In a collaboration for GLAAD, Snoop Dogg and Jeremy Beloate have a conversation timed to the LGBTQ youth anti-bullying initiative #SpiritDay.

Months after Snoop Dogg raised hackles by expressing frustration with a same-sex couple who had a baby in the Pixar film "Lightyear," the rapper has launched an effort to teach kids about the many different forms a family can take.

On Oct. 13, Snoop released the song "Love is Love" on his animated children’s YouTube series "Doggyland." The track, about celebrating "families of all shapes and sizes," features a cameo from "The Voice" contestant Jeremy Beloate, who was part of Snoop's team in 2024.

The 53-year-old Long Beach, California-born rapper then partnered with LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD to release a conversation with Beloate on Oct. 16, coinciding with the LGBTQ youth anti-bullying initiative #SpiritDay. In the 36-minute chat, the two discussed bullying, the experience of feeling "othered" and their musical collaboration.

"'Love is Love' is a record that my kids' program 'Doggyland' presented me where ... it's teaching parenthood, is teaching the situations that kids – and the world – (are) going through right now in a beautiful way through song, dance, melody," Snoop explained.

"Just trying to get more understanding, clarity, on how we live and the way we live. And I felt like this music is a beautiful bridge to bringing understanding," he continued. "These are things that kids have questions have about, so now hopefully we can help answer these questions and help them to live a happy life and understand that love is love."

The song's lyrics include "Our parents are different/ No two are the same/ But the one thing that's for certain/ Is the love won't change/ Families are special/ They are so unique/ Everybody's got a purpose/ More than what you see."

"It's a beautiful thing that kids can have parents of all walks and being able to be shown love, to be taught what love is – because hate is taught, but so is love. And I think that being able to have parents of all walks of life, whether it's two fathers, two mothers, whatever it is, love is the key," Snoop told Beloate.

"And I think these kids are being loved by these great parents that are showing them an example of what family is. So I want to give a shoutout to all of the parents out there for doing such a great job with these kids."

Snoop's latest comments follow an appearance on the Aug. 20 episode of the "It's Giving" podcast, in which he said he was "scared to go to the movies now" after his grandson asked how two women had a baby together in 2022's "Lightyear."

The animated film "threw me for a loop," he said, adding, "These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They're going to ask questions! I don't have the answer."

Snoop Dogg describes elementary school bullying

Earlier in the conversation, Snoop related to Beloate after the singer shared, "I got bullied at school because I was a boy who sang."

"Most guys like me who come from gang-related neighborhoods, we've been bullied, too," he told his former mentee, going on to tell a story about a boy in the neighborhood who stomped on some goldfish he'd won as a prize in elementary school.

"There's things that we deal with, and I know you deal with yours. ... That's what I want to say to the people that's out there that's being bullied, that you will get past that and you'll be able to laugh at it, and you'll be able to smile about it," Snoop added.

"Because the character we build from being bullied to overcome is what's important."

Contributing: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY

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