Snoop Dogg Drops Surprise Project, 50 Cent Announces Europe Tour

Rapper Snoop Dogg and his wife, Shante Broadus, are featured on the cover art for Snoop Dogg's surprise new album and short film, "Iz It a Crime?", set for release May 15.

Snoop Dogg put fans on notice today during an appearance on "Access Hollywood," revealing “Iz It a Crime?,” a surprise album and companion short film set to arrive Thursday via Death Row Records and γamma. “I’m dropping a brand-new movie and an album,” the Long Beach legend said. “It’s some of the things that I’ve done that have been speculation. I just want to ask the question — ‘Is it a crime for me to be me?’”

Recorded between Los Angeles and Nashville, “Iz It a Crime?” finds Snoop reflecting on his life and career with guest turns from Sexyy Red, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell Williams, LaRussell and October London. “When people are around me, they feel like they already know me,” he explained, calling that intimacy the project’s guiding light after recent forays into gospel on “Altar Call” and preschool education with “Doggyland.”

 

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Meanwhile, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will embark June 8 on a 12-city European run celebrating both his 50th birthday and his blockbuster catalog. The “Legacy Tour” opens at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt and hits major festivals and arenas before wrapping Aug. 10 in Warsaw, Poland.

Jackson’s tour pages promise deep cuts (“Many Men,” “In da Club”) alongside surprise guests, underscoring 50 Cent’s knack for turning nights into events. Between corporate investments and his “Power Book” series, he’s shown the blueprint for hip-hop multiplied — and multiplied again.

Confirmed 50 Cent “Legacy Tour” dates:
June 8 – Frankfurt, Germany (Deutsche Bank Park)
June 14 – Manchester, England (Parklife Festival)
June 21 – Rabat, Morocco (Festival Mawazine)
June 28 – Hannover, Germany (Heinz von Heiden Arena)
July 3 – London, England (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium)
July 6 – Dublin, Ireland (Longitude Festival)
July 11 – Glasgow, Scotland (TRNSMT Festival)
July 12 – Frauenfeld, Switzerland (Openair Frauenfeld)
July 13 – Paris, France (Paris La Défense Arena)
Aug. 6 – Skanderborg, Denmark (Smukfest)
Aug. 8 – Tallinn, Estonia (Tallinn Song Festival Grounds)
Aug. 10 – Warsaw, Poland (PGE Narodowy)