{"id":30375,"date":"2016-11-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/snoop-dogg-rotimi-ggn-interview\/"},"modified":"2016-11-15T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T13:00:00","slug":"snoop-dogg-rotimi-ggn-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/snoop-dogg-rotimi-ggn-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotimi and Snoop Dogg Talk Working With 50 Cent and Staying Alive on the Hit Show \u201cPower\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLq9vD4k03oUw-Gljt9NPvsvMbhHKmOokE\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-07701bd5-65af-6ac4-f38f-7c05299c2c9a\">Actor, singer, and model Olurotimi Akinosho, better known to fans as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rotimimusic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rotimi<\/a>, understands the value of discipline and hard work. The 27-year-old&#x2019;s parents, Nigerian immigrants who were homeless in their early 20s and worked diligently to build successful careers in investment banking and government and provide for their only son, were shining examples of drive, determination, and the importance of security.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-07701bd5-65af-6ac4-f38f-7c05299c2c9a\">Rotimi, who grew up in New Jersey, went a less traditional route but clearly kept their principles in mind. At 15, the budding singer won &#x201C;Amateur Night&#x201D; at the Apollo Theater twice, but he put off a risky pursuit of an entertainment career to attend Northwestern University. It was only after graduating in 2010 with a bachelor&#x2019;s degree in Communications and a minor in Business that he went full force after his dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-07701bd5-65af-6ac4-f38f-7c05299c2c9a\">In 2011, Rotimi released two mixtapes, <\/span><em>The Resume<\/em> and <em>While You Wait<\/em>, and also made his television debut as drug dealer Darius Morrison on the Starz show <em>Boss<\/em>. The critically acclaimed series only lasted two seasons, but Rotimi soon broke into movies, appearing in <em>Black Nativity<\/em> (2013) and the young-adult dystopian blockbuster <em>Divergent<\/em> (2014). In 2015, he joined the cast of the Starz smash <em>Power<\/em>, playing the prot&#xE9;g&#xE9; of co-creator and producer Curtis &#x201C;50 Cent&#x201D; Jackson&#x2019;s drug lord character, Kanan. That same year, 50 signed Rotimi to G-Unit Records. This past summer, he appeared in the third season of Power and released <em>Summer Bangerz<\/em>, a five-track&#xA0;project of contemporary R&amp;B takes on classic songs like LL Cool J&#x2019;s &#x201C;Doin It.&#x201D;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-07701bd5-65af-6ac4-f38f-7c05299c2c9a\">As busy as he is, Rotimi had to make time for a <em>GGN<\/em> interview with <\/span><em>Power<\/em> super fan Snoop. On the latest episode, they talk about tons of behind-the-scenes info about&#xA0;<em>Power<\/em>,<em>&#xA0;<\/em>how Rotimi balances music and acting, and the Nigerian work ethic.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-07701bd5-65af-6ac4-f38f-7c05299c2c9a\">Want to see more celebs like Rotimi, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/snoop-dogg-october-london-ggn-interview\">October London<\/a>, <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 Nigerian-American actor\/singer joins Uncle Snoop on \u201cGGN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rotimi and Snoop Dogg Talk Working With 50 Cent and Staying Alive on the Hit Show \u201cPower\u201d - 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\/culture\/snoop-dogg-rotimi-ggn-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rotimi and Snoop Dogg Talk Working With 50 Cent and Staying Alive on the Hit Show \u201cPower\u201d - 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