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       INTERNATIONAL rap artist Snoop Dogg has acknowledged Malaysian hip-hop star Joe Flizzow’s (pic) efforts in searching for new and promising hip-hop talents from South-East Asia, reported Berita Harian.

       During a Zoom interview hosted by Def Jam Recordings Southeast Asia (SEA), the hip-hop legend, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, praised Joe Flizzow’s popular online talent search – 16 Baris.

       Expressing his delight at Joe Flizzow’s programme and how well it was doing on YouTube, the internationally acclaimed rapper was excited and had nothing but praise for him.

       “You guys got it real good over here. Love it!

       “This is what I have been talking about and you guys are actually doing it,” said Snoop Dogg.

       During the session, Snoop Dogg promised to give Joe Flizzow and fellow Def Jam SEA-sponsored artists a chain and was looking forward to seeing them.

       The Apa Khabar singer was honoured to meet Snoop Dogg and hoped for a collaboration someday.

       He shared some snippets of the session on his Instagram account with the caption:

       “Amazing Zoom call with the legendary Snoop Dogg.

       “Thank you for the words of encouragement and looking forward to creating more history,”.

       Joe Flizzow previously collaborated in a duet with international hip-hop icon, Warren G.

       In January, he collaborated with famous South Korean hip-hop artist Jay Park and K-Clique’s MK for Ciao, composed by ALYPH.

       Aside from Joe Flizzow, Def Jam SEA boasts an impressive line-up including Daboyway, Yung Raja, Fariz Jabba, ALYPH and A. Nayaka.

       > A female trader in Pendang, Alor Setar, was cheated of RM30,000 by a woman who convinced her to provide a capital injection into a health and cosmetics business, reported Harian Metro.

       Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the trader gave the woman the money in April and was promised to get her capital and profits back within a month.

       The trader later suspected it was a scam after the woman gave various reasons when inquired about her investment.

       Comm Kamarul Zaman said the trader lodged a report on Sept 15 and following that, the police arrested a 30-year-old female beauty business founder in front of her shop in Pendang to assist in the investigation.

       He said there had been two police reports regarding the case but believed more people had fallen victim to the scam and had yet to lodge police reports.

       As the woman had promised to return the money.

       The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.