Snoop Dogg invites owner of world’s biggest swede backstage for a chat about ‘vegetation’ (but Welshman turns him down because he’s a country and western fan

He makes no secret of his love of cannabis. He has even campaigned to legalise it. But it seems notorious gangster rapper Snoop Dogg is mellowing towards more law-abiding forms of vegetation as he approaches middle age. The Drop It Like It's Hot star has posted a video on YouTube congratulating a retired farmer on his record-breaking swede - and invited him backstage at his upcoming gig in Cardiff in a bid to learn the secret.