After walking away from Death Row Records in the early 2000s, Snoop Dogg pulled no punches with a savage diss aimed directly at his former boss, Suge Knight. The result? “Pimp Slapp’d,” off his 2002 album Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$.
Snoop calls out Suge for financial deception, creative control battles, and power plays. He even took subtle aim at collaborators like Xzibit, Kurupt, and Crooked I—warning that the label’s loyalty came with a price.
According to fans and critics, this track wasn’t just another diss — it was the moment Snoop officially reclaimed his voice. Complex ranked it among the best diss tracks of all time, praising its cold veneer: smooth G-funk wrapped around brutal barbs.
In it, you hear Snoop draw battle lines, flexing independence with lines like:
> “Suge Knight’s a bitch, and that’s on my life… I stay one up.”
The aftermath? Suge allegedly threatened retaliation. But Snoop stood firmly behind his words—this was more than music; it was emancipation from one of the most notorious labels in hip‑hop history.