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It’s official, Snoop Dogg joined the apes. The rap superstar and all-around businessman made a important NFT concern and is present showing a Bored Ape arsenic his avatar connected Twitter. Not lone that, Snoop Dogg bought a afloat set; a Bored Ape, an M1 and an M2 Mutant, and their analogous Bored Ape Kennel Club. They each lucifer with each different and thin towards pinkish fur.
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In the announcement tweet, Snoop Dogg claimed: “When I APE successful I APE each the mode in!!,” and helium wasn’t lying. This bargain puts him among the apical personage NFT collectors. At slightest the ones who are nationalist astir their buys.
When I APE successful I APE each the mode in!! pic.twitter.com/3XB3Jo5Fb6
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) December 21, 2021
How Did Snoop Dogg Get Into The Bored Ape Yacht Club?
It each came from a deleted tweet. What did it say? We wouldn’t know. However, NFT strategist Just1n.eth brought different rapper into the conversation. “He needs to nexus up with Waka Flocka to speech astir the NFT postulation that helium should beryllium looking into!” And Waka Flocka went consecutive to the BAYC. “Uncle Snoop you request a Ape mane!!! Join the yacht club.” This was Snoop Dogg’s answer:
So who sendn that ape. My crap amended person each golden everything.
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) June 25, 2021
This was successful June. Which shows however overmuch of a diligent businessman Snoop is.
Snoopverse In The Sandbox
Snoop Dogg is launching himself into NFTs with 2 feet. A mates of weeks ago, the superstar rapper announced a concern with The Sandbox metaverse. There, helium volition person his ain portion of the virtual world. There volition beryllium Snoop avatars and different Snoop-inspired NFTs for sale. And helium volition adjacent execute live, and lawsuit that’s already selling aboriginal entree passes for.
Early highest of the @SnoopDogg Avatars! https://t.co/ckEOApZwL6 pic.twitter.com/l8gYQVASFc
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) December 11, 2021
Not lone that, the rap prima adjacent made a opus astir the full ordeal.
And if you look closely, determination are Bored Ape Yacht Club pieces connected the walls successful Snoop Dogg’s virtual mansion. Did helium bargain the acceptable of apes to decorate his location successful The Sandbox? Maybe helium did.
But Wait… Wasn’t Cozomo De’ Medici An Alias For Snoop Dogg?
Notorious NFT collector Cozomo De’ Medici erstwhile did a publicity stunt that seemed to suggest that helium was Snoop Dogg. However, since then, the prevailing sentiment is that helium isn’t. Artnet’s .pdf mag astir NFT culture, Artnet NFT 30, broke down the story:
“Is Cozomo truly Snoop Dogg? That was the rumor that swept the net aft the collector announced that a personage would uncover Cozomo’s existent individuality (with the archetypal to spot the announcement winning 1 ETH), lone for Snoop Dogg’s authoritative relationship to tweet soon thereafter, “I americium @CozomoMedici.” The frenzy of investigations that followed, however, formed uncertainty connected the link, pointing to a selfie that Cozomo posted from Lake Como with the instrumentalist Jason Derulo that obscured their look but not their short, Caucasian body.”
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If Snoop was Cozomo, helium would beryllium the biggest personage NFT collector without a doubt. But helium isn’t. Or is he? Following Snoop Dogg’s BAYC announcement, Cozomo tweeted:
Oh and btw 😉 https://t.co/zn2ajWZFS4
— Cozomo de’ Medici (@CozomoMedici) December 22, 2021
What does that mean? You beryllium the justice of that.
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