Snoop Dogg(Redirected from Snoop Doggy Dogg) Snoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. 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. The Snoop Dogg name was adopted when he signed for No Limit Records. He has also been called "Big Snoop Dogg". BiographySnoop 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 began making homemade rap tapes with his friend Warren G, who was a stepbrother of Dr. Dre of N.W.A.. Dr. Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic. 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). Snoop remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years. 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. 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. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians. A short film about the trial called Murder Was The Case, and an accompanying soundtrack, were released in 1994. 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. 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. He released an autobiography in 2001. In 2002, he announced that he was giving up drinking and drugs. 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. 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. Dre, and Nate Dogg, among others. Snoop Dogg's sound has been heavily influenced by funk, and R&B. Snoop Dogg's music features samples from earlier black artists and groups, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Parliament. On 11 April 2003, Snoop was unhurt after a drive-by shooting on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California. 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. One bodyguard was injured in the incident. [1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11608,00.html?tnews) On 21 May 2004, Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shante Broadus, citing irreconcilable differences. He is seeking joint custody of their three children, Corde, Cordell, and Cori. They have since reconciled. 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. Some examples:
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. 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 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. Discography
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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. Meanwhile, since that year, Scott Weiland has performed with members of Guns 'N Roses, plus Dave Kushner, with the band Velvet Revolver. 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. On November 11, 2003, STP released a CD/DVD entitled Thank You, a greatest hits album. 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. During the summer of 2001, STP released Shangri-La Dee Da. Some examples:. Shortly after its completion, Weiland was sentenced to a year in a Los Angeles county jail for violating probation. 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. 4 in 1999. They have since reconciled. STP soon reunited, releasing No. He is seeking joint custody of their three children, Corde, Cordell, and Cori. Neither release did well commercially. On 21 May 2004, Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shante Broadus, citing irreconcilable differences. In September 1997, while STP was on hiatus, Weiland released a solo album, 12 bar blues, while the remaining members of STP formed the one-time band Talk Show, with former Ten Inch Men singer Dave Coutts. [1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11608,00.html?tnews). On November 4th of that year, Weiland was released from the rehab program and STP began touring again in Los Angeles, but again, Weiland went back in rehab, starting rumours that the band was breaking up, which turned out to be untrue. One bodyguard was injured in the incident. In October of that year, suggestive pictures of Weiland and Courtney Love surfaced and, luckily for Weiland, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt refused to publish the pictures. 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. Weiland had left the program at Impact House, without notice, but returned the next day. On 11 April 2003, Snoop was unhurt after a drive-by shooting on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Still not having kicked his drug habit, Weiland was ordered by a judge to go into a drug rehabilitation programme. Snoop Dogg's music features samples from earlier black artists and groups, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Parliament. Although this CD got better reviews than their previous albums, it failed to generate as many sales. Snoop Dogg's sound has been heavily influenced by funk, and R&B. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. Dre, and Nate Dogg, among others. Weiland was given one year's probation and during this time the group recorded their next album Tiny Music.. 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. In May 1995, Weiland was arrested for possession of rock cocaine and heroin. 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. 1995 saw the band take a turn in the wrong direction, when Scott Weiland got involved with a side music project, Magnificent Bastards, and in heroin. In 2002, he announced that he was giving up drinking and drugs. 1 and stayed there for three weeks. He released an autobiography in 2001. In 1994, STP released their second album, Purple, which debuted at No. 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. The critics initially blasted them for being a clone of rock and roll band Pearl Jam. 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. In September 1992, they released their first album, Core, including the hit songs "Plush", "Wicked Garden", and "Sex Type Thing". A short film about the trial called Murder Was The Case, and an accompanying soundtrack, were released in 1994. Wanting to keep the band's initials, they came up with Stone Temple Pilots, after seeing the STP Motor Oil Company logo. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians. They changed the band's name to Shirley Temple's Pussy, but ended up changing it because of pressure from the record label. 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. During the recording, STP's lawyer called and told them there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. 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. On April 1, 1992, they signed a contract and began recording tracks with Brendan O'Brien. Snoop remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years. In 1992, Don Mullen, a booking agent for Triad Artists, saw them perform and led them to Atlantic Records. 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 1990, going by the name Mighty Joe Young, they played at Whiskey in Los Angeles, California. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic. Robert got his brother Dean DeLeo to join their jamming sessions and also found Eric Kretz, who was then with another band, to do drums. Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. They got to know each other, rather than fight over the woman, who eventually fled to Texas; the two moved into her old apartment and started playing together. Dr. Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) is a popular rock and roll band, formed in 1990, after Scott Weiland and Robert DeLeo met at a Black Flag concert in Long Beach, California, after discovering they were dating the same woman. Dre of N.W.A. Velvet Revolver. He began making homemade rap tapes with his friend Warren G, who was a stepbrother of Dr. Thank You (2003, Atlantic). 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. Shangri-La Dee Da (2001, Atlantic). He has also been called "Big Snoop Dogg". 4 (1999, Atlantic). The Snoop Dogg name was adopted when he signed for No Limit Records. No. 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. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996, Atlantic). Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. Tiny Music.. Murder Was The Case (1994) (video) as Himself. Purple (1994, East West). Half Baked (1998) as Scavenger Smoker. Core (1992, Atlantic). 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. |