Snoop Dogg Mourn Death Of Cousin Darryl 'Joe Cool' Daniel Artist Behind 'Doggystyle' Artwork

Snoop Dogg shared an Instagram reel dedicated to his late older cousin, illustrator, Darryl 'Joe Cool' Daniel, who drew the Doggystyle artwork, along with the covers of some of Snoop's earliest singles. The video showed Snoop and Daniel spending time backstage, with the latter discussing his lost money on the Las Vegas Raiders while the rapper recited his 2017 song "Promise You This. The Long Beach native recently passed away as announced by Snoop and co. and he was invaluable to the rapper's career serving as the brainchild behind Snoop's debut album "Doggystyle" artwork. Also posting a throwback of Daniel was Snoop's longtime collaborator and cousin, rapper-producer Daz Dillinger. In the early 1990s, Daniel was drug addicted and previously incarcerated, but when encouraged by Snoop to get clean, the rapper commissioned him to draw the  Doggystylecover."I didn’t think it would be iconic, man,” Daniel "And then when it sold as many as it sold, and I seen my shit up there, it just gave me…like damn. I can’t believe it. My artwork is out there, ’cause Snoop let it come. He gave me the opportunity, man. He got me a little bit of 15 minutes of fame up in the world. It’s been 20 years, man. He gave me that opportunity. Man I love him for it." Daniel appeared to remain in Long Beach over the last decade, even becoming a hypeman for Snoop and being an advocate of drug and alcohol treatment facility Safe Refuge.

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