunge rocker Cobain was still basking in the glow of Nirvana’s second studio album, the bestselling Nevermind released in September 1991.
Two years later, in April 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle at the age of 27.
Breakout: 1992 is the year that Snoop Dogg – real name Calvin Broadus – was discovered by Dr. Dre and his first album Doggystyle was released by death Row Records in 1993
Gone too soon: In 1992, Cobain was still basking in the glow of Nirvana’s bestselling album Nevermind released in September 1991. He was found dead at age 27 in April 1994