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Rapper Snoop Dogg is making art for a sock company.. Oh, Doggy Dog. First you tell us you’re the reincarnation of Bob Marley and that you’ve moved to Jamaica to become a Rastafarian, burying the Dogg to take on the lion. Then you take a trip to funkytown for an album with Dâm-Funk for Stones Throw, and you reincarnate once more, this time as a descendent of George Clinton - Snoopzilla. And last we heard you’d started making your own high-end candles scented with baby powder. News comes today that Snoop Dogg’s moved from the candle to the sock game: Swedish arty sock company Happy Socks has collaborated with Dogg in their The Art Of Inspiration series, making a film with Snoop’s creative team. The video opens on a series of blank canvases, with Snoop doing a voiceover: "I’ve always felt like painting was something I wanted to do, but I just never had time to do it." A bunch of girls then lay out a table of paints for Snoop, who strides over in an all white outfit and a pair of Happy Soc