Birth name:Calvin Broadus, Jr.
Also known as:
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg
Born:
October 20, 1971
Origin
Long Beach, California.
Genre(s):
West Coast hip hip, Gangsta rap
Occupation(s)
Rapper, record producer, and record executive
Instrument(s)
rapping
Years active:
1991 – present.
Label(s):
Death Row (1992–1997)No Limit/Priority (1997–2002)Doggystyle/Star Trak/Geffen (2002–)
Associated acts
Dr. Dre, The Game, 2Pac, DPG, 213, Tha Eastsidaz, LBC Crew
Website :
Snoop Dogg
Biography.
Snoop attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.and his initial foray into public life was as a result of his conviction for cocaine trafficking (albeit on a relatively small scale). Snoop was a member of a local Crips gang in Long Beach, the Rollin' 20 Crips. Snoop Dogg's conviction caused him to be in and out of prison for the first three years after he graduated from high school. Older Crips members and prison inmates affiliated with the Crips gang had a long-standing pattern of recognizing talent (particularly musical or sports talent) among their membership, and pursuant to that pseudo-policy, Snoop Dogg was pushed to make something of himself as a rapper rather than as a street hustler. Snoop thus followed up on the homemade rap tapes that he had made with his cousin Nate Dogg and best friend Warren G (stepbrother of Dr. Dre of N.W.A.). Originally, Nate's cousin Lil' 1/2 Dead was also part of the group, called 213, named after the Long Beach area code at the time. This was largely in homage to Richie Rich's group 415, which was named for the (then) area code of Oakland, California.
Dr. Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the feature film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic with the other members of his former starting group, Tha Dogg Pound. Snoop Dogg's contribution to The Chronic was considerable; the rapper's rhymes were as present as Dre's. The huge success of Snoop's debut Doggystyle was probably due to this intense exposure.
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