Rapper Snoop Dogg sold out several of the non-fungible tokens that he put up for sale as part of the collection entitled “A Journey with the Dogg”.
What happened: The collection, which included a piece dubbed “Diamond Joint” and other pieces like “Snoop Dogge Coins” and “Drop Tha Mic”, went on sale for a limited period of 48 hours on April 2.
Diamond Joint included an original Dogg track titled “NFT”.
Snoop Dogg used Twitter to express thanks to several buyers of the pieces, including a buyer who chose three collectible items.
Scream 2@Bouillaka_CF 4 comn by purchasing the whole set. Oohwee. https://t.co/mPzeu9kYaz
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) April 4, 2021
The limited edition NFT with DEEZ NUTS, SNOOP DOGGE and THE DIAMOND BLUNT with my new track is ending soon! Once they are gone, they goooone. https://t.co/cwSi1QLjYI pic.twitter.com/ErlcnfSU9L
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) April 5, 2021
Why does it matter: Currently sold out pieces in the collection include “The Hustle”, “Death Row”, “Drop Tha Mic” and “Young Snoop”.
Several editions of the Snoop Dogge Coins have also sold out so far, with 626 of 5000 on sale. Dogg said that he, next to Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk was going to smoke one of the coins “on the moon”. Musk had previously said that he would put a Dogecoin (DOGE) literally on the moon.
That Snoop Dogge is moving !! Men @elonmusk I will smoke 1 on the moon! https://t.co/1nwH3sedYi pic.twitter.com/AqKjrU4bTT
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) April 3, 2021
Of the 20,000 editions of the Diamond Joint, only 185 have been on sale so far.
Young Snoop’s play is described as “taking you back to your [Snoop Dogg’s] roots and how he came to be who he is today. “
108k bid on this piece! Here we go! 20mins n counting! pic.twitter.com/TXXMDa50zi
– Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) April 4, 2021
Proceeds from the NFT sale will be used to support young and emerging artists in the cryptocurrency space and in the Snoop Dogg Youth Football League.
Last month, digital artist Beeple sold NFT art for a record $ 69 million. The sale was denominated in Ethereum (ETH), which was traded 1.39% above, at $ 2,064.34 so far.
ETH reached its highest record of $ 2,152.45 on Friday.
See too: Now create your own NFT art with Elon Musk and Dogecoin with this website
Art created by a humanoid robot was also sold for $ 700,000 in March, as well as other very strange pieces, including the first tweet from Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey.
Bob Bekian’s photo on Flickr
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