Snoop Dogg Slams ‘Roots’ Remake, Calls for Boycott

"I'm sick of this shit. How the fuck are they going to put 'Roots' on, on Memorial Day?," rapper says

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Snoop Dogg. Photo: Delliss for Amon Creatives/Flickr

Snoop Dogg slammed the new Roots miniseries, which premieres Monday night on The History Channel, and called upon his fans to boycott the four-part series based on Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

 

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