Woman Snoop Dog Eric Finch
Photo Credit: Mat George
So, Who's Going to Tell This Dude's Mom This Isn't Snoop Dogg?
A podcast host tweeted out a photo of his mom with Snoop Dogg. One problem — it most definitely was not Snoop.
If you live in Los Angeles, there's a chance that you might have seen Snoop Dogg in the street or in a car. Or did you?
On Sunday, Mat George, co-host of the She Rates Dogs podcast, tweeted out a photo of his mom with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg. In the caption he wrote, "I've been in LA for a year and haven't seen a single celebrity. My mom comes for a weekend and meets Snoop Dogg."
Here is the photo:
\u201cI\u2019ve been in LA for a year and haven\u2019t seen a single celebrity. My mom comes for a weekend and meets Snoop Dogg\u201d— Mat George (@Mat George) 1626025417
There is one problem — this was most definitely not Snoop Dogg. As soon as the photo was tweeted, users pointed out that this was Bizzaro Snoop — not actually Doggystyle Snoop.
\u201cthis is snoop's variant\u201d— QuentinJames (@QuentinJames) 1626046853
\u201c@matchu_chutrain That ain\u2019t snoop\u201d— Mat George (@Mat George) 1626025417
\u201cYour mom just met Snoop Dawg\u201d— philip lewis (@philip lewis) 1626092055
George seemed to be having fun with the response his tweet got:
\u201cCan everyone stop saying it\u2019s not Snoop Dogg. My mom\u2019s gonna be heartbroken the next time she logs onto Twitter\u201d— Mat George (@Mat George) 1626025417
And after hours and hours of retweets and jokes, Snoop Dogg — the legend himself — posted a pic with the man in the picture.
\u201cWhich Dogg? Left or Right\u2026make ur pick! #DoggyVision #Snoopx2 @Complex\u201d— Snoop Dogg (@Snoop Dogg) 1626124076
Wait? So who is this guy? Turns out he is Eric Finch, a 50 something year old from Fontana, California. He is a Snoop Doog impersonator. And he has turned this into a career. According to a MetroUk profile from 2018, fans regularly mob him in the street and people constantly ask him for a photo. He does photoshoots and parties and has been able to charge $2,000 for a quick 15 minute booking.
He told Metro:
"It’s natural for me now, if I see someone on the street screaming ‘Snoop’, I shout back ‘What’s Cracking baby’ and other things, then I’ll go back to acting like a fool with my wife and kids."
Before being a Snoop impersonator, Finch spent 20 years in the navy and didn't really listen to the rapper's music.
So... who's going to tell Mat's mom?
