Last month, Ian Neale from Newport earned a place in horticultural history by cultivating the 38.8kg (85.5lb) swede. His efforts won praise from the unlikeliest of people - cannabis activist and hip-hop superstar Snoop. In a short YouTube clip, the rapper - wearing a Cardiff City football jersey and standing in front of a marijuana-plant background - sends a “shout out” to Mr Neale. “Man, I want to tell you something, when I do my show in Cardiff, I want you to come backstage and see me because I do vegetation myself and I want to know your secret,” he says in the video. “So Ian Neale… come see your boy Snoop Dogg, I’ve got two tickets for you when I get to town. Ya dig?” (via Snoop Dogg Cardiff: Rapper’s Praise For Ian Neale, Who Grew Giant Swede In Newport, South Wales | Strange News | Sky News)
