Juan's climb to mainstream celebrity began when he met Snoop Dogg backstage at the Soul Train awards. They soon became good friends, and Juan became Snoop's "spiritual advisor". He also acts as a "spiritual advisor" to Gina Gershon as seen in an episode of the documentary series "Rocked with Gina Gershon". In 2003, Snoop Dogg stated that he was working on producing Juan's first album and Juan did release a compilation album of '70s and '80s soul classics in 2006, titled "Green is for the Money, Gold is for the Honeys".