- Snoop Dogg has revealed he once adopted a pet roach that he called "The Gooch."
- The rapper said he took the roach under his wing after failing to kill it.
Snoop Dogg is a well known animal lover. He's owned numerous pet dogs and even has his own online pet store, Snoop Doggie Doggs.
His adoration for animals extends far beyond canines, however.
In an interview with Nardwuar published Tuesday, the "Gin and Juice" rapper recalled a period when he once adopted — yes, really — a giant roach.
Snoop said he took the roach, which later he named "The Gooch," under his wing after failing to kill it.
"In my apartment I had a roach that we couldn't kill," he said. "We tried to kill the muthafucka when we first moved in and he wouldn't die so we called him 'The Gooch.'"
Though he didn't explain why he called the roach "The Gooch," Snoop could have been referring to a character of the same name from the American sitcom "Different Strokes."
In the series, "The Gooch" was a seemingly indestructible school bully who would intimidate and taunt Arnold, Sam, and their friends.
"He just kept getting bigger and bigger," Snoop continued. "I stayed in that apartment for like about six, seven months — cuz grew to the size of about a whole dollar bill."
"We used to leave food out for him and everything," he added.
Snoop isn't the only rapper to own or have owned unique pets.
Ice-T, who is widely considered one of the forefathers of gangsta rap, used to keep sharks at his house.
"I've had aquariums my whole life," he told "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in 2021. "Back in the day, people know I had a shark tank."
Rick Ross keeps various animals at his Promise Land estate in Georgia, including horses, cows, and a pair of buffalo.
In March, the buffalo, one of which is named Timbuktu, escaped from Promise Land and were found roaming around his neighbor's yard.