Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto
1996 single by Snoop Dogg
"Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto" is a Christmas song recorded by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Tray Deee, and Bad Azz. It was released as the only single from the album, Christmas on Death Row. The song appeared in 2002 stoner comedy film Friday After Next.
The song is titled after James Brown's version of "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" from the 1968 album, A Soulful Christmas.
The music is taken from Isaac Hayes's song "Do Your Thing", originally released on the 1971 appeared Shaft soundtrack.
Music video
The music video was released in December 1996.
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