On Monday, Snoop took to Instagram to share the sad news about the death of his older cousin, illustrator Darryl 'Joe Cool' Daniel.
Snoop Dogg attends the"Queen & Slim" Premiere at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov. 14, 2019 in Hollywood, Calif.took to Instagram to share the sad news about the death of his older cousin, illustrator Darryl “Joe Cool” Daniel, the artist behind hisThe post simply says “R.I.P.
The caption reads, “REST N PEACE DARYL JOE COOL DANIEL. MY BIGG CUZZN THIS REALLY HURTS WE GREW UP TOGETHER U WAS THERE FROM DAY ONE IM GONE REALLY REALLY MISS U BIGG CUZ.”, Daniel said he was incarcerated and on drugs when his younger cousin asked him to do his album cover, but he didn’t believe Snoop was rapping with Dr. Dre at first.
Daniel started to believe his cousin when he played an early version of “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” over the phone; he then made good on his word and sent the money. “Then he sent me that $25, that’s when I believed him.” He said Snoop pleaded with him to stop using drugs. “‘Get yourself off that sh–,’” Joe Cool says Snoop told him. “’I want you to do my album cover, man. I’m doing Dre’s album. Then my album gonna come out.’ He said, ‘Get your sh– together, Joe Cool.’”
That conversation changed both of their lives. “I didn’t think it would be iconic, man,” Daniel said of. “And then when it sold as many as it sold, and I seen my sh– up there, it just gave me…like damn. I can’t believe it. My artwork is out there, ’cause Snoop let it come. He gave me the opportunity, man. He got me a little bit of 15 minutes of fame up in the world. It’s been 20 years, man. He gave me that opportunity. Man, I love him for it.
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