"That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that"
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The line “the people who made us who we are” shifts authorship away from the individual star. That’s a quiet rebuke to the pop myth of the self-made artist. Snoop’s brand has always played with outsized individuality - the voice, the persona, the mythology of survival - but he’s careful to tether it to collective labor: the aunties, coaches, friends, local hustlers, and community institutions that create the conditions for talent to become a career.
“We never forget that” is doing protective work. It’s a promise, but also a warning to anyone who “makes it” and starts speaking like their past is an inconvenience. In an industry that routinely extracts Black style and sells it back stripped of community context, memory becomes resistance. Snoop’s intent is to place giving back in the realm of identity, not PR: if you detach from where you come from, you’re not just ungrateful - you’re out of alignment with the code that kept you alive.
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| Topic | Gratitude |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Dogg, Snoop. (2026, January 14). That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-how-we-do-it-in-the-black-community-we-give-107152/
Chicago Style
Dogg, Snoop. "That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that." FixQuotes. January 14, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-how-we-do-it-in-the-black-community-we-give-107152/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that." FixQuotes, 14 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-how-we-do-it-in-the-black-community-we-give-107152/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.







