Snoop Dogg

In early February 2005, Snoop Dogg offered to pay for the funeral of Devin Brown[2] (http://kcal9.com/localnews/localnewsla_story_039220921.html), as well as any rallies against the LAPD. This claim is attributed to the lyrics "I'm the C-A-S-S-N-O-V-A and the rest is F-L-Y " used by Big Bank Hank in the song, at the time Grandmaster Caz regularly referred to himself as "Cassanova Fly"; but the Sugarhill Gang's place in music history seems secure as the first hip hop group to have a Gold single. During the 2004 Christmas season, he was featured in a series of television commercials for T-Mobile, promoting the T-Mobile Sidekick, the company's version of the Danger Hiptop mobile phone and Internet device. In addition, Grandmaster Caz from the Cold Crush Brothers claims that Sugarhill Gang member Big Bank Hank used his rhymes on Rapper's Delight. A large number of Snoop Dogg's songs mention "the LBC." This is a reference to the city of Long Beach, the Long Beach Crips or Long Beach, California. The term "rap" is also claimed to be derrived from the title of this hit. Some examples:. Some claim that "Rapper's Delight" is the first hip-hop single ever; it was actually preceded by "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band.

Snoop Dogg is famous for using slang invented by fellow rapper E-40, much of which is simply derived by adding an "izz" or "izzle" sound to the word. They continue to tour. They have since reconciled. In 1999 (see 1999 in music), they reunited and recorded Jump on It, a hip hop children's album. He is seeking joint custody of their three children, Corde, Cordell, and Cori. The Sugarhill Gang never again topped the charts, though they had a few minor hits, such as "Apache," "Eighth Wonder," "Rapper's Reprise [Jam Jam]" and "Showdown" (with the Furious Five). On 21 May 2004, Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shante Broadus, citing irreconcilable differences. The song was a #36 hit on the US pop chart and a #4 hit on the US R&B chart in 1979 (see 1979 in music), though hip-hop was dismissed as a brief fad.

[1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11608,00.html?tnews). They were assembled into a group up by producer Sylvia Robinson who also founded Sugar Hill Records along with her husband record mogul Joe Robinson. One bodyguard was injured in the incident. The members, all from New York City, called themselves Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank, and Master Gee. He was riding in a motorcade of five vehicles with seven armed bodyguards when three men in another car fired multiple rounds from a semi-automatic handgun.
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit, "Rapper's Delight", the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. On 11 April 2003, Snoop was unhurt after a drive-by shooting on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

Snoop Dogg's music features samples from earlier black artists and groups, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Parliament. Snoop Dogg's sound has been heavily influenced by funk, and R&B. Dre, and Nate Dogg, among others. Snoop Dogg has worked with Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, B-Legit, Babyface, Bad Azz, Bizzy Bone, Mariah Carey, Bootsy Collins, The D.O.C., Daz Dillinger, Dr.

Later that year he released the album Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$, which featured the hit singles and videos "From Da Chuuuch to Da Palace" and "Beautiful," featuring guest vocals by the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams. In 2002, he announced that he was giving up drinking and drugs. He released an autobiography in 2001. He has since drawn back a bit from hardcore gangsta rap, performing with the hard rock Lollapalooza tour in 1997, and making several film appearances, in addition to producing and directing music videos for himself and other artists.

However, by the time Snoop's second album The Doggfather was released in November of 1996, both the furor and the popularity of gangsta rap had begun to fade, dragged down by the death of Snoop's friend Tupac Shakur and the racketeering indictment of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight. A short film about the trial called Murder Was The Case, and an accompanying soundtrack, were released in 1994. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians. The singles "What's My Name" and "Gin and Juice" went to the top ten, and the album remained in the charts for several months, even as controversy raged over the murder trial and his violent and sexist lyrics.

The Doggystyle album was released in November of 1993 on Death Row Records, and became the first debut album ever to enter the charts at number one, helping to fuel the ascendance of West Coast "G Funk" rap. Snoop remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years. While recording his own debut album Doggystyle with Dre in August of 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested in the shooting death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was later revealed to have had a secret obsession with Snoop (see stalking); he was eventually acquitted on both self defense grounds and because he allegedly drove the car while his bodyguard McKinley Lee fired the fatal shots (Lee was also acquitted on self defense grounds). Dre's debut solo album The Chronic.

Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dr. Dre of N.W.A. He began making homemade rap tapes with his friend Warren G, who was a stepbrother of Dr.

Snoop Dogg was frequently in trouble with drugs and the law as a young man, in and out of jail for the three years after he graduated from high school. He has also been called "Big Snoop Dogg". The Snoop Dogg name was adopted when he signed for No Limit Records. His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg (later changed to Snoop Dogg) when he began recording.

Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. Murder Was The Case (1994) (video) as Himself. Half Baked (1998) as Scavenger Smoker. Caught Up (1998) as Kool Kitty Kat.

Ride (1998) as Mente. Documentry of Shawn (1998) as Shawns Retarded Friend Brianc. I Got the Hook Up (1998) as Bar Patron. Urban Menace (1999) as Preacher.

The Wrecking Crew (1999) as Dra-Man. Hot Boyz (1999) as C-Dawg. Tha Eastsidaz (2000) as Killa Pop. Baby Boy (2001) as Rodney.

Training Day (2001) as Blue. Bones (2001) as Jimmy Bones. The Wash (2001) as Dee Loc. Girls Gone Wild: Doggy Style (2002) as Himself.

Old School (2003) as Himself. Starsky & Hutch (2004) as Huggy Bear. Soul Plane (2004) as Pilot. Pharrell) (2004) #1 US, #10 UK.

"Drop It Like It's Hot" (feat. Pharrell) (2003) #6 US; #23 UK. "Beautiful" (feat. "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" (2002) #27 UK.

"Still a G Thang" (1998) #19 US. "Tha Doggfather" (1998) #36 UK. JD) (1997) #21 UK. "We Just Wanna Party with You" (feat.

"Vapors" (1997) #18 UK. "Snoop's Upside Your Head" (1996) #12 UK. "Doggy Dogg World" (1994) #32 UK. "Gin and Juice" (1993) #8 US; #39 UK.

"What's My Name?" (1993) #8 US; #20 UK. 2004 R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece (Doggy Style Records). 2004 213 - The Hard Way (Doggy Style Records). 2002 Mafia Image (Doggy Style Records).

2002 Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$ (Doggy Style Records). 2002 Doggy Style Allstars: Welcome to Tha House (Doggy Style Records). 2000 Tha Last Meal (Priority Records). 2000 Dead Man Walkin' (No Limit Records).

1999 No Limit Top Dogg (No Limit Records). 1998 Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told (No Limit Records). 1996 Tha Doggfather (Death Row Records). 1993 Doggystyle (Death Row Records).

Dizzle = Himself (He would on his MTV show). Mr. Nizzle = nigga, perhaps an attempt at making it more palatable by altering it. Chuuuch = absolutely, emphatically, proper.

Fo' Shizzle = for sure, the real thing.