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Things you don’t know about Snoop Dogg
- Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. Known to the world as Snoop Dogg now transitioned to Snoop Lion. He was named after his stepfather Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Sr
- He’s parents nicknamed him “Snoopy” as a child because of his appearance
- Snoop began singing in Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church and played piano, he began rapping when he was in grade six
- Shortly after graduating from high school, he was arrested for possession of cocaine and for the following three years was frequently in and out of prison
- Snoop, along with his cousins Nate Dogg and Lil’ ½ Dead and friend Warren G, recorded homemade tapes as a group called 213
- Tupac was a labelmate and a friend of Snoop
- In 1994 A short film about Snoop Dogg’s murder trial called Murder Was The Case was released
- In 1995 Doggy Style Records, Inc., a record label founded by Snoop Dogg, was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity
- In July 2007, Snoop made history by becoming the first artist to release a track as a ringtone prior to its release as a single, which was “It’s the D.O.G.”
- Snoop has ventured into singing for Bollywood with his first ever rap for an Indian movie Singh Is Kinng; the title of the song is also “Singh is Kinng”. He also appears in the movie as himself
- On July 31, 2012, Snoop introduced a new stage name, Snoop Lion. He told reporters that he was rechristened Snoop Lion by a Rastafarian priest in Jamaica
- In response to Frank Ocean coming out, Snoop said hip hop was ready to accept a gay rapper.
- Snoop released a compilation of electronic music entitled Loose Joints under the moniker DJ Snoopadelic.
- Snoop stated “Snoop Lion, Snoop Dogg, DJ Snoopadelic—they only know one thing: make music that’s timeless and bangs
- In 2005 Snoop founded his own production company called Snoopadelic Films
