Snoop Dogg Has a Giant Star Trek Mural on his Wall
Snoop Dogg in Rhythm + Flow, in front of a Star Trek-inspired mural
OCTOBER 30, 2019 - A screenshot of Snoop Dogg in front of a Star Trek-themed wall mural has gone viral.
Yesterday, Twitter user @justinhall posted the picture with the caption, “Uh can someone please explain why it is that @SnoopDogg has a giant mural of Federation starships in his house? Folks, I am absolutely stunned and so happy.” [Tweet edited for grammatical clarity.]
The screenshot was from episode 1 of season 1 of the Netflix series Rhythm + Flow, which premiered on October 9th. In it, rapper Cardi B visited Snoop Dogg’s BLE Compound in Los Angeles - not his house - to invite him to be a surprise judge on the show. At around the 10-minute mark in the episode, the two of them walk down a hallway with a large mural, featuring several recognizable starships against a nebula. As they walk, Cardi B exclaims, “Is this like a galactic, hip-hop museum?”
Later, Star Trek Online noticed the picture on Twitter and retweeted it, commenting, “In today's strangest and best news, @SnoopDogg has early concept art from our game up [...] as a giant mural.”
The piece is actually part of a custom wall graphic by Gamut Media, called “Star Wars vs Star Trek”, and you can see more shots of the finished piece on their website. At least one of the ships in the image is early Star Trek Online artwork, composited onto a larger piece.
Image courtesy of Star Trek Online
Of course, fans of both Snoop Dogg and Star Trek will know that he’s been associated with Star Trek before. In fact, just last year, he was an executive producer on Unbelievable!!!!!, a parody film that featured over 40 former Star Trek actors. Prior to that, he released music through Star Trak Entertainment, a record label created by powerhouse producers, The Neptunes. Star Trak Entertainment, according to Wikipedia, was named as a reference to Star Trek. Snoop Dogg released the single “Drop It Like It’s Hot” under the label, back in 2004.
Unbelievable!!!!! doesn’t appear to be available for streaming yet, but you can follow the film’s Facebook page for updates. You can listen to “Drop It Like It’s Hot” pretty much anywhere you stream your music, and the whole first season of Rhythm + Flow - complete with giant Star Trek wall mural - is available to stream on Netflix, now.
This story has been updated to clarify that one of the ships in the mural is an original Star Trek Online design.