Snoop Dogg Wikipedia. This article is about the American rapper, singer and actor. For the fictional dog, see Snoopy. Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. October 2. 0, 1. 97. Snoop Dogg sometimes shortened to Snoop and formerly called Snoop Doggy Dogg and Snoop Lion, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. His music career began in 1. Entertainment Tonight ET is the authoritative source on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywoods biggest stars, upcoming movies. E Online Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. October 20, 1971, known professionally as Snoop Dogg sometimes shortened to Snoop and formerly called Snoop Doggy Dogg and Snoop. Dr. Dre, and as a result he was featured on Dres solo debut, Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dres solo debut album, The Chronic. He has since sold over 2. United States and 3. Snoops debut album, Doggystyle, produced by Dr. Dre and released in 1. Death Row Records, debuted at number one on both the Billboard 2. Watch Love Bite Online Etonline' title='Watch Love Bite Online Etonline' />The Dont Be Tardy star, who posted a snap of Kash holding two puppies on Tuesday, explained on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohenlast week that despite. Billboard. Top R BHip Hop Albums charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle became certified 4 platinum in 1. Whats My Name and Gin Juice. In 1. 99. 4 Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was the Case, starring himself. His second album Tha Doggfather 1. Snoops Upside Ya Head, as the lead single. The album was certified double platinum in 1. Jan/banner-Kim654.jpg' alt='Watch Love Bite Online Etonline' title='Watch Love Bite Online Etonline' />After leaving Death Row Records, Snoop signed with No Limit Records, where he recorded his next three albums. Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told 1. No Limit Top Dogg 1. Tha Last Meal 2. Snoop then signed with PriorityCapitolEMI Records in 2. Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. He then signed with Geffen Records in 2. R G Rhythm Gangsta The Masterpiece, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, and Ego Trippin. Malice n Wonderland 2. Download The Mindy Project Season 2 here. Doggumentary 2. 01. Priority. Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows, including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Doggs Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark. He also coaches a youth football league and high school football team. In September 2. 00. Snoop was hired by EMI as the chairman of a reactivated Priority Records. In 2. Jamaica, Snoop announced a conversion to the Rastafari movement and a new alias, Snoop Lion. Under the new moniker, he released a reggae album, Reincarnated, and a documentary film of the same name, of his Jamaican experience, in early 2. His fourteenth solo studio album, Coolaid, was released in July 2. Snoop holds the dubious distinction of having 1. Watch The Terminal Torent Free'>Watch The Terminal Torent Free. Grammy nominations without a win. In March 2. 01. 6, the night before Wrestle. Mania 3. 2 in Arlington, Texas, Snoop was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWEHall of Fame, having made several appearances for the company, including as Master of Ceremonies during a match at Wrestle. Mania XXIV. 5Early life. Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. Long Beach, California,78 the second of three sons. He was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr. His mother is Beverly Broadus ne Tate. His father, Vernell Varnado,1. Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier who was said to be frequently absent from his life. As a boy, Broadus parents nicknamed him Snoopy because of his appearance, but they usually addressed him as Calvin at home. His mother and stepfather divorced in 1. When he was very young, Broadus began singing and playing piano at the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church. In sixth grade, he began rapping. Broadus father left the family when he was three months old. A DNA test read by George Lopez on Lopez Tonight revealed Broadus to be of 7. African, 2. 3 Native American, and 6 European descent. As a teenager, Broadus frequently ran into trouble with the law. He was a member of the Rollin 2. Crips gang in the Eastside area of Long Beach,1. Shortly after graduating from high school, he was arrested for possession of cocaine, and for the following three years, was frequently in and out of prison including Wayside Jail. Snoop, along with his cousins Nate Dogg and Lil Dead, and friend Warren G, recorded homemade tapes as a group called 2. Long Beach area code at the time. One of his early solo freestyles over En Vogues Hold On had made it to a mixtape which was heard by influential producer Dr. Dre, who called to invite him to an audition. Former N. W. A associate The D. O. C. taught him how to structure his lyrics and separate the thematics into verses, hooks, and chorus. Musical career. 19. Death Row, Doggystyle, and Tha Doggfather. When he began recording, Broadus took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg. Dr. Dre began working with Snoop Dogg, first on the theme song of the 1. Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dres debut solo album The Chronic with the other members of his former starting group, Tha Dogg Pound. The huge success of Snoop Doggs debut Doggystyle was partially because of this intense exposure. Snoop Dogg has worked extensively with Tha Dogg Pound over the course of his career. To fuel the ascendance of West Coast. G funk hip hop, the singles Who Am I Whats My Name and Gin and Juice reached of the top ten most played songs in the United States, and the album stayed on the Billboard charts for several months. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop Dogg often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians. Unlike much of the harder edged gangsta rap artists, Snoop Dogg seemed to show his softer side, said music journalist Chuck Philips. In fact, the artists favorite track on his 1. Gangsta Life. 2. 2 Its about how my mama raised me and my brothers on her own and how we got caught up on the streets. In the song I give my mama her respect and yet I try to show just what the wages are for kids not paying attention. I aint no gospel rap musician, man, but I got faith in what I believe in, the artist told Philips. Rolling Stone music critic Tour asserted that Snoop had a relatively soft vocal delivery compared to other rappers Snoops vocal style is part of what distinguishes him where many rappers scream, figuratively and literally, he speaks softly. Doggystyle, much like The Chronic, featured a host of rappers signed to or affiliated with the Death Row label including Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and others. A short film about Snoop Doggs murder trial called Murder Was the Case, was released in 1. On July 6, 1. 99. Doggy Style Records, Inc., a record label founded by Snoop Dogg, was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity number C1. After Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder charges on February 2. Claremont, California and by August 1.