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Snoop Dogg Tried to Rent Country of Liechtenstein for Video

Snoop Dogg recently tried to redefine the concept of "going big" by tapping the small European country of Liechtenstein as the set for an upcoming video shoot. No, we don't mean he wanted to film at a specific lot or property -- we mean the entire country.

The Doggfather apparently directly approached the government of Liechtenstein with a request to use the whole nation as a video set. While Liechtenstein is indeed very small (about 61.7 square miles total), Snoop was only rejected because the country didn't have enough time to properly get things in order to meet the rapper's timetable.

"We've had requests for places and villages but never one to hire the whole country before," explained Karl Schwaerzler, a Liechtenstein property agent, in a recent interview. "It would have been possible, but Snoop Dogg's management did not give us enough time."

Liechtenstein only sports a population of 35,000 but is renowned for featuring some of the most picturesque nature in the region. Snoop sought the country out because he needed tons of outdoor space to shoot the new clip for a currently unknown song.

We've got to give it up for the West Coast legend on this one. Instead of renting out yet another blue-screen video stage, he at least attempted to do something new by approaching the small country. They definitely seem impressed so hopefully big Snoop tries again soon.

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Hello Bob

Liechtenstein
is already owned by Hilti!

August 09 2012 at 7:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ANG

NO PUNT INTENDED , IT SEEMS MANY CELEBS THESE DAYS HAVE EGO PROBLEMS , GETS KINDA OLD AFTER A WHILE

June 30 2010 at 9:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joel

Lichenstein is not a country it is like Monaco and Andorra a Principalty,their subsistance is derivated from Companies that hide from the European tax system,{AKA tax cheaters} do not quote me Iquote the Austrian , German and mind you the Swiss printing stamps,few cows here and there , some ski slope,they are stuck between Austria and Switzerland speak German only and are very conservative in nature,by their essence they would have welcome that Condom wrapper money because that's all they are about , welcoming Him now that's another story on it's own.......

June 30 2010 at 9:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ANG

DONT YOU THINK THIS GUY IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF HIMSELF , THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH WAY MORE TALENT THAN THIS EGO MANIAC , WHY DONT HE RENT A SPACE SHIP AND SPLIT

June 30 2010 at 9:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Pott54

OH SHUT UP! Like he's the only person in the entertainment industry with an ego problem!

Wah, wah, Snoop has an ego problem. LOL!

June 30 2010 at 9:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cmgawu

Snoop is such a pompous ass

June 30 2010 at 9:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Duke

What the heII, George Soros bought a country so why cant Snoop Dogg rent one?

June 30 2010 at 8:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RYAN

Im not a rap fan to say the least but snoop is an interesting guy......nice idea dog,nobody has ever tried to rent a whole country.

June 30 2010 at 8:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
groundspeed

Millions of welfare(tax) dollars are used to purchase his "music". If he returns some of it back to the welfare population, that recyles a dollar that doesn't get ripped from my paycheck. Maybe he should rent East St Louis.

June 30 2010 at 8:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Pott54

Yes, all those white suburban kids on welfare--LOL! You RACIST fool, do YOUR research before making dumb-a$$ comments. Most rap music is purchased by white suburban youth.

Now put the meth pipe down and go get a job and quit telling artist like Snoop how to spend their damn money. You don't lecture white rock artists about their over-indulgent behavior and lifestyle--LAY OFF THE RAPPERS YOU RACIST TWIT!

SOME white folks LIKE YOU are just angry that some black folks got it like that---GET OVER IT!

June 30 2010 at 9:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JESUS FIRST

some of the authors of these comments should take a close look in the mirror

June 30 2010 at 6:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jeff

I don't know that Snoop has quite hit "legend" status yet, but I think he's just as cool as they come (and I'm NOT a rap fan), but I'm DEFINITELY a SNOOP fan.

The end of the last episode of HBO's "True Blood" was followed by a new video by Snoop about Sookie (I gather he's going to be playing a character on the show, too). I realize Snoop's usually ALL ABOUT HIMSELF and how big HE is, but that's his persona -- he's still funny as all heck, and good at it. Ice T used to be this all in-your-face rapper, and turned that into a pretty successful acting job and makes a great detective on "Law & Order: SVU," as well. Will Smith started out as this rapper, "Fresh Prince," and now he's like the biggest movie star in the world.

Snoop, on the other hand, has always been "just Snoop." He does other stuff, too, but he's STILL SNOOP, and he's cool as all get out. I don't buy his music, but when I hear him rap, I enjoy it, and if he COULD HAVE rented Lichtenstein, I'm sure whatever he did would have been PHENOMENAL -- music video, or whatever.

And for the record, 61.7 square miles (the size of that country) works out to only 10 x 6 miles... If you're doing a video, you could EASILY do a flyover in a plane or helicopter with HD cameras and capture THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, with the ENTIRE POPULATION holding up placards or something within the time frame of a music video -- and if he could afford to "rent" the country, I'm assuming he could afford to pay all the people to do whatever he needed, as well.

Maybe he did need it for a movie. Who knows? At any rate, I still think it's cool. Who ELSE do we know who's ever tried to RENT a country???
Jeff

June 30 2010 at 6:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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