Cruz Beckham has shared a sweet childhood snap with Snoop Dogg, as he reflected on their long family friendship.

The 18-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham took to his Instagram Stories on Monday to post a throwback photo of him and the rapper, 51.

A toddler Cruz sits on the grass alongside Snoop, pulling a funny face, while the Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker pouts his bottom lip for the camera.

Captioning the adorable shot, Cruz wrote: ‘@snoodogg day 1’.

The unlikely duo have known each other for years, due to Snoop’s friendship with Cruz’s famous father David, 48.

Snoop has said their ‘natural attraction’ dates back to his Death Row Records heyday and David’s career beginnings as one of England’s brightest footballing prospects.

Speaking to MailOnline earlier this year, he explained: ‘We’ve been friends since the early nineties.

‘We love the same things. We love to win. We love to work hard. We’re family men, and people love us.

‘We’re naturally attracted to each other. We built the friendship years and years ago. He created a family, and I created a family.’

So close is their friendship that in 2007 Snoop even welcomed David – at the time a new signing for Los Angeles Galaxy – as a special guest on his former reality show Father Hood, during which the pair unsuccessfully attempted to introduce football to the rapper’s children.

He recalled: ‘When I had my show Father Hood on the E! Channel he came on and did some things with my kids about his football.

‘His babies were real little babies then, but when he come to see me the other day he brings his babies with him and they’re grown now.

‘We’ve just grown as a friendship, as a brotherhood and as a family.’

Cruz is an aspiring singer and musician himself, and Snoop has used his wealth of experience to offer him some valuable tips on how to succeed in the music industry.

In March, he, David and his brother Romeo reunited with Snoop backstage after his London show at the O2 Arena.

The reunion gave Snoop an opportunity to give Cruz a belated birthday gift and guidance.

He said: ‘I gave him some real good advice. Then I gave him a Death Row chain and told him to own it.’

Cruz’s post comes after he celebrated passing his driving test on Friday, by heading straight to McDonald’s drive-thru.

Sharing the news to his Instagram Story, proud dad David snapped a photo of hia youngest son behind the wheel of a burgundy 4×4.

‘Watch out someone passed his test! Well done mate, love you,’ David wrote while Cruz smiled from the driver’s seat.

Sharing a photo to his own Story, Cruz picked up a Big Mac meal and wrote: ‘First stop always.’