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Two rap icons in a single award present! Eminem and Snoop Dogg gave an revolutionary award present efficiency of their newest single “From the D 2 The LBC” on the 2022 MTV VMAs on Sunday, August 28. The enduring rappers ushered within the “Greatest Metaverse Efficiency” award with a jaw-dropping efficiency, full with a completely animated efficiency with the rapper’s avatars rocking the stage earlier than the actual factor rapped for the group, simply months after they rocked the Tremendous Bowl halftime present collectively.
Earlier than launching into the monitor, the 2 rappers sat on a sofa collectively, and Snoop smoked a comically massive joint, earlier than Eminem acted like he was falling asleep from the smoke. A video was then proven of animated variations of the pair performing in a 3-D animated rendering of the VMA stage.
Slim Shady and Snoop dropped the brand new Eminem-produced tune in June, but it surely is probably not the one new tune that the hip-hop icons have up their sleeves. Em, Snoop and their shared-mentor Dr. Dre shared a bunch photograph of them within the studio, so perhaps they’ve a number of extra nice new tunes within the lab cooking for after their VMA efficiency.
In fact, the VMA efficiency comes simply six months after Snoop and Eminem rocked the Tremendous Bowl LVI halftime present alongside Dre, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Anderson Paak. Eminem carried out his signature tune “Lose Your self,” whereas Snoop joined Dre on “The Subsequent Episode”, “California Love” and “Nonetheless D.R.E.”
Neither Eminem or Snoop are strangers to the VMAs. “The Actual Slim Shady” rapper has gained 13 Moonmen over the previous 23 years. Em took house his first award in 1999 for Greatest New Artist, and his most up-to-date win was in 2014 with Greatest Enhancing for “Rap God.” The efficiency with Snoop is an ideal full-circle second, as he made his first efficiency with Snoop and Dre on the 1999 present, performing a medley of songs together with “My Identify Is”, “Responsible Conscience”, and “Nuthin’ However A G Thang.”
Snoop obtained to do his first efficiency (as Snoop Doggy Dogg) on the 1994 VMAs when he carried out the tune “Homicide Was the Case” from his debut file. Out of eight nominations, the “Gin and Juice” rapper has taken house two Moonmen, along with his first being in 1994 for Greatest Rap Video for his monitor “Doggy Dogg World.” His most up-to-date win got here in 2015 for Greatest Course for his “So Many Professionals” video.
