Bet y'all didn't know that Snoop Dogg was doing some positive things in the 'hood. He started a youth football league back 2005. The league overcame some early controversy regarding a certain "pimped out bus" and accusations of cherry picking the best talent from rival leagues. Snoop Dogg is now credited with helping to create a football powerhouse in South Central Los Angeles. I have heard several insider accounts of young brothas being transformed for the better in this program, so I thought I would pass along these stories from the Wall Street Journal and FOX News:
In the heart of the gritty, gang-infested Los Angeles district best known as South Central, Crenshaw High School's football team, once a doormat, is undefeated and ranked among California's top 10.
If Crenshaw beats nearby Narbonne High School Saturday, it will win the city title and become this inner city's first serious contender for a California state-championship bowl game [Bloggers note: Crenshaw beat Narbonne 35-14 to go undefeated in league play. kzs].
A scrawny, scrappy lot, the Cougars aren't the offspring of NFL greats—several of the players are homeless—nor do they have a new coach or much of a winning tradition.
The main catalyst for the school's startling success this season is this: Many of its players are among the first graduates of a youth-football league with inner-city teams founded five years ago—and personally funded and overseen—by rap artist Calvin Broadus, who is better known by his stage name, Snoop Dogg.
Read the entire story here.
Corny coverage by FOX news
Corny coverage by FOX news
tags: athletics, Crenshaw High, ghetto, Snoop Dogg
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