When you find out that celebrities are fans of your favorite team, it humanizes them. Even though they live in a different world, they feel the same joy when your team wins and the same pain or anger when your team loses.

Pittsburgh Steelers fans can be found across the country and in every corner of the world. Even when they play an away game, Steelers Nation makes it sound like a home game for Pittsburgh and takes away that advantage from their opponents.

Although he has strong ties to the West Coast, you might be surprised to learn that rapper Snoop Dogg is a long-time Steelers fan. The Sporting News has you covered with all the details on DO-double-G’s NFL fandom.

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Why is Snoop Dogg a Steelers fan?

Snoop joined ESPN’s “ManningCast” during a broadcast in 2022. Peyton and Eli asked Snoop where his fan base comes from.

Well, in the ’70s, you know, watching your dad (Archie Manning) and the Steelers and the Raiders and the Cowboys and the teams from the ’70s, I fell in love with their great defense, the way they ran the moving the ball, just the way they played football. They were fun to watch as a kid and as I got older I fell more and more in love with them because I had the opportunity to meet the players, I got to know coach (Bill) Cowher and Ben Roethlisberger, you know, Jerome Bettis and the rest of the guys and you know, I became a part of Steeler Nation.”

Defense wins championships, but it also apparently wins Snoop’s fan base. The brothers asked Snoop about Pittsburgh’s upcoming QB vacancy. Keep in mind that this was at the end of the 2022 season, when Ben Roethlisberger was on the verge of retiring. Which QB did Snoop say the team wanted to target? Russell Wilson.

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Where is Snoop Dogg from?

Snoop was born in Long Beach, California in 1971. He is heavily involved in youth sports in California and founded a non-profit youth soccer league.

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Other famous Pittsburgh Steelers fans

Snoop is just one of many famous celebrities and musicians wearing the black and gold jerseys on NFL Sundays. Bret Michaels, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Keaton, Seth Myers and Arnold Palmer all consider themselves proud members of the Steelers Nations.