Snoop Dogg Fuels International Conflict with Concert Blunder

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, Snoop Dog smiles at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. The National Hockey League is hoping Snoop Dogg can heat up interest on the ice as the Stanley Cup playoffs get underway. The rapper and hockey fan is appearing in a series of Hockey 101 videos in which he gives shoutouts to the teams and some of the players. (AP Photo/Tami Chappell, File)

Inadvertently upsetting some diplomatic ruffles, Snoop Dogg incorrectly identified a region in the South Caucasus as belonging to an adversary state.

‘Sending love to all Armenian people in Armenia and Artsakh,’ Snoop Dogg’s shout-out ahead of Yerevan show

American rapper Snoop Dogg has sent greetings to Armenians in Armenia and Artsakh and around the world ahead of his Yerevan concert on September 23rd.#Armenia #Artsakh… pic.twitter.com/F4Bc9pvV6p

— ArtsakhSpeaks (@ArtsakhSpeaks) September 5, 2023

The West Coast rap superstar revealed on Monday (September 4) that he will be playing in Armenia, a nation in Asia, later this month. However, he also referenced the Republic of Artsakh, which is not a part of Armenia.

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He said on IG,

My beloved Armenian people. I am thinking of you and sending love to all Armenian people in Armenia, Artsakh and around the world. I’m bringing love and peace and wishing everyone strength. I’m coming, September 23rd!!!!!!”

Azerbaijan, which has been embroiled in a protracted and sometimes violent conflict with Armenia for control of the area, recognizes the territory of Artsakh, a separatist state on the boundary between Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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