Rapper tweets ‘I’m ready to lead Twitter. First
order of business, get that moolah!’ as Costolo announces shock departure.
Snoop Dogg has professed an interest in becoming
chief executive of Twitter after the announcement that current chief Dick
Costolo is to step down.
The rapper, briefly known as Snoop Lion during a
short-lived reggae phase, tweeted: “I’m ready to lead @twitter!”, following up
with: “First order of business, get that moolah!”
It’s
unclear whether this was the reason for a brief 8% rise in Twitter stock , but
the Guardian would like to think so. Shortly after Snoop’s announcement,
hashtags #SnoopforCEO and #IfSnoopWasTwitterCEO were created.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is to take the helm
at the social network as interim chief executive, after Costolo’s shock
departure , but users backed Snoop’s tongue-in-cheek ambition.
Tweets in support quoted Snoop lyrics and puns and
referred to the star’s well-known love of marijuana. Many were retweeted by the
star.
Snoop is well known for his wide range of
interests. He is a big fan of football (aka soccer) but perhaps most
brilliantly, he is a follower of British soap Coronation Street , even pursuing
a cameo role and professing his attraction to the character Deirdre Barlow,
played by the late Anne Kirkbride.
Speaking about the programme, he said: “I love the
whole dynamic, the way it is put together, it is my world, it is something I
could fall into.”
Costolo leaves Twitter with the network reporting
302 million MAUs (monthly active users), but his tenure has been marked with
issues surrounding abuse and bullying on the platform.
In a
leaked staff memo, Costolo wrote: “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on
the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.”
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg)
June 11, 2015
Im ready to lead @twitter !! #SnoopforCEO
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg)
June 11, 2015
First order of Business! Get that Moolah!
#SnoopforCEO @twitter
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