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Snoop Dogg didn't appreciate Nas getting sued by photographer Al Pereira over posting an old photo featuring 2Pac on Instagram.

Snoop Dogg didnt appreciate Nas getting sued by photographer Al Pereira over posting an old photo featuring 2Pac on Instagram. Snoop Dogg chastised photographer Al Pereira for suing Nas over a photo of the Illmatic creator. A recent Radar Onlinereport revealed the photographer filed a lawsuit against Nas, who posted an old picture of himself and 2Pac on Instagram in 2020. Pereira, who shot the photo in 1993, sued Nas for sharing the image without permission or licensing it. Pereiras decision to pursue legal action didnt sit well with Snoop Dogg. The West Coast legendwent off on the photographer in a video uploaded to Instagram. Hows a m########### suing Nas for a picture that he in? he said. You f###### photographers done lost yall m############ rabid ass minds. Snoop Dogg argued, When you take a picture of a n####, that picture aint yours. Thats a mere likeness situation. Youre borrowing my likeness We need some new laws to help us as artists, man, because its a bunch of m############ selling pictures with my face on it and I dont get s### cause they took the picture. Can anybody help me with that? Just a basic question. While Pereiras lawsuit upset Snoop Dogg, the photographer claims Nas decreased the value of the image by posting it for free on Instagram. Pereiras seeking unspecified damages and an injunction against Nas. Watch Snoop Doggs rant below. Read more