INGLEWOOD — It is safe to say that Snoop Dogg loves the LBC.
The rapper-turned-actor’s new movie “The Underdoggs”, which was inspired by the Snoop Youth Football League (founded by Snoop Dogg in 2005), prominently features his beloved Long Beach Poly High School.
“Poly High School, the Funkhouse, this is the most prolific high school in Southern California as far as I’m concerned when you think about the greats that have come through that campus,” Snoop Dogg said during an exclusive sports roundtable at The Compound in Inglewood Monday. “Let’s go back in time, you have John Wayne, Billie Jean King, Carl Weathers, just to name a few. Tony Gwynn, shall I continue, Snoop Dogg, Willie McGinest, Cameron Diaz, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jack Jones, we could just on and and on and on and on.
“So it’s the water and that’s the birthplace of where you want to be when you’re a kid in Long Beach. You all dream of going to Long Beach Poly High School because it’s so much greatness connected to it, not just sports but it’s home of scholars and champions and we push each other to be great because we know what our tradition is. That’s one school that understands tradition, so to put that in this movie showed that my tradition will always be upheld and kept close to my heart because that’s the school that I went to, my mother went to, my whole family, it’s generational.”
“The Underdoggs”, a rated R sports comedy starring Snoop Dogg as Jaycen “2 Js” Jennings, an ex-professional football receiver sentenced to community service after a car crash. Jennings had made a name for himself at Poly High before achieving college and pro stardom that ended unceremoniously with an inflated ego and poor sportsmanship.
However, the film also subtly layered and tackled different themes like child poverty, girls playing football, and being a superstar at a young age, personified by the children who played on Snoop’s team in the movie.
“The themes…
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