SNOOP DOGG was performing in Birmingham, Alabama this last Saturday. . . and you'll never guess who joined him on stage: "American Idol" winner TAYLOR HICKS. (???)

--Taylor. . . a Birmingham native. . . played harmonica on the song "Gin and Juice". . . and later he came back on stage to show off his famously spastic dance moves.

(--Okay. . . Snoop is getting soft in his old age. He used to roll with Dr. Dre. Now he's hanging out with "American Idol" contestants. How long before Snoop rolls with CLAY AIKEN???)

(--Then again, maybe it's a perfectly natural match. You know. . . the leader of the SOUL PATROL meets the captain of the "SOUL PLANE"??? Want to see what the two of them looked like on stage together? Of course you do. Check it out. . .)