Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. is an American rapper and media personality. He has sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. His debut solo album, Doggystyle, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993. In 2012, after a trip to Jamaica, he announced a conversion to Rastafarianism and a new alias, Snoop Lion. His 13th studio album, Bush, wasreleased in May 2015 and marked a return of the Snoop Dogg name. His 14th solo studio album,. was released in July 2016. He released his seventeenth solo album,. I Wanna Thank Me, in 2019.
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Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. is an American rapper and media personality. He has sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. Snoop’s debut solo album, Doggystyle, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993. In 2012, after a trip to Jamaica, he announced a conversion to Rastafarianism and a new alias, Snoop Lion. In March 2016, the night before WrestleMania 32 in Arlington, Texas, he was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame. His 13th studio album, Bush, wasreleased in May 2015 and marked a return of the Snoop Dogg name. His 14th solo studio album,. was released in July 2016. He released his seventeenth solo album,. I Wanna Thank Me, in 2019. He was born in Long Beach, California to Vernall Varnado and Beverly Broadus. Vernall, who was a Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier, left the family only three months after Calvin’s birth, and thus he was named after his stepfather. His father remained largely absent from his life. As a boy, his parents nicknamed him \”Snoopy\” due to his love and likeness of the cartoon character from Peanuts. His mother and stepfather divorced in 1975. In sixth grade, he began rapping. He sold candy, delivered newspapers and bagged groceries to make ends meet as a child. He described as having been a dedicated student and enthusiastic churchgoer.
Broadus said in 1993 that he began engaging in unlawful activities in his teenage years, despite his mother’s preventative efforts to prevent him from joining gangs. He would frequently draw a crowd in the hallways at school that would think there was a big crowd that was going to fight on his behalf. In 2013, he released a reggae album, Reincarnated, and a documentary film of the same name, about his Jamaican experience, in early 2013. In 2018, he said he was ‘a born-again Christian’ and released his first gospel album Bible of Love. In November 19, 2018, Snoops Dogg was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to hip-hop and the entertainment industry. He is a member of the board of directors of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Board of Governors of the Museum of Modern Art (MMA). Snoop has 17 Grammy nominations without a win, and has been nominated for a total of 17 Grammys, but has yet to win a Grammy. He also hosts several television shows, including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle and Dogg After Dark, and is the host of a youth football league and high-school football team. In 2014, he became the first African-American man to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s “Dogs of Fame” in a ceremony held at the University of California, San Diego.
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