{"id":115656,"date":"2021-08-13T08:21:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T08:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=115656"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:00:15","slug":"snoop-doggs-surprise-connection-with-haka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=115656","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg's surprise connection with haka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Ferns Sevens star Ruby Tui is blowing up on social media again, this time with the help of rapper Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n

Tui, a key member of the Black Ferns Sevens team who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, went viral during the tournament, in Japan, for her hilarious post-match interview with the BBC that was spread around the internet with the tag:<\/a> "best sports interview ever."<\/p>\n

This time, it's a selfie video from Tui \u2013 taken from her room in MIQ managed isolation in Christchurch \u2013 that is attracting worldwide attention.<\/p>\n

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Tui has filmed herself watching an NBC Sport's<\/em> show called Olympic Highlights<\/em> that features comedian Kevin Hart and rapper Snoop Dogg offering their unique take on highlight moments from Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n

The Black Ferns Sevens' haka following the medal ceremony caught the eye of the pair.<\/p>\n

"This is powerful," Hart said.<\/p>\n

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"This ritual is hundreds and hundreds of years old too, it's not something they just made up," Snoop Dogg adds.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tui can't believe what she is watching.<\/p>\n

"What … I will never get over this.<\/p>\n

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"Snoop Dogg watched us," Tui said as she filmed herself watching the episode.<\/p>\n

"Let's go … look at him, look at him, what the?"<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg then chimes in with some information about the haka.<\/p>\n

\"Fitzy<\/p>\n

"I've been a part of one of those before," he said on NBC's Olympic Highlights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He goes on to reveal how he and his wife were initially taken aback when they arrived in New Zealand for him to perform a concert and were greeted with a traditional M\u0101ori welcome.<\/p>\n

"It was beautiful once we understood what was going on," Snoop Dogg said.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/em>This article originally appeared on stuff.co.nz and is reproduced with permission<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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