{"id":76256,"date":"2026-06-11T00:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/snoop-dogg-gets-key-to-long-beach-at-21m-amphitheater-opening\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:04:48","slug":"snoop-dogg-gets-key-to-long-beach-at-21m-amphitheater-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/snoop-dogg-gets-key-to-long-beach-at-21m-amphitheater-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg Gets Key to Long Beach at $21M Amphitheater Opening."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">June 6, 2026, That\u2019s the night Snoop Dogg walked off the stage of a $21 million amphitheater built in his backyard and got handed the key to the city by the mayor. In front of 11,000 people. On a Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thirty-plus years in the game. The Doggfather is still opening doors \u2014 literally.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long Beach Finally Got Its Stage. Real talk: this city has been overdue for a venue like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The F&amp;M Bank Amphitheater sits right on the Long Beach waterfront, the Queen Mary sitting pretty in the background like it was always meant to be a concert backdrop. 11,000 seats, city-owned, operated by Legends\/ASM Global \u2014 the same people running The Greek Theatre and a dozen other major venues. City leaders are out here calling it the biggest waterfront amphitheater on the West Coast, and they\u2019re treating it like the first move in something much larger for the city\u2019s entertainment scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tra Jones, the venue\u2019s GM for Legends Global, didn\u2019t sugarcoat it: \u201cOpening our doors with Snoop Dogg is the perfect way to celebrate Long Beach\u2019s rich music legacy and signals our commitment to bringing world-class entertainment to this community. This venue will be built to honor the city\u2019s creative spirit, and there\u2019s no better artist to launch that mission.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\u2019re still sleeping on Snoop\u2019s live show, June 6 was your wake-up call.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He ran through close to 50 songs. Opened with \u201cDeep Cover\u201d \u2014 the record that put him on the map next to Dre \u2014 and just kept going. The Doggystyle cuts rolled through like a freight train: \u201cNuthin\u2019 But a G Thang,\u201d \u201cGin and Juice,\u201d \u201cMurder Was the Case,\u201d \u201cLodi Dodi,\u201d \u201cWho Am I?\u201d \u2014 classics performed on the soil they came from. That\u2019s a different energy than playing those records in Vegas or at a festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Snoop Dogg &amp; Friends - Long Beach Amphitheater - 6\/6\/2026\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foNOgG4AmiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Snoop Dogg &amp; Friends - Long Beach Amphitheater - 6\/6\/2026\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foNOgG4AmiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The guest list was straight LBC royalty. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/daz-dillinger\/\"><strong>Daz Dillinger<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/kurupt\/\"><strong>Kurupt<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, RBX, and The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/lady-of-rage\/\"><strong>Lady of Rage<\/strong><\/a><\/span> all came through for a Death Row deep-cut segment that had to hit different in this setting. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/tha-eastsidaz\/\"><strong>Tha Eastsidaz<\/strong><\/a><\/span> held down their section. The Twinz got their moment. Even Snoop\u2019s son Kalvin Love hit the stage to perform \u201cCompromise.\u201d O.T. Genasis, Compton AV, Big Tray Deee, Pookie F\u2019n Rude \u2014 the roll call was deep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There was a prop lowrider on the stage. Dancers everywhere. And the Queen Mary lit up across the harbor like somebody planned it that way. Sound-wise \u2014 always the question mark with new outdoor builds \u2014 it held up from the floor seats all the way to the back of the grandstands. No easy thing for a venue\u2019s first night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Crowd was locked in the whole time. All 11,000 of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66230\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66230\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-600x401.jpg 600w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66230\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SNOOP-lbc-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by Brandon Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the last song, Mayor Rex Richardson walked out and gave Snoop something you can\u2019t buy, can\u2019t negotiate for, and no Grammy committee can hand you: the city saying you\u2019re ours, and we\u2019re proud of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cLong Beach created the culture, and Snoop Dogg shared it with the world,\u201d Richardson said. \u201cTonight\u2019s sold-out opening of the FMB Amphitheater was more than a concert \u2014 it was a historic cultural moment decades in the making. Presenting Snoop Dogg with the Key to the City recognizes not only his extraordinary achievements in music, entertainment, and business, but also the authenticity, creativity, and pride with which he has represented Long Beach on the global stage for decades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66231\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66231 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-600x792.jpg 600w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snoop-key-600x792.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by Jessica Lee<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<a title=\"Hip-Hop hats, buckets, snapbacks, beanies.\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The night also overlapped with Long Beach hosting the U.S. Conference of Mayors, where Richardson was set to pass the USCM gavel. The reception moved over to the Queen Mary afterward. Long Beach was on a national stage that whole week \u2014 and Snoop was the face of the whole thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long Beach now has a real 11,000-cap outdoor venue with waterfront real estate, managed transit, solid infrastructure, and a summer lineup that already includes Ice Cube, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz (August 1), Nas &amp; The Roots (August 28), plus M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and Toto for the crossover crowd. That\u2019s a booking strategy with range. Hip-hop anchors it, but it\u2019s built to serve the whole market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For artists, managers, and agents: this is a genuine new option between the Greek and SoFi that can actually move tickets. For legacy West Coast artists especially \u2014 this is home-field that didn\u2019t exist four days ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For Snoop personally, this one is clean. The man has built businesses in cannabis, media, food, sports, and entertainment. Headlining the opening night of a city-owned, naming-rights venue in your own hometown, with the mayor handing you the key on the way out? That\u2019s not a gig. That\u2019s a legacy moment that ties every piece of his brand back to where it started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He\u2019s got 35 million albums sold, 17 Grammy nominations, a Walk of Fame star, an Emmy, and a Super Bowl halftime show. He didn\u2019t need the key to the city to prove anything. 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