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. Around 100 million copies of her records have been sold worldwide. 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. As of 2005, Summer has gotten 5 Grammy and 6 American Music awards, as well as 24 gold and platinum certifications from the USA and 19 gold and silver certifications from the UK. 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. Summer added to her credits in October 2004, when she performed "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch at Game 2 of the 2004 World Series at Boston's Fenway Park. Some examples:. In 2003, Donna Summer released a greatest hits compilation called "The Journey", which rocketed into the UK top 10 in the following year thanks to her appearance on ITV1 show Discomania.

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. A new remix of "I Feel Love" was a big UK hit all over again in 1995. They have since reconciled. In the 1990s, Summer has continued to work, producing numerous dance hits such as "Melody Of Love", which became the Billboard number one dance hit of the year, "I Will Go With You", the dance version of the beautiful Andrea Bocelli song "Con Te Partiṛ" and "You're So Beautiful", a club anthem she co-wrote with legendary DJ Tony Moran. He is seeking joint custody of their three children, Corde, Cordell, and Cori. The first single "This Time I Know It's For Real" became a huge hit, first in Europe and later in the United States, and brought her back to the top of the charts. On 21 May 2004, Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shante Broadus, citing irreconcilable differences. Summer's career began to slow down drastically in the mid 1980s but was revamped in 1989 with her Stock Aitken Waterman collaboration "Another Place and Time".

[1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11608,00.html?tnews). Summer continued her work with Geffen, later releasing the smash hit She Works Hard For the Money, which included a well-remembered hit in the title track. One bodyguard was injured in the incident. This song was the inspiration for Quincy Jones to later create with Michael Jackson "We are the World". 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. Instead, Geffen had Summer drop Moroder and Bellotte, her long-time songwriters, and paired her with music sensation Quincy Jones on the self titled album "Donna Summer", which produced the dance hit "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)", a Top 40 hit "Woman in Me" and the Vangelis penned "State of Independence", which became a huge hit in Europe with its New Age feel and star chorus that included Christopher Cross and Michael Jackson. On 11 April 2003, Snoop was unhurt after a drive-by shooting on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The follow-up album, I'm a Rainbow, was not released until 1996 because Geffen did not think it was good enough.

Snoop Dogg's music features samples from earlier black artists and groups, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Parliament. Her first Geffen album was The Wanderer (1980), which included more rock and roll and R&B influences. Snoop Dogg's sound has been heavily influenced by funk, and R&B. Summer then decided to leave Casablanca and sign to Geffen Records, then just starting up. Dre, and Nate Dogg, among others. When a greatest hits album, On the Radio, became a #1 hit, Summer was the first artist with three consecutive #1 double albums. 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. Summer's songwriting was showcased on Bad Girls (1979), which included a hit single in the title track, as well as "Hot Stuff", which won Summer the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocalist.

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. After acting (and releasing a Grammy-winning song on the soundtrack) in the comedy Thank God It's Friday, Summer released a live album Live and More, which became another smash hit album and included a cover of "MacArthur Park". In 2002, he announced that he was giving up drinking and drugs. Once Upon a Time was released soon after I Remember Yesterday; it was another concept album, concerning the fairy tale of Cinderella. He released an autobiography in 2001. This song, which became a major hit, is enormously influential in the development of disco, electronica and techno music, thanks to Moroder's innovative production. 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. I Remember Yesterday (1977) included the memorable hit single "I Feel Love", the first hit song recorded with an entirely synthesized backing track.

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. Continuing to work with Moroder and Bellotte, Love Trilogy (1976) and the concept album Seasons of Love (1976) were hits, though not as popular as Love to Love You Baby. A short film about the trial called Murder Was The Case, and an accompanying soundtrack, were released in 1994. This established a pattern that made Summer unusual in the disco world: she focused just as much, if not more, on full-length albums instead of singles. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians. This was followed by an album, Love to Love You Baby, critically acclaimed then and now, notable for including a seventeen minute version of the titular hit. 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. Casablanca Records soon began distributing the album in the United States, and it became a sensation there as well.

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. Summer recorded "Love to Love You Baby" which was a huge European hit. Snoop remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years. Lady of the Night, Summer's first LP, was released in 1975 with moderate success in Europe. 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). In that year, she, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte (who met assisting Three Dog Night in the studio) worked together to produce "The Hostage", a European hit. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic. The single was unsuccessful, however, and Summer had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career.

Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. In 1971, Summer released "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", her first solo recording. Dr. After resettling in Munich, Germany, Summer married Helmut Sommer ("Summer" is an anglicization of his last name) and did various musical jobs in studios and theatres for several years. Dre of N.W.A. She eventually settled in Europe, joining the Viennese Folk Opera and participating in numerous musicals. He began making homemade rap tapes with his friend Warren G, who was a stepbrother of Dr. A few months before graduating high school, Summer dropped out and joined the German productions of Hair, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Show Boat.

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. She later joined a rock group called the Crow. He has also been called "Big Snoop Dogg". Born Donna Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts, Summer began performing in her church's choir. The Snoop Dogg name was adopted when he signed for No Limit Records. Her work is still critically acclaimed and remains one of the few disco artists accepted by modern rock critics. 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. Even though she is one of the best-known artists of the disco era, Summer has covered different genres including R&B, rock and roll and inspirational music, earning her Grammy Awards in those categories.

Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. Summer was a rarity in the 1970s disco scene because her career began before the disco explosion, and continued afterward. Murder Was The Case (1994) (video) as Himself. Donna Summer (born December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s which earned her the title "Queen of Disco". Half Baked (1998) as Scavenger Smoker. 2003 The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. Caught Up (1998) as Kool Kitty Kat. Encore.

Ride (1998) as Mente. 1999 Live and More.. Documentry of Shawn (1998) as Shawns Retarded Friend Brianc. 1998 Greatest Hits. I Got the Hook Up (1998) as Bar Patron. 1994 Endless Summer. Urban Menace (1999) as Preacher. 1994 Christmas Spirit.

The Wrecking Crew (1999) as Dra-Man. 1993 Anthology. Hot Boyz (1999) as C-Dawg. 1991 Mistaken Identity. Tha Eastsidaz (2000) as Killa Pop. 1990 The Best of Donna Summer. Baby Boy (2001) as Rodney. 1989 Another Place and Time.

Training Day (2001) as Blue. 1987 All Systems Go. Bones (2001) as Jimmy Bones. 1987 The Dance Collection. The Wash (2001) as Dee Loc. 1985 The Summer Collection. Girls Gone Wild: Doggy Style (2002) as Himself. 1984 Cats Without Claws.

Old School (2003) as Himself. 1983 She Works Hard for the Money. Starsky & Hutch (2004) as Huggy Bear. 1982 Donna Summer. Soul Plane (2004) as Pilot. 1981 I'm a Rainbow (originally set for release in 1981, finally released in 1996). Pharrell) (2004) #1 US, #10 UK. 1980 The Wanderer.

"Drop It Like It's Hot" (feat. 1980 Walk Away. Pharrell) (2003) #6 US; #23 UK. 1979 On the Radio. "Beautiful" (feat. 1979 Bad Girls. "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" (2002) #27 UK. 1978 Live and More.

"Still a G Thang" (1998) #19 US. 1977 Once Upon a Time. "Tha Doggfather" (1998) #36 UK. 1977 I Remember Yesterday. JD) (1997) #21 UK. 1976 Four Seasons of Love. "We Just Wanna Party with You" (feat. 1976 A Love Trilogy.

"Vapors" (1997) #18 UK. 1975 Love to Love You Baby. "Snoop's Upside Your Head" (1996) #12 UK. 1974 Lady of the Night. "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.