Seamus Wray, who lives in Panama City Beach, recently painted a portrait of rapper Snoop Dogg that the hip-hop legend liked so much, he made it his profile picture on Instagram.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — It ain't nothin' but a G thang for local artist Seámus Wray.

Wray, who lives in Panama City Beach, recently painted a portrait of rapper Snoop Dogg that the hip-hop legend liked so much, he made it his profile picture on Instagram.

"I'm honored to be honored by a musician of Snoop's caliber," Wray said Tuesday. "I painted him because I think he is awesome; his music inspires me. ... I like making pictures, and it's an honor to be noticed by other great artists."

Wray's paintings frequently depict celebrities. He said he took three to four hours Nov. 14 to paint the portrait of Snoop, which shows him smiling in a beanie and scarf. Wray posted it on Instagram that same day and got a lot of attention after also posting it on Reddit, but the biggest compliment came later that week, when Snoop Dogg himself not only complimented the painting but made it his profile picture.

“Dope art @seamuswray,” Snoop — real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. — posted Friday when sharing the portrait on Instagram. “Who else got snoop art ?? Post wit #unclesnoopsartists.”

Snoop's post had more than 116,000 likes and 680 comments Tuesday, many complimenting Wray's portrait.

"That's pretty sick!" Instagram user proutyben said.

Wray frequently paints pictures of celebrities and in September had an exhibit at the Bay County Public Library titled “Icons” that showed off some of his artwork of famous people. Other celebrities he has painted include Bill Murray, Danny DeVito and Samuel L. Jackson.

“I feel like I’m building an empire,” Wray told The News Herald in September. “Slowly.”