Former MSU and NBA star Morris Peterson teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg for the Hoop 4 Water charity game in Flint on Saturday. (Chris Solari/LSJ)
‘We’re here to try to fix the problem,’ Snoop says after effort with former Spartans, other celebs
FLINT – It was a red-carpet affair, basketball and celebrity converging in the bowels of the arena. Paparazzi flashed their bulbs and TV camera lights shined as luminaries strolled by one at a time.
Finally, the crowd cleared. Snoop Dogg entered the building. He stopped long enough to hug 8-year-old Mari Copeny, whose letter to President Barack Obama about her hometown’s water crisis drew national attention.