Rapper Warren G joins ownership group for Long Beach Baseball Club

Rap icon Warren G has joined the possession group for the Lengthy Seashore Baseball Membership, an impartial skilled crew that hopes to start enjoying video games as quickly as 2026. 

He joins a crew backed by Innovation Baseball Companions and dealing in collaboration with Lengthy Seashore metropolis leaders and Cal State Lengthy Seashore. Workforce officers known as the rapper’s partnership a “homecoming and a chance to convey one thing new to Lengthy Seashore.”

“That is extra than simply proudly owning a part of a crew, it is about giving again to my metropolis,” stated an announcement from Warren G. “Lengthy Seashore formed me, and I need to assist construct one thing constructive for the following era. Baseball brings individuals collectively, and that is what I am all about.”

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The membership started to take form in July, when Long Beach City Council members approved a plan that might convey a brand new crew to Blair Discipline, the place Cal State Lengthy Seashore’s baseball crew performs its house video games. Metropolis and crew officers are aiming to debut within the Pioneer Baseball League to begin subsequent season. 

The crew stated that they are actively working to construct a recreation day expertise that displays town’s power and tradition by mixing baseball with music, meals and the group. Additionally they stated that Warren G’s barbecue model, Sniffin’ Griffin’s BBQ, can also play a job. 

“Warren brings not solely star energy, however a real dedication to group,” stated an announcement from Paul Freedman, the co-founder of Innovation Baseball Companions. “He shares our imaginative and prescient of baseball as a approach to convey individuals collectively, and we’re thrilled to have him as a part of the Lengthy Seashore Baseball Membership household.”

The Pioneer Baseball League operates independently as a Main League Baseball Companion League. They presently have 12 groups throughout the West Coast, together with the Oakland Ballers, who’re additionally backed by Innovation Baseball Companions.