The UnderDoggs is the new comedy movie, starring Snoop Dogg, Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps and Kandi Burruss.
The film was inspired by Snoop’s Youth Football League.
The movie follows Jaycen “2 J’s” Jennings (Snoop Dogg) a former football superstar who is ordered to perform community service by a traffic court judge (Kandi Burruss).
For selfish reasons, Jennings signs on to coach a pee wee football team to reunite with his ex-girlfriend (Tika Sumpter).
He recruits his homeboy Kareem (Mike Epps) who appoints himself as assistant coach.
The UnderDoggs will stream on Amazon Prime on January 26th.
In an interview, Snoop spoke about coaching Houston Texans rookie sensation quarterback C.J. Stroud in his Snoop Youth Football League, which was founded in 2005.
Since its creation, over 85,000 boys participated in Snoop’s Youth Football League with 25 going on to the NFL. Stroud was one of the 25 who made it.
“C.J. is like a perfect example of every kid in my league that makes it to the [NFL],” Snoop said. “C.J. was always calm, he was always a field general, he was always a leader. And he led by the way he moved and the way he conducted himself. No drugs, no partying, no criminal activity – none of that. But he comes from that. So how do we separate?”
Snoop credited one of his coaches with recognizing C.J.’s immense talent early on and made sure his mother had money and food.
“We have to find something we love and we have to find people that can inspire us,” Snoop said.
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Watch the movie trailer and the interview with Snoop below.
