As soon as he read that Snoop Dogg was making an appearance in Vancouver, Portland resident Derek Palmer bought the ticket, then he set to work on a gift for the hip hop icon.

“I hope he likes it,” Palmer said, holding a framed black and white spray painted stenciled portrait of the star while standing in line outside Mary Jane’s House of Grass on Wednesday afternoon, waiting for Snoop Dogg to pull up and walk the red carpet into the store.

“At this point, it’s nostalgia. When I was super young, my older brother bought me (his first album). I listen to his new stuff, but his older stuff resonates,” Palmer said.

Mary Jane’s House of Grass is a marijuana kiosk store within the Mary Jane’s House of Glass operation at 8312 E. Mill Plain Blvd., a business of more than 10 stores that sell smoking glass pipes and other marijuana lifestyle accessories. Through the end of the week, Snoop Dogg is also appearing at other House of Glass stores in Southwest Washington.

Palmer was one of more than 30 people who paid $150 for a chance to get a photo with and an autograph from the rapper and a 40 percent discount during his hourlong private appearance at Mary Jane’s. Another 30 people, approximately, who didn’t buy tickets lined up on the other side of the building behind a velvet rope, eagerly awaiting their chance to catch a glimpse of the star through his swarm of bodyguards as he made his way inside.