Snoop Dogg launched a colourful new chapter in his youngsters’s sequence Doggyland by teaming up with GLAAD and former The Voice finalist Jeremy Beloate for Spirit Day, simply two months after his remarks about Disney’s Lightyear stirred backlash.

The Hip-Hop icon joined forces with Beloate—an overtly LGBTQ singer he mentored on NBC’s singing competitors—to debut a brand new track titled “Love is Love,” which promotes acceptance and celebrates numerous households.

“I think that’s why we’re able to take our platforms and do the things that unite people, because by seeing us together, it just shows that beautiful people are beautiful people,” Snoop Dogg mentioned in regards to the venture. “You don’t have to put us in a box and think that I’m only supposed to hang with these type of people and you’re only supposed to hang with those type of people. People are people, and one thing I love about music is the universal language of all people.”

The observe is featured in a recent Doggyland episode the place Beloate voices a pet named Zippy, who performs the inclusive anthem alongside Snoop’s character, Bow Wizzle.

The animated episode consists of scenes of same-sex dad and mom with their youngsters, reinforcing the message of affection and unity. The lyrics echo that theme: “Our parents are different. No two are the same, but the one thing that’s for certain is the love won’t change.”

During a dialog with Beloate, Snoop mirrored on the aim of the venture.

“It’s teaching parenthood. It’s teaching situations that kids in the world is going through right now in a beautiful way through song, dance, melody, just trying to get more clarity on how we live and the way we live,” he mentioned. “And I felt like this music is a beautiful bridge to bringing understanding.”

He added, “It’s a beautiful thing that kids can have parents of all walks and be shown love, to be taught what love is…being able to have parents from all walks of life, whether it be two fathers, two mothers, whatever it is, love is the key.”

The collaboration arrives after Snoop’s look on the It’s Giving podcast, the place he recounted taking his grandchildren to see Lightyear, which features a temporary scene of a same-sex couple. His grandson’s questions in regards to the characters’ household construction left him at a loss.

“They’re like, ‘She had a baby with another woman,’” Snoop recalled. “Well, my grandson, in the middle of the movie, is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman! He admitted, “It f##### me up. I’m like, scared to go to the movies now. Y’all throwing me in the middle of s### that I don’t have an answer for.”

Following the backlash, a press release circulated on-line that seemed to be from Snoop, studying, “All my gay friends [know] what’s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6-year-old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect.”

However, his workforce later mentioned the put up was not official.

Beloate, who lately signed with Snoop’s Death Row Records, additionally launched his debut single “Show Me (How Fast You Can Break My Heart),” produced by Matias Mora. On Instagram, he credited Snoop for giving him the area to discover his artistry.

“With the support of Snoop Dogg and after signing to Death Row Records, I’ve had the space to really discover what feels honest and true to me,” he wrote.

Spirit Day, celebrated yearly on October 16, encourages public figures and organizations to put on purple in solidarity with LGBTQ youth and to talk out in opposition to bullying.

Snoop participated by sporting purple and utilizing his platform to advertise understanding.

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