Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and television personality."Biography"  June 24, 2017.
He became known as one of the popular gangsta rappers during the 1990s. Snoop Dogg has also appeared in many movies and television shows throughout his career.

Early life
The reason why he is called "Snoop Dogg" is because his mother nicknamed him after a character called "Snoopy". Snoop Dogg was a fan of the Peanuts cartoon, which has the Snoopy character. Snoop Dogg sang in his church choir and played piano as a child. Snoop Dogg's brother, Bing Worthington, was a bad influence for him. He began smoking when he was in the sixth grade. As a young adult, he was involved in gang activity. He was arrested, convicted and put in prison for possession of illegal drugs.

Musical career
At the beginning of his career, Broadus performed under the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg. He first appeared on Dr. Dre's first solo album, The Chronic, released in 1992. Later in 1993, Snoop Dogg released his first album Doggystyle. The album became successful.

In 1996, his second album, Tha Doggfather, was released. Although the album met with positive acclaim, it was not as successful as his first album.

In 2004, his album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece was released and featured the hit single “Drop It Like It's Hot”. The single became Snoop Dogg's first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

2012–2013: Reincarnated
In 2012, Snoop Dogg went to Jamaica. He studied the Rastafari movement. He changed his name to Snoop Lion, after the Lion of Judah. This is a name from the tribe of Judah. It is sometimes used to describe Haile Selassie, who is worshipped by Rastafarians. Reincarnated, released in 2013, is his first reggae album.

2018-2022: Bible of Love and Super Bowl LVI
In 2018, Snoop Dogg released his first gospel album, Bible of Love. It features appearances from Patti LaBelle, Fred Hammond, Rance Allen, Charlie Wilson, and others. On February 13, 2022, Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show. Later, he released the album, BODR (Bacc on Death Row).

Television personality
In 2024, Snoop Dogg joined NBC as a television personality for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He returned to the same role for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Snoop Dogg was named Honorary Coach for Team USA by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee prior to the 2026 Games.    

Discography

Studio albums
 Doggystyle (1993)
 Tha Doggfather (1996)
 Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998)
 No Limit Top Dogg (1999)
 Tha Last Meal (2000)
 Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002)
 R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004)
 Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)
 Ego Trippin' (2008)
 Malice n Wonderland (2009)
 Doggumentary (2011)
 Reincarnated (2013)
 Bush (2015)
 Coolaid (2016)
 Neva Left (2017)
 Bible of Love (2018)
 I Wanna Thank Me (2019)
 From tha Streets 2 tha Suites (2021)
 The Algorithm (2021)
 BODR (2022)

Collaboration albums
 Snoop Dogg presents Tha Eastsidaz with Tha Eastsidaz (2000)
 Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way with Tha Eastsidaz (2001)
 The Hard Way with 213 (2004)
 Mac & Devin Go to High School with Wiz Khalifa (2011)
 7 Days of Funk with 7 Days of Funk (2013)
 Royal Fam with Tha Broadus Boyz (2013)
 Cuzznz with Daz Dillinger (2016)

Filmography

 Films Year Title Role Notes 1994 Murder Was the Case: The Movie Himself Main role 1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Himself Cameo 1998 Half Baked Scavenger Smoker 1998 Ride Mente  1999 Urban Menace Preacher Caleb Main role 1999 Whiteboyz Himself Cameo 1999 Hot Boyz C-Dawg 2000 The Wrecking Crew Dra-Man Main role 2000 Up in Smoke Tour Himself Concert film 2001 Training Day Blue  2001 Baby Boy Rodney 2001 Bones Jimmy Bones Main role 2001 The Wash Dee Loc Main role 2003 Old School Himself Cameo 2003 Malibu's Most Wanted Ronnie Rizzat Voice role 2003 Bigg Snoop Dogg: Raw 'N Uncut Vol. 1 Himself Main role 2004 Starsky & Hutch Huggy Bear Brown 2004 Soul Plane Captain Antoine Mack 2005 Racing Stripes Lightning Voice role 2005 The Tenants Willie Spearmint Main role 2005 Boss'n Up Corde Christopher Main role 2007 Arthur and the Invisibles Max Voice role 2008 Singh Is Kinng Himself Bollywood movie 2009 Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder Himself Voice role 2009 Falling Up Raul 2009 Brüno Himself 2009 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Max Voice role 2011 The Big Bang Puss 2012 We the Party Big D 2012 Mac & Devin Go to High School Mac Johnson Main role 2013 Turbo Smooth Move Voice role 2013 Reincarnated Himself Documentary 2013 Scary Movie 5 Ja'Marcus 2014 The Distortion of Sound Himself 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Himself  2015 The Culture High Himself 2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Himself 2017 Grow House Himself 2018 Future World Love Lord  2019 The Beach Bum Lingerie  2019 Trouble Snoop Voice role 2019 Dolemite Is My Name Roj 2019 The Addams Family Cousin Itt Voice role 2020 Unbelievable!!!!! Major LeGrande Bushe 2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Himself 2021 All-Star Weekend Himself Post-production 2021 The Addams Family 2 Cousin Itt Voice role 2024 The Garfield Movie Snoop Catt Voice role

 Television Year Title Role Notes 1993–1994 The Word Himself 2 episodes 1994 Martin Himself Episode: "No Love Lost" 1997 The Steve Harvey Show Himself Episode: "I Do, I Don't" 2001 King of the Hill Alabaster Jones Episode: "Ho Yeah!" 2001 Just Shoot Me Himself Episode: "Finch in the Dogg House" 2002–2003 Doggy Fizzle Televizzle Himself 8 episodes 2003 Playmakers Big E Episode: "Tenth of a Second" 2003 Crank Yankers Himself Episode: "Snoop Dogg & Kevin Nealon" 2004 Chappelle's Show Puppet Dangle/Himself Episode 10 2004 Las Vegas Himself Episode: "Two of a Kind" 2004 The Bernie Mac Show Calvin Episode: "Big Brother" 2004 The L Word Slim Daddy Episodes: "Luck, Next Time" & "Liberally" 2004 2004 Spike Video Game Awards Host/Himself TV special 2006 Weeds Himself Episode: "MILF Money" 2007–2009 Snoop Dogg's Father Hood Himself 2 seasons, 18 episodes 2007 Monk Russel “Murderuss“ Kray Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper" 2008, 2010, 2013 One Life to Live Himself 3 episodesWrote and produced theme song 2009 Dogg After Dark Himself 1 season, 7 episodes 2009; 2015 WWE Raw Host/Himself TV special 2010 The Boondocks Macktastic Episode: "Bitches to Rags" 2010 Big Time Rush Himself Episode: "Big Time Christmas"
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| 2011
| 90210| Himself
| Episode: "Blue Naomi"
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| 2011
| The Cleveland Show| Himself
| Episode: "Back to Cool"
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| 2014
| Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta| Himself
| Guest appearance
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| 2014
| Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood| Himself
| Guest appearance
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| 2015
| Snoop & Son, a Dad's Dream| Himself
| 1 season, 5 episodes
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| 2015
| Sanjay and Craig| Street Dogg
| Episode: "Street Dogg"
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| 2015
| Show Me the Money 4| Himself
| Episode 4
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| 2016–2017
| Trailer Park Boys| Himself
| 5 episodes 
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| 2016
| Lip Sync Battle| Himself
| Episode: "Snoop Dogg vs Chris Paul"
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| 2016–present
| Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party| Himself
| Co-host
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| 2017
| The Simpsons| Himself
| Episode: "The Great Phatsby"
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| 2017
| Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta| Himself
| Guest appearances
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| 2017
| The Joker's Wild| Himself
| Host
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| 2018
| Coach Snoop| Himself
| All 8 Episodes of Netflix documentary
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| 2018
| Sugar| Himself
| Episode: "Snoop Dogg surprises a young father who is working to turn his life around."
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| 2019
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit| P.T. Banks
| Episode: "Diss"
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| 2019
| American Dad!| Tommie Tokes
| Episode: "Jeff and the Dank Ass Weed Factory"
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| 2020
| F Is for Family| Rev. Sugar Squires
| Voice; episode: "R is For Rosie"
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| 2020
| Utopia Falls| The Archive
| Series regular
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| 2020
| Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special| Himself
| Television special
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| 2021
| The Voice| Himself
| Knockout Mega Mentor 
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| 2021
| Black Mafia Family'' Pastor Swift Upcoming series

 Stage play Year Title Role Notes 2018 Redemption of a Dogg Himself Musical tour

 Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2003 True Crime: Streets of LA Himself Playable character 2004 Def Jam: Fight for NY Crow Likeness 2012 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Himself Likeness 2013 Way of the Dogg Himself Likeness 2013 Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer Announcer (DLC) Likeness 2015 Family Guy: The Quest For Stuff Himself Playable character 2019 Madden NFL 20 Himself Playable character 2019 NHL 20 Himself Occasional announcer

 Biographical film portrayals Year Title Portrayed by Notes 2009 Notorious Anwan Glover Biographical movie about the Notorious B.I.G. 2015 Straight Outta Compton Lakeith Stanfield Biographical movie about N.W.A 2017 All Eyez on Me Jarrett Ellis Biographical movie about Tupac Shakur

References

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Other websites


 Snoopdog TV on YouTube




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