{"id":253090,"date":"2025-07-10T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253090\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:14:11","slug":"snoop-dogg-and-telegram-sell-out-celebrity-digital-gifts-in-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253090\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg and Telegram Sell Out Celebrity Digital Gifts in Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Snoop Dogg &amp; Pavel Durov<br \/>\n                          We Dropped Telegram Gifts Like They Were Hot<br \/>\n                          &#8230; And Sold Out in Minutes!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 9, 2025 2:41 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250709_9f1586545a564d0799b30bba3c0c609b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:624c81ca-5b30-475d-9d74-fe7a47520506\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9f1586545a564d0799b30bba3c0c609b_md.jpg\" alt=\"snoop dogg and Pavel Durov getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/snoop-dogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong><\/a> and Telegram&#8217;s <strong>Pavel Durov<\/strong> dropped the platform&#8217;s first-ever celeb digital gift drop today, and they&#8217;re gonna have to drum up a lot more &#8212; it&#8217;s completely sold out!!!<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the campaign tells TMZ Hip Hop the gifts sold out in an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; way &#8230; to the tune of 1 millions gifts in a matter of seconds!!!<\/p>\n<p>The drop included digital collectibles that are verified on the TON Blockchain &#8230; allowing verified owners the exclusivity to customize their channels, bios, and messages.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Telegram boasts a billion users, and Snoop dropped a new track &#8212; surprisingly titled &#8220;Gifts&#8221; &#8212; to cement the partnership &#8230; a song that may hit a little different if you were early enough to scoop one up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despite Telegram\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TranslateGate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TranslateGate<\/a>, founder and CEO of the messaging app, Pavel Durov, felt compelled to reply to Snoop Dogg\u2019s post<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is the CEO\u2019s first post since TranslateGate started 5 days ago<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Still no comment or word from anyone about the issue <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1K273XR6UF\">pic.twitter.com\/1K273XR6UF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donnie (@vibedonnie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vibedonnie\/status\/1939817536146878955?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 30, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vibedonnie\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@vibedonnie<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Snoop and Pavel had a friendly exchange on X &#8212; which we&#8217;re told was completely organic &#8212; but you know how Tha Doggfather&#8217;s business savvy operates &#8230; leading to the deal, spearheaded by Mint, that you see today.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8e4fbe1d1e9e4920800dcdd1116f057a_md.jpg\" alt=\"snoop\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>Snoop&#8217;s a frontrunner for coolest campaigns of the year &#8230; remember his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/30\/snoop-dogg-joint-venture-art-collection-leftover-blunt-roaches\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>leftover blunt roaches<\/strong><\/a> are also being auctioned off as art.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg &amp; 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