Rapper Snoop Dogg has recounted the memorable second he met Paul McCartney.

?I did a little concert for somebody in Hollywood,? Snoop recalled throughout a latest interview with Complex (watch under). ?Paul McCartney was there. So I?d never met him before, but I?m a fucking fan of the Beatles.?

Despite having associates in frequent, together with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, Snoop and Macca had by no means talked. Perhaps that?s why the rapper was so shocked by what he heard subsequent.

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?I?m in the back smoking and they?re like, ?Sir Paul would like to meet you,?? Snoop recalled. ?So I?m like, ?Oh, for real? Hold on.’?

Excited to come face-to-face with one of his idols, the hip-hop star went to extinguish his blunt. To Snoop’s surprise, McCartney stopped him..

?[He] walks in the room like, ?Don?t put that down,’? the rapper recalled. ?He gave me a hug and he meet me, and it?s like, ?Fuck. Paul McCartney knows who the fuck Snoop Dogg is!’?

‘F— Snoop Dogg. This Is Paul McCartney’

When interviewer Jillian Superstar pointed out that Snoop Dogg is certainly a legend in his own right, the rapper was adamant. ?No, you?re not listening to me. Fuck who Snoop Dogg is. This is Paul McCartney. He is aware of who I’m. That?s the expertise that I really like, is when the folks that you simply respect respect you.?

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McCartney has dabbled in hip-hop, most memorably teaming with Kanye West and Rihanna on the 2015 single “FourFiveSeconds.” Asked if he?d ever contemplate doing a collaboration with the previous Beatle, Snoop responded instantly.

?Fuck yes, in a heartbeat,” the rapper declared. “‘Ebony and Ivory’? What, ‘The Girl Is Mine’? What you want to do??