{"id":30327,"date":"2016-11-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/snoop-dogg-october-london-ggn-interview\/"},"modified":"2016-11-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:00:00","slug":"snoop-dogg-october-london-ggn-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-october-london-ggn-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"October London and Snoop Dogg Talk Heartbreak, Ditching Auto-Tune, and the Ideal Midriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLq9vD4k03oUwHwzq0HDFUa9C5MHPHT48Z\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-221065ed-1d75-eec8-4365-057c3d3af1fb\">Jared Samuel Erskine, better known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/octobertheking\" rel=\"nofollow\">October London<\/a>, was born in South Bend, Ind., in 1986, but his soul is much older. The multi-talented crooner has a <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/octoberlondon\" rel=\"nofollow\">suave, sophisticated voice<\/a> and powerful messages about love and struggle that earn regular comparisons to soul legends like Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway, and Sam Cooke. Discerning talent evaluators Snoop Dogg and Jazze Pha loved his classic, heartfelt sound so much that they signed him to their&#xA0;Cadillacc Music label.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-221065ed-1d75-eec8-4365-057c3d3af1fb\">Following the release of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_lUGmlr0uhg\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#x201C;Black Man in America,&#x201D;<\/a> his poignant breakout single about the everyday struggle, which London performed at this year&#x2019;s <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/snoop-dogg-closes-out-democratic-national-convention-at-unity-concert\">Democratic National Convention<\/a>, he dropped his debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Color-Blind-Explicit-October-London\/dp\/B01MAV3BEB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Color Blind: Love<\/em><\/a>, on Oct. 28. Fresh off of the release, he joins Snoop on the latest episode of <em>GGN<\/em> to talk about heartbreak, his old-school influences, ditching Auto-Tune, getting the DNC woke, and more. Plus, he sings so sweetly you might swoon.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-221065ed-1d75-eec8-4365-057c3d3af1fb\">Want to see more celebs like October London, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-jooba-loc-ggn-interview\">Jooba Loc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-terrace-martin-ggn-interview\">Terrace Martin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-boosie-badazz-ggn-interview\">Boosie Badazz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/seth-rogen-back-on-ggn\">Seth Rogen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-omarion-ggn-interview\">Omarion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/rick-ross-on-ggn\">Rick Ross<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/video-original-ggn-with-dj-khaled\">DJ Khaled<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/video-original-ggn-with-khloe-kardashian\">Khloe Kardashian<\/a> chopping it up with Uncle Snoop? Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/westfesttv\" rel=\"nofollow\">WestFestTV<\/a> and make sure to check back to MERRY JANE every other Tuesday for the newest episode of <em>GGN<\/em>. Also look for future episodes of <em>GGN<\/em> coming soon on Apple Music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soulful singer from Indiana joins Uncle Snoop on \u201cGGN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3038],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>October London and Snoop Dogg Talk Heartbreak, Ditching Auto-Tune, and the Ideal Midriff - Merry Jane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-october-london-ggn-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"October London and Snoop Dogg Talk Heartbreak, Ditching Auto-Tune, and the Ideal Midriff - 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