Story Of How Sam Sneed Got Beat Up By Tupac And Others For Putting Too Many EastCoast Doods In His Video!!!!

Anyways this is from the book "rollin with Dre" by Bruce Williams. He was dres right hand man.


Rollin’ With Dre
Chapter 12: Beyond Beef At Benihana
By Bruce Williams
(Pages 102 – 103)


Bruce Williams: Sam Sneed had a single in the chamber called “Recognize,” his solo debut—a real hot one, too. But Dre had been to the video shoot—had seen who did cameos—and knew Suge wasn’t calling a meeting with Sam just to confirm congratulations. Something just didn’t feel right.

“Serious, don’t go to that meeting,” I urged Sneed.
“You know we left Death Row,” Dre chimed in. “You know them niggas know you wanna be with us. I just don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Well, the kid wasn’t trying to hear this. He was trying to be a standup guy. So he went out to Can-Am to screen that video.

It surprised Sneed that so many members of the family came out for this. Tupac was in the building, as were the usual complement of Suge’s lackeys and even Hammer. The “Pumps and a Bump” gangsta makeover hadn’t worked for the former multiplatinum rapper, but he was still hanging out. That seemed weird to Sneed. But nice, possibly. He wanted to believe it was recognition for the effort he had put into the product. Within weeks there was to be a Sam Sneed Death Row album in stores.

The stylized black-and-white footage rolled, and there was Dre rapping in close-up, just as expected. Negativity sucked the conference room empty, just as to be expected. Sam Sneed felt cause for concern, but he also thought they knew. Or maybe he thought they wouldn’t care. It was, after all, a hella hecka tight video.

But the music sounded like a Death Row track, by which I mean it was a Dr. Dre track. And Dre was doing the hook. That was bad enough. Then the East Coast niggas started showing up in cameos. First some East Coast basketball cats, big and impressive names if you’re from Brooklyn. This was the San Fernando Valley, though. And there was a war goin’ on.

Tupac said, “If I see one more East Coast nigga in this mother fucker…”

Sam had been flirting with a girl in the most dominant image of the video’s second half. The two stood posted at a bar. It played pretty well. The rumbling ceased, mostly.

Then Kool G. Rap entered the video frame.

“What the fuck!” shouted Tupac.

And everybody began to beat the shit out of Sam Sneed. Fists, legs, whatever. Everybody at that meeting got a lick or a kick all up in his ass. I can almost see where they were coming from. Like, how are you gonna be on the Death Row team when you’re hangin’ out with Dre and a lot of niggas from the East?

Suge mad Sneed put in an appearance at a party for Snoop that night. He even gave a toast. Then he flew home to Pittsburgh. Sam was never the same. Death Row never relased the album. Not too long ago the nigga had brain surgery, just to get his ass back to some semblance of normality. The crazy shit is that Sam Sneed is my dog, but he’s never owned up to exactly what happened that day at Can-Am, even though I know the deal from folks that was there. My guess is that it’s hard to talk to me about it, considering I told his dumb ass not to go.

SOURCE: Rollin’ With Dre – Chapter 12: Beyond Beef At Benihana (Pages 102 – 103)