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Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg in 2023
Born	Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (1971-10-20) October 20, 1971 (age 53) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Other names	\n Snoop Doggy Dogg \n Snoop Lion \n Bigg Snoop Dogg \n Dogg Father \n Snoop Rock \n DJ Snoopadelic \n Snoopzilla \n FaZe Snoop \n Niggarachi^[1] \n
Occupations	\n Rapper \n songwriter \n record producer \n media personality \n actor \n
Years active	1991\u2013present
Works	\n Albums \n singles \n guest appearances \n production \n filmography \n
Title	Founder of Doggy Style Records Owner of Death Row Records Executive creative consultant at Def Jam Recordings
Spouse	\n Shante Taylor (m. 1997)
Children	4
Relatives	Bing Worthington (brother)^[2] Nate Dogg (cousin) RBX (cousin) Mr. Malik (cousin) Lil \u00bd Dead (cousin) Mercedes Mon\u00e9 (cousin)^[3] Boldy James^[4]
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	\n West Coast hip-hop \n gangsta rap \n G-funk \n
Labels	\n Death Row \n Aftermath \n Interscope \n gamma. \n Create \n Doggystyle \n EMPIRE \n Def Jam \n RCA Inspiration \n E1 \n i am OTHER \n Columbia \n RCA \n MCA \n Geffen \n Star Trak \n Priority \n Capitol \n EMI \n No Limit \n
Member of	\n Mt. Westmore \n QDT \n Tha Eastsidaz \n
Formerly of	\n 213 \n 7 Days of Funk \n
\n Musical artist
Website	snoopdogg.com
Signature

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (/\u02c8bro\u028ad\u026as/ BROH-dis; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg),^{[note 1]} is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.^[5]^[6]^[7] Known for his signature drawled lyrics\u2014which often use melodic rhyming, repetition, word play, laconic phrases, syncopation\u2014and alliteration, his music often addresses the lifestyle and culture of the West Coast and social issues such as gun violence and\nstability for the youth.^[8]^[9] His initial fame dates back to 1992 following his guest appearance on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, \"Deep Cover\", and later on Dre's debut album, The Chronic that same year. Snoop Dogg has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States, and 35 million albums worldwide.^[10]^[11] His accolades include an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 Grammy Award nominations.\n

Produced entirely by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg's debut studio album, Doggystyle (1993) was released by Death Row Records and debuted atop the Billboard 200. Selling 806,000 copies in its first week, the album received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) the following year and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles \"What's My Name?\" and \"Gin and Juice\". He was the lead performer on Death Row's soundtrack album for the 1994 short film Murder Was the Case, wherein Snoop Dogg made his acting debut. He has since appeared in other films and popular media. His second album, Tha Doggfather (1996), debuted atop the chart and received double platinum certification.\n

In 1998, he parted ways with Death Row in favor of Master P's No Limit Records, through which he saw largely continued success with his albums Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998), No Limit Top Dogg (1999), and Tha Last Meal (2000). He then signed with Priority, Capitol, and EMI Records to release his sixth album Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002), which was further commercially oriented. This effectively continued upon him signing with Geffen Records to release his next three albums: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004), Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006), and Ego Trippin' (2008); the former spawned the single \"Drop It Like It's Hot\" (featuring Pharrell), which became his first to peak atop the Billboard Hot 100. He then returned to Priority and Capitol\u2014upon his hiring as chairman of the former label\u2014to release his tenth and eleventh albums, Malice 'n Wonderland (2009) and Doggumentary (2011), both of which saw mild critical and commercial response.^[12]\n

In 2012, following a trip to Jamaica, Snoop Dogg converted to Rastafari and adopted the alias Snoop Lion, under which he released a reggae album, Reincarnated (2013), and a namesake documentary film about his Jamaican experience. His thirteenth studio album, Bush (2015), was produced entirely by frequent collaborator Pharrell. His fourteenth studio album, Coolaid was released in 2016. In 2018, Snoop Dogg became \"a born-again Christian\" and released his first gospel album, Bible of Love in March of that year.^[13] Also that year, Snoop Dogg was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[14] In 2022, he acquired Death Row Records from MNRK Music Group (formerly known as eOne Music), and released his nineteenth studio album, BODR (2022)\u2014preceded by the independently-released I Wanna Thank Me (2019) and From tha Streets 2 tha Suites (2021).^[15] On December 13, 2024, he released his twentieth studio album; Missionary, which became his highest-charting album since 2015\u2013peaking within the top-twenty of the Billboard 200.\n

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v t e Snoop Dogg
\n Albums \n Singles \n Songs \n Guest appearances \n Awards and nominations \n Filmography \n
Studio albums	\n Doggystyle (1993) \n Tha Doggfather (1996) \n Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998) \n No Limit Top Dogg (1999) \n Tha Last Meal (2000) \n Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002) \n R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004) \n Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006) \n Ego Trippin' (2008) \n Malice n Wonderland (2009)\n More Malice \n Doggumentary (2011) \n Reincarnated (2013) \n Bush (2015) \n Coolaid (2016) \n Neva Left (2017) \n Bible of Love (2018) \n I Wanna Thank Me (2019) \n From tha Streets 2 tha Suites (2021) \n BODR (2022) \n Missionary (2024) \n
Compilations	\n Dead Man Walkin' \n Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best \n Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album \n Snoop Dogg Presents The Big Squeeze \n Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas In Tha Dogg House \n Death Row: The Lost Sessions Vol. 1 \n Snoop Dogg Presents Algorithm \n
EPs	\n Dispicable \n Stoner's EP \n Make America Crip Again \n 220 \n
Soundtracks	\n Murder Was the Case \n Bones \n Mac & Devin Go to High School (with Wiz Khalifa) \n
Mixtapes	\n Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape \n That's My Work, Volume 1 (with The Dogg Pound) \n That's My Work 2 \n That's My Work 3 \n That's My Work 4 (with The Eastsidaz) \n That's My Work 5 (with The Dogg Pound) \n LBC Movement presents Beach City \n
Collaborations	\n Tha Eastsidaz (with Tha Eastsidaz) \n Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way (with Tha Eastsidaz) \n The Hard Way (with 213) \n 7 Days of Funk (with D\u00e2m-Funk) \n Cuzznz (with Daz Dillinger) \n Snoop Cube 40 $hort (with Ice Cube, E-40 & Too $hort) \n
Concert tours	\n Up in Smoke Tour \n Rock the Bells \n
Related articles	\n 213 \n Tha Dogg Pound \n Tha Eastsidaz \n 7 Days of Funk \n Mount Westmore \n Doggy Style Records \n Leafs By Snoop \n Mary + Jane \n Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party \n Pleezbaleevit! \n One More Light World Tour \n Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle \n Tekken Tag Tournament 2 \n Reincarnated (film) \n Merry Jane \n Doggyland \n
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v t e Snoop Dogg songs
\n Singles discography \n Songs \n Guest appearances \n Awards and nominations \n
Doggystyle	\n \"Gin and Juice\" \n \"Lodi Dodi\" \n \"Murder Was the Case\" \n \"What's My Name?\" \n \"Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)\" \n \"Doggy Dogg World\" \n
Tha Doggfather	\n \"Doggfather\" \n \"Vapors\" \n \"Snoop's Upside Ya Head\" \n
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told	\n \"Woof\" \n \"Still a G Thang\" \n
No Limit Top Dogg	\n \"Snoopafella\" \n \"G Bedtime Stories\" \n \"Down for My N's\" \n \"Bitch Please\" \n \"Just Dippin'\" \n
Tha Last Meal	\n \"Hennesey'n Buddah\" \n \"Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)\" \n \"Wrong Idea\" \n \"Lay Low\" \n \"Loosen' Control\" \n
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss	\n \"From tha Chuuuch to da Palace\" \n \"Beautiful\" \n \"Paper'd Up\" \n \"Pimp Slapp'd\" \n \"Mission Cleopatra\" \n
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece	\n \"Drop It Like It's Hot\" \n \"Ups & Downs\" \n \"Let's Get Blown\" \n \"Signs\" \n \"Girl Like U\" \n
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment	\n \"Vato\" \n \"That's That\" \n \"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)\" \n \"Boss' Life\" \n \"I Wanna Fuck You\" \n \"Imagine\" \n
Ego Trippin'	\n \"Neva Have 2 Worry\" \n \"Sensual Seduction\" \n \"Life of da Party\" \n \"My Medicine\" \n \"Those Gurlz\" \n
Malice n Wonderland	\n \"I Wanna Rock\" \n \"Gangsta Luv\" \n
More Malice	\n \"I Wanna Rock\" (G-Mix) \n \"That Tree\" \n
Doggumentary	\n \"Platinum\" \n \"Boom\" \n \"Wet\" \n
Mac & Devin Go to High School	\n \"Smokin' On\" \n \"Young, Wild & Free\" \n
Reincarnated	\n \"Here Comes the King\" \n \"Lighters Up\" \n \"No Guns Allowed\" \n \"Smoke the Weed\" \n \"Torn Apart\" \n \"Ashtrays and Heartbreaks\" \n \"La La La\" \n
7 Days of Funk	\n \"Hit Da Pavement\" \n \"Faden Away\" \n
Bush	\n \"California Roll\" \n \"Awake\" \n \"So Many Pros\" \n \"Peaches N Cream\" \n
Coolaid	\n \"Point Seen Money Gone\" \n \"Light It Up\" \n \"Kush Ups\" \n
Neva Left	\n \"Lavender\" (Nightfall Remix) \n \"Vapors\" (DJ Battlecat Remix) \n
I Wanna Thank Me	\n \"I Wanna Thank Me\" \n
As featured artist	\n \"Deep Cover\" \n \"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang\" \n \"Fuck wit Dre Day\" \n \"Let Me Ride\" \n \"Afro Puffs\" \n \"What Would You Do?\" \n \"New York, New York\" \n \"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted\" \n \"Come and Get with Me\" \n \"Unify\" \n \"Cali Chronic\" \n \"Still D.R.E.\" \n \"Fuck You\" \n \"Bow Wow (That's My Name)\" \n \"Crybaby\" \n \"The Next Episode\" \n \"WW III\" \n \"Bitch Please II\" \n \"Welcome to Atlanta\" (Coast to Coast Remix) \n \"Holidae In\" \n \"P.I.M.P.\" (Remix) \n \"I Wanna Thank Ya\" \n \"The Wash\" \n \"Gangsta Zone\" \n \"Say Somethin'\" \n \"Buttons\" \n \"Cali Iz Active\" \n \"Go to Church\" \n \"Gangsta Walk\" \n \"Hollywood Divorce\" \n \"My 64\" \n \"Ghetto\" \n \"Bottle Pop\" \n \"Day Dreaming\" \n \"Hot Girl\" \n \"Dime Piece\" \n \"All I Do Is Win\" \n \"California Gurls\" \n \"Get 'Em Girls\" \n \"Kush\" \n \"Boyfriend\" \n \"Mr Endowed\" (Remix) \n \"Last Night\" \n \"If I Was You (OMG)\" \n \"I'm Day Dreaming\" \n \"The Mack\" \n \"Want U Back \n \"I Drink I Smoke\" \n \"Slow Motion\" \n \"Major Distribution\" \n \"Dynamite\" \n \"Wiggle\" \n \"Hangover\" \n \"You and Your Friends\" \n \"Stuck on a Feeling\" \n \"Professional Rapper\" \n \"No Social Media\" \n \"Pain\" \n \"Way Back\" \n \"Smile (Living My Best Life)\" \n \"Top of the World\" \n \"Hollywood\" \n \"Moves\" \n \"Be Nice\" \n \"Respect My Cryppin'\" (Remix) \n \"Peaches\" (Remix) \n
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v t e Tha Dogg Pound
\n Kurupt (discography) \n Daz Dillinger (discography) \n Snoop Dogg \n Nate Dogg \n Warren G \n RBX \n Lady of Rage \n Soopafly \n Bad Azz \n Big Tray Deee \n Goldie Loc \n Lil' C-Style \n Twinz \n E-White \n Xzibit \n Al B. Sure \n Lil' \u00bd Dead \n Roscoe \n Butch Cassidy \n
Studio albums	\n Dogg Food \n Dillinger & Young Gotti \n Dillinger & Young Gotti II: Tha Saga Continuez... \n Cali Iz Active \n Dogg Chit \n That Was Then, This Is Now \n 100 Wayz \n DPG 4 Life \n
Compilation albums	\n 2002 \n The Last of Tha Pound \n Keep On Ridin \n
EPs	\n Let's Ryde 2Night EP \n
Singles	\n \"What Would You Do?\" \n \"New York, New York\" \n \"Let's Play House\" \n
Other songs	\n \"Bitches Ain't Shit\" \n
Related articles	\n Discography \n D.P.G. Recordz \n

v t e Tha Eastsidaz
\n Snoop Dogg \n Big Tray Deee \n Goldie Loc \n
Studio albums	\n Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz (2000) \n Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way (2001) \n
Mixtapes	\n That's My Work 4 (2014) \n
Singles	\n \"G'd Up\" \n \"Got Beef\" \n \"Lay Low\" \n \"I Luv It\" \n
Related articles	\n Discography \n

v t e 213
\n Snoop Dogg \n Warren G \n Nate Dogg \n
Studio albums	\n The Hard Way \n
Singles	\n \"So Fly\" \n \"Groupie Luv\" \n
Other songs	\n \"Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)\" \n
Related articles	\n Discography \n

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Early life

Music career

1991\u20131997: Death Row, Doggystyle, and Tha Doggfather

1998\u20132006: Signing with No Limit and continued success

2007\u20132012: Ego Trippin', Malice n Wonderland and Doggumentary

2012\u20132013: Reincarnated and 7 Days of Funk

2014\u20132017: Bush, Coolaid, and Neva Left

2018\u20132021: Bible of Love, I Wanna Thank Me, and From tha Streets 2 tha Suites

2022: Super Bowl LVI halftime show performance and BODR

2024: Paris Olympics closing ceremony, Gin and Juice and Missionary

Other ventures

Professional wrestling

Business ventures and investments

NFTs

Artistry

Personal life

Sports

Religion

Charity

Political views and activism

Cannabis use

Animal rights

World record for largest paradise cocktail

Legal issues

Criminal

1989\u20131990: Felony possession of drugs and three-year prison sentence

1993\u20131997: Traffic violation, gun possession and guilty plea

1993\u20131996: Murder trial and acquittal

1998\u20132010: Misdemeanor marijuana charges

2006\u20132007: Airport arrests and convictions

2015: Sweden arrest for illegal drug possession

Civil

2005: Alleged assault of a fan and lawsuit

2016: Death Row bankruptcy case and compensation loss

Sexual assault lawsuits

Regional or international banishments

2006\u20132010: United Kingdom

2007\u20132008: Australia

2012\u20132014: Norway

Filmography

Awards and legacy

Discography

See also

Explanatory notes

References

Further reading

External links

Snoop Dogg

Talks

20 October, 1971