Born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach,
California, Snoop Dogg got his nickname from his mother because she thought he
looked like the character in the Peanuts cartoon. His first album, Doggystyle (1993),
climbed its way to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's hip-hop and Top 200 charts,
and his music and trouble with the law have kept him in the headlines ever
since. In early 2012, Snoop announced that he was working for the first time on
an all-reggae album, Reincarnation. Later in 2012,
he announced that, in conjunction with his reggae project, he was dropping
"Dogg" from his name and becoming "Snoop Lion." (He
later returned to his old moniker.) He has the distinction for having the
most Grammy nominations of any music artist— 17 to date — but never
having won one.
Born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach,
California. Broadus got the nickname "Snoop" from his mother because
she thought he looked like the character in the Peanuts cartoon.
After graduating high school, Snoop was arrested several times for drug
possession and spent time in prison. He started making music as a way out of
his troubles.
At the beginning of his career, Broadus took the stage name
Snoop Doggy Dogg, and began working with Dr. Dre on Dre's debut solo album,
‘The Chronic’, which was very well received. Later in 1993, Snoop Dogg released
his debut album ‘Doggystyle’ which became quite a success. In 1996, his
second album, ‘Tha Doggfather’, was released and although the album met with
positive acclaim, it was not as successful as its predecessor. In 1998, he
signed with Master P's No Limit Records and debuted on the label with ‘Da Game
Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told’. In the following years, his other albums titled
‘No Limit Top Dogg’ (1999) and ‘Tha Last Meal’ (2000) were released. In
2002, he released the album ‘Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$’ which featured the
hit singles “From tha Chuuuch to da Palace” and “Beautiful”. In 2004, his
album‘R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece’ was released which
featured the single “Drop It Like It's Hot”. The same year, another album ‘The
Hard Way’, which included the single “Groupie Luv” was also released. His
2006 album titled ‘Tha Blue Carpet Treatment’ and its second single “That's
That Shit” were well received by critics. He released several albums in the
following years such as ‘Ego Trippin' (2008), ‘Malice n Wonderland’ (2009), and
‘Doggumentary’ (2011).
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