Snoop Dogg Faces Off With 21 Savage, Others in Mortal Kombat 11 Battle

By Jeff Kotuby · April 26, 2019 at 5:22 AM UTC

To celebrate the launch of Mortal Kombat 11, west coast hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg hosted a tournament - the aptly named "King of the Kompound." Among those in attendance were fellow rapper 21 Savage, but did either of them take home the crown?

Snoop Dogg Faces Off With 21 Savage, Others in Mortal Kombat 11 Battle

To kick off the launch of Mortal Kombat 11, the legendary West Coast rap kingpin Snoop Dogg hosted the King of the Kompound tournament under the Gangster Gaming League banner. The event took place on April 22 via livestream showcased on Twitch and Mixer. During the tournament, Snoop faced off against special guests, including rapper 21 Savage. In the finals, Snoop Dogg, playing as Erron Black, and TikTok star Brooke Bridges, using newcomer Cetrion, battled for the title King (or Queen?). Bridges emerged victorious after an awesome set, cementing herself as the top Kombatant of the evening.

The event was a joint effort between WB Games (the publishers of the Mortal Kombat series) and Snoop's Gangsta Gaming League, an esports tournament organization formed in conjunction with MERRY JANE, a cannabis news outlet and online shop. Their first event was a Madden NFL 19 event, but this one's got a little more blood and carnage than the previous go-around. Here's the awesome set between Snoop and 21 Savage, courtesy of NerfJude on Twitter:

@WatchMixer blows me away everyday!@21savage V @SnoopDogg in some #MartalKombat11 action. WILD pic.twitter.com/cLQ5VarRVa

— NerfJude (@NerfJude) April 23, 2019

Snoop has seemingly been involved with video games forever, including an impressive showing in an early Battlefield 1 celebrity tournament and, of course, his unforgettable appearance as Crow in Def Jam: Fight for New York, where he served as a fitting final boss for the hip-hop fighting game's story mode.

For more on Snoop Dogg's path to create an esports dynasty, check out his YouTube channel and his Twitch stream. For more MK11, check out our guides on how to do Brutalities in Mortal Kombat 11, the list of every Fatality in the game, and a guide to properly wavedashing in MK11.