Snoop Dogg recently took to Instagram to announce he is postponing his Doggystyle anniversary shows, expressing solidarity with striking writers.
“Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the DGA and SAG/AFTRA negotiations, we have decided to postpone the shows,” Snoop captioned a video he shared on Instagram to explain the reason for delaying the celebration for the Dr. Dre-produced album.
He continued, “We stand in solidarity with the unions and are hopeful that the AMPTP will negotiate fair deals as soon as possible and everybody can get back to work.”
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his seminal debut studio album, Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg had planned two special live performances at the Hollywood Bowl on June 27 and June 28.
“We gotta move that date! Me and Dr. Dre, we stand in solidarity with the writers, so what we’re gonna do, we gonna push it back to Oct. 20 and Oct. 21,” the rapper added.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted in March to go on strike if an agreement was not reached by the time the contract expired at 11:59 p.m. on May 1, resulting in the largest walkout of its kind in 15 years.
The strike began on May 2, with the members of the WGA demanding increased job security for writers, larger writers’ rooms, a limit on the use of AI in screenwriting, and a larger share of streaming residuals, among other points.
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