BREAKING NEWS: Snoop Dogg’s Mother Beverly Tate Has Died

(Los Angeles, CA) BREAKING NEWS: The mother of rapper Snoop Dogg has died, the star has announced. Beverly Tate’s death was confirmed by her son on his Instagram account on Sunday as he revealed the sad news to his 65.2 million followers. The rapper posted two sweet tributes to Beverly, with the first being an image of the pair. He wrote alongside it: “Mama thank u

In the second, which was a shot of his mum smiling, the California Gurls singer, 50, wrote: “Thank u god for giving me an angel for a mother TWMA.” A cause of death is yet to be revealed. The news was also confirmed by the musician’s father, Vernell, who also asked for prayers and said the family needed them now more than ever.

Beverly was hospitalised earlier in the year, but the reasons weren’t disclosed at the time. Snoop asked for good vibes from his fans at the time and updated them in July to say she was “still fighting” and had opened her eyes.

He wrote in July: “Happy Sunday me and my brothers went to [see] mama today and she opened up her eyes to [see] us and let us know she still fighting.

He didn’t reveal any further details however. Snoop has often attributed his mother to raising him to have good qualities and confessed that it was Beverly who forced him to apologies’ to Gayle King after he made controversial comments towards the presenter. Many stars and famous friends of the rapper took to the comments section on both of the star’s posts to send their condolences to the family. American actor Morris Chestnut wrote: “My condolences to you and your family.” ”Rest Easy Mrs  Tate from the Entire Brooks Global Media Group Family.”