{"id":8874,"date":"2025-07-24T07:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=8874"},"modified":"2025-07-24T07:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:01:08","slug":"snoop-dogg-just-bought-into-swansea-city-and-football-will-never-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=8874","title":{"rendered":"SNOOP DOGG JUST BOUGHT INTO SWANSEA CITY \u2013 AND FOOTBALL WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snoop Dogg follows Luka Modric by investing in Championship club Swansea\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_nIZU5Ek6Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swansea City is delighted to announce global rap superstar and multi-platinum selling artist Snoop Dogg has become the club\u2019s latest high-profile co-owner and investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 53-year-old, who caused a social media sensation when he helped launch our 2025-26 home shirt on Saturday, comes on board a few months after Croatian football great Luka Modri\u0107 became part of Swansea City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snoop is renowned as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, and has sold 35 million albums worldwide across a performing and recording career spanning more than 30 years. The Death Row Records owner has won countless awards and received 17 Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also always had a deep love of sport, and football in particular. At one point he was a brand ambassador for the FIFA video game series, and has been pictured wearing a variety of team jerseys over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swansea\u2019s home kit may be the latest in that sequence, but Snoop\u2019s ties to the club will run deeper than the donning of the famous white shirt as he formally becomes a member of club ownership. And it is hoped his global profile and love of football can play an important part in helping us spread the Swansea City name as far and wide as possible in order to boost our commercial performance to further support our aspirations as a club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.swanseacity.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-07\/9a3137a1-dc8e-457e-9701-19aa240c6155.jpeg\" alt=\"Snoop Dogg joins Swansea City as co-owner | Swansea\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark taking his place as part of our club ownership, a mural of Snoop Dogg \u2013&nbsp;created by Hasan Kamil&nbsp;\u2013 has been completed and unveiled in the stadium\u2019s West Stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snoop Dogg said: \u201cMy love of football is well known, but it feels special to me that I make my move into club ownership with Swansea City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe story of the club and the area really struck a chord with me. This is a proud, working class city and club. An underdog that bites back, just like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m proud to be part of Swansea City. I am going to do all I can to help the club, and I look forward to getting to know all my YJBS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.swanseacity.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-07\/9a0f3733-8ab0-41fa-ab28-8e9ca92440e2.jpeg\" alt=\"Snoop Dogg joins Swansea City as co-owner | Swansea\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swansea City chief executive Tom Gorringe, said:&nbsp;\u201cIt is very exciting for us as a football club to formally welcome Snoop Dogg as a co-owner and investor into Swansea City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis enjoyment and love of football is well documented, and he has often spoken of a desire to get more involved in the sport. We are delighted he believes that being part of Swansea City is the right way to realise that ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDogg is passionate about this project and helping us continue to raise the profile of the club to as wide an audience as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swansea City\u2019s ownership group, added:&nbsp;\u201cTo borrow a phrase from Snoop\u2019s back catalogue, this announcement is the next episode for Swansea City as we seek to create new opportunities to boost the club\u2019s reach and profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSnoop\u2019s colossal global fanbase and audience will certainly help us do that, and he has made clear to us throughout this process just how excited he is at the prospect of joining the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thesun.my\/binrepository\/768x519\/0c44\/768d432\/none\/11808\/XAEA\/2025-07-17t201031z-1866849076-rc2fzeafr4by-rtrmadp-3-soccer-swansea-snoop_5440701_20250718134717.jpg\" alt=\"Snoop Dogg joins Swansea City as co-owner in surprise move\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSnoop has openly shared his love of football and his desire to be involved in the game, and we expect his involvement to support us putting as competitive a team as possible out on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring our conversations Snoop spoke about having worn many football shirts without ever having felt a club to be the right fit for him. We are delighted that putting on a Swansea shirt has proven to be that right fit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swansea City is delighted to announce global rap superstar and multi-platinum selling artist Snoop Dogg has become the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-musician"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SNOOP DOGG JUST BOUGHT INTO SWANSEA CITY \u2013 AND FOOTBALL WILL NEVER BE THE SAME! 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