Rapper Snoop Dogg has sold out several of the non-fungible tokens he offered for sale as part of the collection titled ‘A Journey with the Dogg’.
What happened: The collection, which includes a piece called ‘Diamond Joint’, and other pieces such as ‘Snoop Dogge Coins’ and ‘Drop Tha Mic’, went on sale on April 2 for a limited time of 48 hours.
Diamond Joint contains an original track by Dogg titled “NFT.”
Snoop Dogg took to Twitter to say thank you to several buyers of the pieces, including one buyer who picked up three collectibles.
Scream 2@Bouillaka_CF 4 is bought out by the whole set. Oohwee. https://t.co/mPzeu9kYaz
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) 4 April 2021
The limited edition NFT with DEEZ NUTS, SNOOP DOGGE n THE DIAMOND BLUNT with my new track ends soon! Once they are gone, they go away. https://t.co/cwSi1QLjYI pic.twitter.com/ErlcnfSU9L
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) 5 April 2021
Why it matters: Pieces sold out from the collection during press time include ‘The Hustle’, ‘Death Row’, ‘Drop Tha Mic’ and ‘Young Snoop’.
Various issues of the Snoop Dogge coins were also sold out at press time, with 626 out of 5,000 for sale. Dogg said he was next door Tesla Ing (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is going to smoke one of the coins “on the moon”. Musk had earlier said he would literally place a Dogecoin (DOGE) on the moon.
That Snoop Dogge is moving !! I n @elonmusk go 1 smoke on the moon! https://t.co/1nwH3sedYi pic.twitter.com/AqKjrU4bTT
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) 3 April 2021
Of the 20,000 issues of the Diamond Joint, only 185 were press services for sale.
The piece Young Snoop is described as ‘you’ back to his [Snoop Dogg’s] roots and how he became who he is today. ”
108k bid on this piece! Here we go! 20 minutes a count! pic.twitter.com/TXXMDa50zi
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) 4 April 2021
Proceeds from the NFT sale will be used to support young and emerging artists in the cryptocurrency space and Snoop Dogg’s Youth Football League.
Last month, digital artist Beeple sold NFT art for a record $ 69 million. The sale was in Ethereum (ETH), which traded 1.39% higher at print time at $ 2,064.34.
ETH reached its all-time high of $ 2,152.45 on Friday.
See also: Create your own NFT art with Elon Musk and Dogecoin on this site
Art created by a humanoid robot also sold for $ 700,000 in March, as well as many weird pieces, including the first tweet from Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) and Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey.
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