Snoop Dogg 'wants to uplift women'

Snoop Dogg has claimed that his attitude towards women has changed.

Speaking to The Times, the rapper admitted that he hadn't always respected them in the past, adding that part of his new album Malice N Wonderland had been written for women.

"When the record starts off you can tell I'm rapping with a lot of bad energy in my heart," he explained. "So that's the first half, that's 'Malice'. By the time I get midway through the record it tones down and takes on a different direction, and by the end I find myself in 'Wonderland'.

"And, you know, that's for the ladies. I been calling women 'bitches' and 'hos' my whole career and I didn't make songs for them. So I took time to give them that love and respect on this record."

However, Snoop Dogg also said that he doesn't take back any of his previous comments about women.

"I don't feel no regret, 'cause there are still hos and bitches out there," he explained. "But at the same time I do recognise the real woman, the real one that tends to be underappreciated. I want to uplift her."

Malice N Wonderland is released on December 7.