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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Andrew Lawrence

Is Snoop Dogg’s memorabilia auction a model for cash-hungry music stars?

man smoking while holding a microphone
Among the items being sold by Snoop Dogg is a gently used marijuana blunt preserved in resin ‘to display for eternity’. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

After spending the past three decades making the word “shiznit” synonymous with hot property, Snoop Dogg is giving away some of his own.

This week the rap icon announced a partnership with an auction house called The Realest. Snoop’s collection – called, The Shiznit, of course – runs the gamut from bargain bin finds (concert photos, autographed riders) to precious relics (Snoop’s Death Row Records chain, the master reel for Beautiful). “This is the shit we have, but didn’t know it was worth something,” Snoop told Variety. His peers could soon be coming to the same realization.

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