There was something in the air last Saturday night at Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, and we think it was nostalgia.

To blame? The 50th anniversary of hip-hop and West coast gangsta-rap legend-turned kids song artist, Snoop Dogg, who brought along rap music’s second most-stoned emcee (Wiz Khalifa), plus fellow hip-hop elder statesmen Too Short and Warren G.

Warren G plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Too Short plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Wiz Khalifa plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Snoop Dogg plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Snoop Dogg plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...