Snoop Dogg & Ice Spice played a surprise Times Square show for ‘Fortnite’ Ch. 2 Remix launch (pics)
Epic Games’ very popular online game Fortnite has done multiple music collaborations in the past, and they’ve just launched another, Chapter 2, the Remix, which features Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Spice, and the late Juice WLRD. Each artist has their own skin, themed gameplay location, and other custom elements, and different locations enter the game each week for the first four weeks of November. Here’s more from the Fortnite blog:
Week 1 (Starts Nov 2) – Snoop Dogg & The Doggpound
The Agency compound is now The Doggpound, the new headquarters and home base for Snoop’s enterprise. The Doggfather will gift you Snoop’s Drum Gun Mythic if you can defeat him, and will join you as an ally! This OG’s also the Icon for Fortnite Festival Season 6! You’ll be able to unlock his LBC ‘93 Dogg Outfit by picking up the Music Pass, and you’ll find the Snoop Dogg Outfit in the Shop.Week 2 (Starts Nov 7) – His Name is Slim Shady (at the Grotto)
Abracadabra! Guess who’s back, bruh? Eminem is reaching into his bag of tricks to make a restaurant appear, Mom’s Spaghetti, in the Grotto cave… an area known for its window shoppers and convenient location. Showed up to Spaghetti Grotto without a reservation? If you can defeat Eminem, he’ll join your cause and bestow you with his Mythic RG Minigun — a lyrical minigun with a rapid-fire flow. It’s only natural to be inspired after watching Slim in action. Pick up the new Rap Boy Reloaded Outfit when it hits the Shop in Week 2!Week 3 (Starts Nov 14) – Ice Spice Headlines Shark Island
Grrah. Bow down, because Bronx baddie Ice Spice has dibs on Shark Island, now dubbed Ice Isle! You’ll love her plans for the place: Ice Isle will be a neon-lit, Y2K-dripped abandoned shopping mall with an ominous aura. Defeat Ice to add her to your team and get Ice Spice’s Grappler and Ice Spice’s Rifle Mythics! Coming for the crown each match? The Ice Spice Outfit and Rap Princess Ice Spice Outfit, both featuring Benny The Jeweler’s princess necklace, will be in the Shop starting in Week 3.Week 4 (Starts Nov 21) – Legends Are Forever
It’s not a lucid dream. Draw your eye to the setting sun at the WRLD Point landmark arriving in Week 4.Also in Week 4 – Remix: The Finale
Chapter 2 Remix is ending on a special note — catch the Remix: The Finale live event on November 30 at 2 PM ET! To honor Juice’s legacy and love for Fortnite, all players who log in between 1 AM ET on November 30 and 1 AM ET on December 1 will receive the cel-shaded Slayer Juice WRLD Outfit*. Stay tuned for more details on celebrating Juice WRLD and Remix: The Finale, later this month.
Fortnite launched the new remixed chapter with a surprise live event with both Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice that happened in real life in Times Square and was also streamed in-game. If you missed it, the Fortnite blog says you can “catch the full performance in-game at Risky Reels in the near future.”
We’ve got pics of the real-life Times Square show by by Toby Tenenbaum in this post. See more of those below, along with the trailer for Chapter 2, the Remix, and read more here.
Snoop Dogg also recently announced his new album Missionary, which will be his first album produced by Dr. Dre sine 1993’s Doggystyle. He put out lea single “Gorgeous” (ft. Jhené Aiko) on Friday and you can check that out here.
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