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Snoop Dogg wants to be Australian

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

The rapper launches campaign for citizenship

Snoop Dogg has launched a campaign to gain Australian citizenship.

As previously reported, the rapper was banned from entering the country in April because of his criminal record and recent run-ins with the law.

Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews denied the rapper a visa because of previous criminal convictions in the US.

MTV in Australia will now run a series of short films of Snoop attempting to becoming an Australian citizen, reports All Hip Hop.

They will break the comedic 11-minute short into 19 spots which features the rapper on various beaches, purchasing a home in Sydney’s exclusive Vaucluse residential area and urging everyone to: “get the girls ready and put on the barbecue”.

In the statement the rapper said: “Journey with me as I become a citizen of the land Down Under.”

Fans can log on to mtv.com/au/snoop to vote and show their support for the rapper, and sign a petition to grant him citizenship into Australia.

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