Snoop Doggy Dogg

Snoop Dogg (born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child because of the way his eyes looked, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg when he began recording. He changed his name to Snoop Dogg in 1996, when he left his original record label Death Row Records and signed with No Limit Records. Several of his cousins also became hip hop artists and Aftermath collaborators, including RBX, Nate Dogg, and Daz Dillinger. As a rapper, he is best known for his â��lazy drawlâ��â��a slurred, distinctively calm, laid-back, and rhythmically-complex lyrical delivery¹. According to Soundscan he has sold over 17.6 million albums in the US from the establishment of Soundscan (1991) to ...