Yesterday (April 16), Snoop Dogg appeared on Drink Champs, where the crew discussed the Super Bowl halftime show and N.O.R.E disclosed a chat he had with Jay-Z, who did everything possible to bring the hip-hop legends to the world’s largest platform. The initial lineup for this year’s Super Bowl halftime concert included: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mary J. Blige. During the event, 50 Cent and Anderson Paak also made an appearance despite not being included in the commercial that introduced the lineup.

According to N.O.R.E, Eminem was the one who insisted that 50 Cent appear on the show. N.O.R.E disclosed the following while discussing the Super Bowl show with Snoop:

“I said to [Jay-Z], ‘Yo, listen, I have to ask somebody straight up, who is the people that’s on NFL?’ and he said to me, ‘The white guy called for 50 Cent.’ So, I said, ‘Who is the white guy?’ I’m thinking it’s Jimmy Iovine, and he said, ‘No, Eminem called directly for Fifty and he[Eminem] said, ‘I can’t do it if I can’t bring Fifty on.”

“That’s his guy. And guess who’s Dre’s guy? It’s me!” Snoop relied. 

N.O.R.E added later in the interview: “The white guy, the white dude called to make sure Fifty was there.”

Check out the clip below:

While on Drink Champs Snoop talked about the Super Bowl halftime show behind the scenes, revealing that Dr. Dre didn’t want to do it at first, he also responded to The Game’s claims that Jay-Z didn’t want him on the Super Bowl and that Kanye did more for him than Dr. Dre, Snoop also talked about the feud between the Bad Boy and Death Row, and more. You can check out the five key topics discussed in the interview HERE