Snoop Dogg’s brother, Bing Worthington, has died at age 44.
The rapper, 52, paid tribute to his brother as he shared video of Bing to his Instagram, writing in the caption, ‘@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.
Snoop shared two other snaps with his brother, including a photo of Bing with their mother, the late Beverly Tate, who passed at age 70 in 2021. ‘bac wit momma,’ he wrote in the caption.
Bing and Snoop have been working together for years, with Bing beginning as a roadie for his brother before eventually advancing to tour manager.
Snoop Dogg’s brother, Bing Worthington, has died at age 44
The rapper paid tribute to his brother as he shared video of Bing to his Instagram, writing in the caption, ‘@badabing33 always made us laugh. u bac with moms’
‘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.
‘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.’
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.’
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 shared this selfie back in October 2022
Bing worked with his brother in his music career; Snoop pictured earlier this month
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.
‘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.