Q+a [snoop Dogg]

The rapper-actor and Orange County youth football coach stars in Soul Plane, which opens May 28.

SI: In Soul Plane you play a pilot. If you're flying our plane, what kind of ride should we expect?
Snoop: It'll be smooth, with heavy elevation and a lot of persuasion.

SI: Karl Malone has a cameo in the film as an homage to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane. Can the Mailman act?
Snoop: Yeah, he was straight. I give him a 9�.

SI: What sport would we be surprised to know you like?
Snoop: Tennis. I used to like Ivan Lendl. He was sharp. An old schooler. Make it happen and roll out. Now I like Venus and Serena, but Ivan was the truth.

SI: You often sport the jersey of your favorite bailer, Shaq. If you had to guard him, what would you do? Snoop: I'd foul him every time.

SI: You played football at Long Beach Poly High, and now you're a wide receiver on the Snoop Dogg All-Stars, a semipro team. How good are you?
Snoop: I'm the best receiver next to Randy Moss. They call me Snoop the Boss Moss. When I play defense, they call me the Range Rover.

SI: You're offensive coordinator for the Rowland Heights Raiders, your son Spanky's junior peewee team. Are you old school like Lombardi and Parcells?
Snoop: I'm more like Tom Landry, cool, calm and collected. And I have the brim on at every game.

SI: What's the one spoiling event you would love to attend if you had the chance?
Snoop: It'd be fly for me to be at Wimbledon.

SI: Is there one athlete you'd like to play in a movie?
Snoop: Oh, definitely. Julius Erving. Dr. J.

SI: Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle bragged that lie took you to the hole in a celebrity basketball game a couple of years ago. That can't be true, can it?
Snoop: I let him do that. He's a little kid. Why do I need to be blocking a little kid's shot? That don't move me. I let him have the moment in his life.