During the BET Hip-Hop Awards weekend Snoop Dogg said he was working with separate communities to speak out against gang violence. The event was inspired by Snoops 2013 song “No Guns Allowed” and it shares the same name. The event was a platform for discussion about police brutality and killings in the wake of Michael Brown’s death plus more general gun violence in America. Snoop spoke primarily about L.A. saying “L.A. is known for gangbanging, we are one of the originators of gangbanging. So if we could gel together to find ways to work together and end the gang-violence hopefully—with the help of you guys—we’ll be able to go around the globe and go to our urban areas and inner cities and rid the violence and give these kids something other to inspire towards other than being a gang member or drug dealer.” The event also had a Ferguson youth group called lost voices and the family of Mike Brown.