March 26, 2023
Snoop Dogg Lyric Gets Mississippi News Anchor Fired – Report
[ad_1] It appears a Snoop Dogg lyric may have gotten a Mississippi news anchor fired from her station.According to a Clarion Ledger report, published on Friday (March 24), WLBT-TV journalist and meteorologist Barbie Bassett was removed from her morning anchoring duties after making a racially insensitive comment. The removal stems from a remark she made using Snoop Dogg's lyric, "Fo' shizzle, my nizzle," during a television newscast earlier this month.Bassett, who is White, used the slogan, which is a colloquialism for the friendly affirmation, "For sure, my n***a." Veteran rapper and slanguage expert E-40 is credited with birthing the phrase "izzle," during the late 1990s, according to Dictionary.com. Snoop can be heard...