Swansea Metropolis’s Snoop Dogg social gathering ended with a bang on Tuesday evening as Liam Cullen’s stoppage-time winner snatched a 1-1 draw over Preston within the Championship.
The American rap icon, who was attending his first match on the Swansea.com Stadium since taking on a minority stake within the membership final 12 months, was greeted by a carnival ambiance earlier than kick-off as excited supporters waved white towels and chanted his title.
It regarded as if Preston had been going to spoil the social gathering when Daniel Jebbison fired the guests forward within the twenty sixth minute, however a dramatic late aim from Cullen within the ninety fifth minute rescued a degree, delivering a becoming late twist to Swansea’s Hollywood night.
After the match, Preston supervisor Paul Heckingbottom urged his group weren’t fazed by the rapper’s presence and joked: ‘The one factor I observed totally different was the scent of weed within the tunnel earlier than the sport!’
Snoop Dogg arrived on the stadium wearing white from head to toe, sporting a hefty vary of Swansea-branded merchandise, together with a shirt, trousers and jacket.
The music legend additionally wore sun shades and carried a speaker as he entered the constructing, posing for images with star struck followers and even having fun with a kickabout forward of kick-off.
Snoop Dogg introduced a celebration ambiance to Swansea because the membership went mad for the rap icon
Excited Swansea supporters waved white towels and chanted his title forward of kick-off
Previous to the match, Snoop Dogg, who has simply arrived after fulfilling his official ‘Coach Snoop’ function on the Winter Olympics with Crew USA, obtained a standing ovation from Swansea followers as he carried out a lap of honour.
White towels displaying Snoop Dogg’s face and the message ‘make some noise’ had been left on each residence seat on the stadium forward of the match, and supporters loved waving them wildly as he carried out his seven-minute procession.
The membership had inspired followers to be of their seats 20 minutes earlier than kick-off to ‘be a part of him in a pre-match towel twirl’ – a staple motion in American sports activities.
Regardless of basking within the social gathering ambiance earlier than kick-off and watching from the stands throughout many of the recreation, the hip hop icon missed the essential late winner scored by Cullen, having already moved into the membership lounge.
Footage shared to social media on Tuesday evening confirmed Snoop Dogg having fun with refreshments and watching the rest of the match on tv screens earlier than the stadium erupted.
Celebrating the aim, he could possibly be heard saying ‘approach to go buddy’ as he applauded Cullen for his last-gasp equaliser.
All supporters got a particular Snoop Dogg towel which they twirled earlier than the sport
Snoop, 54, grew to become a minority proprietor of the Welsh membership, whose board additionally consists of American tv host Martha Stewart and Croatia worldwide Luka Modric, final July and his first go to to Swansea attracted a file crowd to a stadium opened in 2005.
The rapper, who has spent the final 24 hours performing a personal gig in Llansamlet and visiting the membership’s coaching floor, mentioned on the time he was ‘proud’ to turn out to be an investor in Swansea attributable to them being ‘an underdog that bites again, similar to me’.
The Each day Mail has reached out to Snoop Dogg’s group for touch upon the again of Heckingbottom’s claims.
