On Monday, Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to share the sad news about the death of his older cousin, illustrator Darryl “Joe Cool” Daniel, the artist behind his Doggystyle album cover. The post simply says “R.I.
P. my big cuzn joe cool” along with a video Daniel took while hanging out at the studio with Snoop’s 2017 song “ Promise You This ” playing in the background. A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) Joe Cool, as cousins Snoop and Daz Dillinger called him, was instrumental in Snoop’s branding.
Signing his work under the name Joe Cizzool, he illustrated the iconic artwork for the Long Beach rapper’s seminal debut album Doggystyle . Daniel was also responsible for the Gin and Juice single artwork , as well as the back of The Doggfather CD and the cover art for The Last Meal . Daz also paid tribute to his late cousin with a picture of him, Snoop and Joe Cool hanging out as well as a couple pics of Daniel highlighting his art.
The caption reads, “REST N PEACE DARYL JOE COOL DANIEL. MY BIGG CUZZN THIS REALLY HURTS WE GREW UP TOGETHER U WAS THERE FROM DAY ONE IM GONE REALLY REALLY MISS U BIGG CUZ.” A post shared by Dazzel Dillinger (@dazdillinger) According to an interview with HipHopDX in 2013 , Daniel said he was incarcerated and on drugs when his younger cousin asked him to do his album cover, but he didn’t believe Snoop was rapping with Dr.
Dre at first. While he was doing a bid in California State Prison, he sent his sister a drawing of Snoop, and w.