Snoop Dogg remembered his late brother Bing Worthington with a flashback shot taken more than two years ago, as they attended the funeral of their mother Beverly Tate.
The Long Beach, California native, 52, donned an all red-suit and cap in a social media post Tuesday in which he and Worthington were pictured in front of their mother’s casket.
The Drop It Like It’s Hot performer, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr., referred to their late mother, who died at 70 in 2021, in the caption of his post adjacent to the funeral pic.
‘Everlastin love Beverly’s boys,’ Snoop Dogg said. ‘Dirty left bing and snoopy.’
He added emojis of a flame, rose and dove while adding in Worthington’s handle, saying, ‘Miss that laugh and the way u made us smile keep mama company till we get there.’
Snoop Dogg remembered his late brother Bing Worthington (L) with a flashback shot taken more than two years ago, as they attended the funeral of their mother Beverly Tate in late 2021
The rap icon announced the tragic passing in a post on the social media platform on Friday, as paid tribute to his late brother with a video clip captioned ‘@badabing33 always made us laugh. u bac with moms.’
The video captured Bing gathered at a cemetery with Snoop and their brother Jerry. He made a remark that made everyone laugh.
The Gin and Juice artist shared two other snaps with his brother, including a photo of Bing with their late mother, who Snoop paid memorial to in his 2022 Super Bowl performance.
The Next Episode artist and his brother had been working together for years, with Bing beginning as a roadie for his brother before eventually advancing to tour manager.
‘I started from the bottom, I ain’t just become the tour manager, I was just the road guy. I worked my way to the top,’ Bing told Vice back in 2016.
He added: ‘Even though I’m [Snoop’s] brother he didn’t give me a top-ranked position. You can’t just become a president without knowing anything about being the president. You have to learn.’
Speaking of his career, he told the outlet: ‘I do a lot of entrepreneur s**t. I’ve done lots of things with Snoop, like Dogg [Cadillac] DeVilles, Dogg Skateboards, you name it. I come up with a lot of great concepts.
‘As well, I’ve done a lot of work with Snoop on the road and basically putting the albums together, so I’ve been doing this for years.’
Snoop Dogg’s brother Bing Worthington died at the age of 44 last week
Bing shared this selfie back in October 2022 as he took in a Bills-Dolphins game in Miami
In addition to his ventures with Snoop, Bing was also a musical artist. He was a member of the music group Lifestyle, and their track Tha Jump Off appeared in Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj.
His musical pursuits made him realize he was talented in business: ‘Back in the day I had an album, it was called Liquid Cocaine and I put that out with my group Lifestyle. When I put the album out, I was putting everything in the music together.
‘My guy was a great rapper and I was a great rapper, but I was like “Why am I working on the music? I should be doing all the business side of this thing.” I love meeting people, talking business, that got me going. That made me feel like another person.’
Snoop offered to put out Lifestyle’s album Lubrication, but Worthington turned him down amid fears it would change their relationship.
‘It was me and a dude named H.I.T. He’s DJ Quik’s cousin. We grew up in Long Beach together. Snoop, he was gonna put my album [called Lubrication] out himself. I actually turned him down. The reason why is because some business, you have a group and you have a team behind.
The rapper paid tribute to his brother with video of him making them all laugh
‘@badabing33 always made us laugh. u bac with moms,’ Snoop captioned the video
He captioned this photo with his brother Bing (far right) with two sad emojis, a dove emoji, and prayer hands
Bing worked with his brother in his music career; Snoop pictured earlier this month
‘With all the pressure, you have to figure out if you wanna lose your friends, your family, or do you want to keep things the same? Sometimes you can’t just do everything you do cause it looks good. I didn’t wanna lose relationships with my brother, my friends, so I stopped.’
His other ventures include the merging of his record label, Dogg Records, with Urban Heat Legends, a Canadian hip-hop label. The merger occurred several years ago.
Worthington’s ’cause of death will be pending the results of the toxicology and autopsy report,’ Orange County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Frank Gonzalez told NBC News on Friday.
