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29.08.2022 - 07:11 / etcanada.com
Eminem and Snoop Dogg had a standout performance at the 2022 MTV VMAs.
The pair performed their recent collaboration, “From the D 2 the LBC,” at the awards show broadcast from New Jersey. But the duo didn’t stay in the Garden State, journeying instead to the metaverse to deliver their performance.
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Their set kicked off with the Em, 49, and Snoop, 50, sitting on a black leather couch, Snoop smoking a giant fake marijuana joint. “Yo, hold on. Oh my God, bro! How’d you get that in here?” Eminem asked as Snoop pretended to smoke the massive blunt.
“I got the connections,” Snoop said to his longtime collaborator.
“Yo man, I feel like you’re getting me high again, bro,” the rapper, who is 14 years sober, replied in jest. “That s—‘s the size of my hand, dawg. That s—‘s gonna make me relapse.”
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Getting stoned provided the perfect transition for the two to be dropped into the metaverse. Once there, Snoop and Eminem’s animated avatars continued to smoke marijuana and perform “From the D 2 the LBC” in wildly-coloured fantasyland of sorts which also featured Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT characters. Those same characters appeared in the “From the D 2 the LBC” music video.
A controversial cameo. Johnny Depp joined the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards as a hologram astronaut — and Amber Heard‘s sister made it clear she doesn’t approve of the appearance.
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MTV VMAs took place at New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Sunday night (28 August). Below is a list of winners from the action-packed ceremony, including brand new award for Best Metaverse Performance.
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Eminem and Snoop Dogg teamed up for a special “metaverse-inspired” performance at the MTV VMAs 2022 tonight (August 28).The rappers were among a raft of performers at the ceremony, which is being co-hosted by Nicki Minaj, Jack Harlow and LL Cool J at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.Eminem and Snoop Dogg shared a version of their recent collaboration ‘From The D 2 The LBC’ that saw them mix in-person performance with digital technology. The appearance was organised in partnership with Yuga Labs – an NFT and cryptocurrency company best known for the Bored Apes project – and was inspired by “the world of the Otherside metaverse”.The performance began with the pair sitting on a couch, with Snoop smoking a comedically large joint.