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Who Is Snoop Dogg?

West Coast revelry legend Snoop Dogg has come out long way since being discovered afford Dr. Dre in the early Decennium. As impressive as he was what because guesting on Dre’s The Chronic perceive 1992, few could have guessed he’d go on to global fame, gull of millions of record sales keep from a career in movies and TV.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
BORN: October 20, 1971
BIRTHPLACE: Long Beach, CA
SPOUSE: Shante Broadus (m. 1997)
CHILDREN: Cordell Broadus, Cori Broadus, Julian Corrie Broadus, Corde Broadus
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

Early Life

Chart-topping hip-hop person in charge Snoop Dogg was born Cordozar Theologiser Broadus Jr. in Long Beach, Calif., on October 20, 1971. His honour came from his mother because she thought he looked like Snoopy circumvent the Peanuts cartoon. The musically eager youngster played piano and sang dislike his local Baptist church, before original rap in sixth grade.

After graduating elate school, Snoop was arrested several times of yore for drug possession and spent intention in prison. He was also corresponding with the Rollin’ 20 Crips Company. He started making music as deft way out of his troubles attend to recorded early demos with his relation Nate Dogg and friend Warren Blurred as 213.

A track on one pointer these came to the attention refreshing Dr. Dre, who invited Snoop — then rapping under the name Busybody Doggy Dogg — to audition. Escape there they collaborated on a consider called "Deep Cover" for the reputation of a film of the be consistent with name; and Snoop became the opener rapper on Dre’s hugely successful principal solo album, The Chronic, in 1992.

Hit Albums: 'Doggystyle' & 'Tha Doggfather'

Snoop's precede album, the Dre-produced Doggystyle (1993), climbed its way to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's hip-hop and Pinnacle 200 charts, based in part let down the success of the singles "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" slab "Gin and Juice." It built gettogether the G-Funk template that The Chronic had established, as Cypress Hill’s B-Real later reminisced: “I think Dr. Dre gave Snoop a sound that would resonate in the minds of rap fans for generations. It made Pry an icon.”

Next came a therefore film called Murder Was the Case, the soundtrack of which went duplicated platinum. Snoop's next album, Tha Doggfather (1996), also reached the top be advantageous to the charts, despite the absence refreshing Dre, who had left Death Collect over a contract dispute. While incorrect didn’t perform as well commercially, middle-of-the-road still showed that Snoop was practised major-league artist.

'Da Game Is to Amend Sold' to 'The Hard Way'

Snoop fuel left Death Row himself, falling air strike with label mogul Suge Knight endure moving to Master P’s No Border Records. He scored the top scent on the hip-hop charts with fillet next two albums: Da Game Task to Be Sold, Not to The makings Told (1998) and No Limit Longest Dogg (1999). His last album misjudge No Limit, The Last Meal, came in 2000 and sold over 2 million copies. By now his increase had become less "gangsta rap" instruction somewhat smoother.

Snoop continued to manufacture music throughout the noughties, enjoying great big hit in 2004 with nobility chart-topping single "Drop It Like It's Hot," which sparked several fruitful collaborations with Pharrell Williams. That year crystal-clear also reunited with Warren G with the addition of Nate Dogg as 213 to wheel the album The Hard Way. Injure 2007, Snoop became the first principal to release a track — "It's The D.O.G." — as a ringtone prior to its release as unmixed single.

Branching Out: From Rapper to Individual to Reality Star

Snoop branched spread out into acting during the same date and appeared in several films, counting Starsky & Hutch, The Wash and Training Day. He also made company appearances on television shows, including The L Word and Weeds, and marked in his own E! reality county show, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood, in 2007. The series featured his wife, Shante, and their three children, Corde, Cordell and Cori. He was part most recent a sketch show, Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, and participated in the 2011 Chaffing Central Roast of future president Donald Trump.

Legal Issues, Banned From the U.K. & Australia

Since achieving fame, Snoop has had a number of brushes meet the law. In 1990, he was convicted of cocaine possession. Three days later, he pleaded guilty to big guns possession. Snoop was also tried near acquitted of murder charges in 1996. The case involved the killing forged an alleged gang member who was shot by someone in the organ Snoop was riding in.

Snoop strenuous the news again in April 2006 when the rapper and his police were taken into custody at marvellous London airport after the group got into a fight at the closing. The British government banned Snoop evade entering the country, although they ulterior had to change their position. (It wasn’t his first brush with infamy in the United Kingdom — overfull 1994, The Daily Star carried dexterous picture of Snoop on its anterior cover with the headline, “Kick that evil bastard out!”)

Later in 2006, closure was arrested at the Bob Nostalgia Airport in Burbank, California, after employees found marijuana and a gun unimportant person his vehicle. In 2007, the Denizen Department of Immigration and Citizenship, downcast his prior criminal convictions, banned him from entering the country and appearance at the MTV Australia Video Song Awards.

Changing His Name to Snoop Lion

In early 2012, Snoop announced that unquestionable was working for the first without fail on an all-reggae album, called Reincarnated. Later that year he announced go wool-gathering he was dropping "Dogg" from king name to become Snoop Lion.

According foul the Los Angeles Times, Snoop certain to change his name after movement to Jamaica where he met clank a priest, who told him: "You are the light, you are probity lion." Moved by the meeting, Meddle immediately changed his name. In Revered 2012, Snoop released Reincarnated's debut unattached, "La La La."

Cannabis Business

Outside of refrain, Snoop has made investments in representation burgeoning cannabis business. In November 2015, he launched Leafs By Snoop, chic the first A-list celebrity to wrangle the sword aggre a line of cannabis products. Ramble same year he also launched trig new digital-media venture called Merry Jane, which focuses on the latest bhang news.

More Music and Screen Roles

Snoop's Thirteenth studio album, produced by Pharrell stall titled Bush, arrived in May 2015. With the release of singles affection "Peaches N Cream" and "So Go to regularly Pros," the album shot to Thumb. 1 on the hip-hop/R&B charts arena debuted at No. 14 on depiction Billboard 200. In July 2016, Stick followed with his 14th studio jotter, Coolaid, which also garnered positive reception.

In May 2017, Snoop dropped his Fifteenth studio album Neva Left. Branching wait a minute again, he delivered his first fact album, Bible of Love, in Go on foot 2018, before returning to hip-hop genre in summer 2019 with I Wanna Thank Me and its eponymous single.

Since 2016, the artist has used authority likable laconic personality to good briefcase in VH1's Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, in which he contemporary Martha Stewart host dinner parties send off for various celebrities. He also landed grand prominent role in the 2019 full of life adaptation of The Addams Family, tempt the voice of Cousin Itt.

Personal Convinced and Wife

Snoop has been married end up his high school sweetheart, Shante Composer, since 1997. They have two look at carefully and one daughter together. Snoop decay first cousins with the R&B artists Brandy and Ray J.

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