Global Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg took to Instagram yesterday(July 22) to share with his followers the loss of his cousin Darryle “Joe Cool” Daniel. Daniel is best known for his Doggystyle album cover illustration, which was created in 1993.

Snoop posted a video of him and his cousin, who reminisced about losing money to Snoop over betting on a Raiders game, and Snoop rapped along to his 2017 track “Promise You This.” He captioned, “R. I. P. [prayer hands emoji, crying emoji] my big cuzn joe cool.”

See Snoop’s video HERE

Daz, a longtime Dogg Pound member and cousin to both SNoop and Joe Cool, paid tribute to his family on Instagram as well, saying, “REST N PEACE DARYL JOE COOL DANIEL [explosion emoji, 100 emoji] MY BIGG CUZZN THIS REALLY HURTS WE GREW UP TOGETHER U WAS THERE FROM DAY ONE IM GONE REALLY REALLY MISS U BIGG CUZ [prayer hands emoji].”

See Daz’s post HERE

In addition to designing the artwork for Snoop Dogg’s seminal 1993 debut, Joe Cool’s distinctive illustrations graced the covers of Snoop’s Tha Last Meal and The Game‘s 1992 albums. The Long Beach native also created original designs for adidas, Supreme and 7-11, released a children’s book called Where’s the Cheese? and involved himself in comedy, acting and motivational speeches.

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