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Snoop loves the kids. That’s why he started coaching his son’s youth and high school football team. And his acclaimed Snoop Youth Football League has approximately 2,500 players on 12 teams throughout the Los Angeles area.

After the rap star’s success in helping Crenshaw High School turn around its football program with several players who gained experience in the Snoop Youth Football League, Snoop’s taking his gridiron skills on the road. Today, he’ll kickoff the SYFL in Chicago with a football clinic for 200 eight to 14-year-old boys from the Chicago Housing Authority.

The participants will then enjoy a back-to-school party with a school supply and bookbag giveaway for 600 Chicago children.

“We’re excited to bring the Snoop Youth Football League to the city of Chicago,” says Tonja Styles, one of the event’s organizers. “The impact he’s had on inner-city youth in Los Angeles is more than commendable. He’s kept so many young people in school and out of harm’s way with this program. Chicago needs this.”

Several current and former Chicago Bears players will be involved, including Brian Urlacher, Rashied Davis, D.J. Moore, Chester Taylor and Richard Dent. Snoop and his staff will lead the two-hour clinic, and Allied for Athletes, an national organization of professional athletes will also participate.

“This allows them to see the artist giving back to the community and also introduces them to sports,” Crystal Brown Black, executive director of Windows of Opportunity, CHA’s nonprofit affiliate told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Their ability to go onto a field and learn techniques in football is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Chicago, the first city outside of Los Angeles to have a league, is expected to see league play next year.