His mother and stepfather divorced in 1975. He was the second of his mother's three sons. As a boy, his parents nicknamed him " Snoopy" due to his love and likeness of the cartoon character from Peanuts. His father remained largely absent from his life. Vernell, who was a Vietnam War veteran, singer, and mail carrier, left the family only three months after his birth, and thus he was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr. was born on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California to Vernell Varnado and Beverly Tate. 2.7 2022-present: Super Bowl Halftime Show performance and BODRĬalvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.2.6 2018–2021: Bible of Love, I Wanna Thank Me, and From tha Streets 2 tha Suites.2.4 2012–2013: Reincarnated and 7 Days of Funk.2.3 2007–2012: Ego Trippin', Malice n Wonderland and Doggumentary.
2.2 1998–2006: Signing with No Limit and continued success.2.1 1992–1998: Death Row, Doggystyle, and Tha Doggfather.Snoop has had 17 Grammy nominations without a win. In 2022, Snoop Dogg acquired Death Row Records from MNRK Music Group (formerly known as eOne Music), and released his 20th studio album, BODR. He released his seventeenth solo album, I Wanna Thank Me, in 2019. On November 19, 2018, Snoop Dogg was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, Snoop announced that he was "a born-again Christian" and released his first gospel album Bible of Love. In March 2016, the night before WrestleMania 32 in Arlington, Texas, he was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame, having made several appearances for the company, including as master of ceremonies during a match at WrestleMania XXIV. His 14th solo studio album, Coolaid, was released in July 2016. His 13th studio album, Bush, was released in May 2015 and marked a return of the Snoop Dogg name. As Snoop Lion he released a reggae album, Reincarnated, and a documentary film of the same name, about his Jamaican experience, in early 2013. In 2012, after a trip to Jamaica, Broadus announced a conversion to Rastafari and a new alias, Snoop Lion. In September 2009, EMI hired him as the chairman of a reactivated Priority Records. He also coaches a youth football league and high-school football team. Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows, including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark. Priority Records released his album Malice 'n Wonderland during 2009, followed by Doggumentary during 2011. In 2004, he signed to Geffen Records, releasing his next three albums: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, then Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, and Ego Trippin'. In 2002, he signed with Priority/ Capitol/ EMI Records, releasing Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. The next year, the album was certified double-platinum.Īfter leaving Death Row Records in January 1998, Broadus signed with No Limit Records, releasing three Snoop albums: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998), No Limit Top Dogg (1999), and Tha Last Meal (2000). In 1996, his second album, Tha Doggfather, also debuted at number one on both charts, with " Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. In 1994, Death Row Records released a soundtrack, by Broadus, for the short film Murder Was the Case, starring Snoop. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, Doggystyle was certified quadruple-platinum in 1994 and bore several hit singles, including " What's My Name?" and " Gin and Juice". Dre, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993, and debuted at number one on the popular albums chart, the Billboard 200, and on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. īroadus' debut solo album, Doggystyle, produced by Dr. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. Dre's debut solo single, " Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic. His fame dates to 1992 when he featured on Dr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and entrepreneur.
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