Zac Bryan recently said that he doesn't want to be strictly called a “country musician.” Luckily, an upcoming collaboration with one of hip-hop's greatest living legends (Snoop Dogg!) might just help with that.
On Thursday (October 17), the 52-year-old rapper revealed on Today that he and the “I Remember Everything” singer-songwriter have something in the works. “Zac sent me a song,” she shared with the show's hosts. “I have to put a verse on it.”
“I'm inspired, seeing that with him, with the boss, Bruce Springsteen,” Snoop added of Bryan's recent chat with the “Born to Run” icon for Rolling Stonein which the younger musician explained why he doesn't like being labeled in any particular genre.
“I want to be a songwriter and you basically are a songwriter,” Bryan told Springsteen at the time. “No one calls Bruce Springsteen – I hate to use your name in front of you – but no one calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking rock musician, which you are, but you're also an indie musician, you're also a country musician. You are all these things wrapped up in one person. And that's the song.”
The boss agreed that Bryan has potential beyond the country scene, telling the “Something in the Orange” artist that he sees “so much — and I don't want to call it rock — just energy in your performance.” “You break down all these different genre boundaries,” Springsteen added in the Musicians on Musicians feature.
If Bryan wants to expand his sound further, he's come to the right partner. The Doggfather is one of music's most versatile duet partners, guesting on songs with everyone from Katy Perry to Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey, Benny Blanco and BTS, Jason Derulo, Akon, The Pussycat Dolls and others. Most recently, Snoop worked with several artists on the soundtrack of his film Peacock Bosco.
Watch Snoop talk about working with Bryan below.
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