Television Awards but it was Snoop Dogg who stole the show.

The rapper wearing a black cowboy hat, black duster jacket and black zip-up ankle boots was in high demand backstage.

Swift grabbed him for photos, saying "I'm a huge fan!" At another point, he and Jason Aldean were spotted comparing cowboy boots. "Snoop said he liked my boots with the square toe and then he said I was a pimp," boasted Aldean. "That's got to be the ultimate compliment, when Snoop calls you a pimp."

So what on earth was the hip-hop star doing at a country awards show? "I actually did a country song on my new album called My Medicine that was inspired by Johnny Cash," Snoop told PEOPLE at the event. "[Country music] inspires me and it makes me feel so good hearing it, so I really wanted to come and be a part of this heritage."

Snoop is a huge fan of the Man in Black thanks, he says, to Cash's "heart, his soul, his music" but it seems he still has a bit to learn when it comes to contemporary country crooners.

In the midst of his interview with PEOPLE, the Father Hood star stopped mid-sentence to gape at LeAnn Rimes, who was posing for pictures nearby. "Wow damn! Who is that?" he asked.

Upon learning her identity, Snoop gushed, "She is beautiful! Wow, wow, wow."

He then turned to the 25-year-old singer and asked, "Can I meet you?" (She responded, "Nice to meet you, sir.")

Snoop couldn't leave before adding one last compliment: "You look like Marilyn Monroe!"