Snoop Brings Pole Dancers To University Show
Snoop Dogg to perform at its Late Night in the Phog event. After the rapper performed a set that included explicit lyrics and pole dancers, the school has issued an apology.
The annual event, which signifies the start of the basketball season, took place at the school’s basketball arena, Allen Fieldhouse, on Friday (Oct. 4). Snoop put on a big 35-minute show that was reportedly supposed to be radio edits of his songs.
Snoop performed the explicit versions of his hits and also had multiple pole dancers performing alongside him at points during the show. One video captured of the set shows the I Wanna Thank Me rapper performing “Gin & Juice” while a woman in small shorts dances exotically on a pole next to him.
Stripper poles & money guns felt like KU giving a middle finger to the NCAA after program got hit with charges of malfeasance. Cuz what else did you expect? It's the "that tiger ain't go crazy, that tiger went tiger" line from Chris Rock. You hired Snoop pic.twitter.com/9cRuV7nnHI
— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) October 5, 2019
KU athletic director Jeff Long to release a statement late Friday night.
“We apologize to anyone who was offended by the Snoop Dogg performance at Late Night,” Long said.
“We made it clear to the entertainers’ managers that we expected a clean version of the show and took additional steps to communicate to our fans, including moving the artist to the final act of the evening, to ensure that no basketball activities would be missed if anyone did not want to stay for his show.
I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting all the details of the performance and offer my personal apology to those who were offended. We strive to create a family atmosphere at Kansas and fell short of that this evening.”
