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REAL NAME: Calvin Broadus
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BIRTHDAY: October 20, 1972
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BIGGEST SINGLE ON LEAD VOCAL: "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)
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BIGGEST LP: Doggystyle (1993)
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 0
button.gif (123 bytes) "The other day I was looking at an old picture from back when I used to play Pop Warner football. And, like, of twenty-eight homies on the team, twelve are dead, seven are in the penitentiary, three are smoked out, and only me and Warren G. are successful. I love all my homies, but damn, I don't want to stay down there with y'all." - Snoop Doggy Dogg

 
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Snoop Doggy Doggbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Doggy Dogg was born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1972 in California. He acquired his nickname from his mother after the famous cartoon dog. Snoop's conflicts with the law began during his late teens when he was a member of the Crips street gang and arrested for cocaine possession and spent some time in jail.

1992...

April
button.gif (123 bytes) The music world first became aware of Snoop Doggy Dogg when he appeared on the soundtrack for
Deep Cover and when Dr. Dre hit it big with "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang."

December
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Dr. Dre's videos and on his LP, The Chronic, with his laid-back appearance and art for rapping. Snoop's lucky break in the music industry had been making tapes at home with his friend, Warren Griffin aka Warren G, and getting the tapes to Dr. Dre (Warren G's step-brother).

1993... # 105 Singles Artist of the Year

August
button.gif (123 bytes) As Snoop's star began to rise, controversies outside the music studio crept in. Snoop's bodyguard was accused of murder in a drive-by shooting and Snoop was accused as his accomplice because he was driving the vehicle. The two claimed self-defense was the reason for the shooting. Snoop was later acquitted of the charges in 1996 with the help of O.J. Simpson lawyer, Johnny Cochran.

September
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystylebutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Doggy Dogg's debut LP, Doggystyle was released and became the first debut LP to debut at #1. The LP contained 2 Top 10 pop hits: "What's My Name?" and "Gin And Juice." He also had some moderate success with the tracks "Doggy Doggy World" and "Lodi Dodi."Rolling Stone said the LP "...is filled with verbal and vocal feats that meet its three-mile-high expectations..." and Entertainment Weekly stated, "...it's easy to be impressed one moment and appalled the next..."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "
What's My Name?"

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the
Top 10 with "What's My Name?"
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for 3 weeks with "
What's My Name?"
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Doggystyle topped the Billboard 200 Pop Albums chart for 3 weeks and the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart for 5 weeks.

1994... # 23 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "
Gin And Juice."

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" with Dr. Dre).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the
Top 10 with "Gin And Juice."
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks and the Hot Rap Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Gin And Juice."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop won Source Awards for New Artist of the Year (Solo) and Lyricist of the Year.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "
Doggy Dogg World."

September
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Casebutton.gif (123 bytes) Murder Was The Case was released and was meant to be a soundtrack to a short film based on the title track. Snoop contributed the tracks "Murder Was The Case" (Remix), "Natural Born Killaz" (with Ice Cube), "21 Jumpstreet" (with Tray Dee), and "Who Got Some Gangsta S***?"
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "
Doggy Dogg World" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was named Best Rapper in
Rolling Stone's annual critics poll.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Male, Top R&B Album (Doggystyle), the Top R&B Album Artist, and the Top R&B Album Artist - Male.

1995...

January
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American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gin And Juice").

1996... # 201 Singles Artist of the Year

November
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfatherbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop released Tha Doggfather and continued the hip-hop and rap sounds with gansta themes. Entertainment Weekly said of the LP: "...Even without Dr. Dre behind the board, Snoop and his studio team concoct an intoxicating blend of old-school funk and gangsta cool..." The LP sold well but the field of male rappers releasing hit LPs overshadowed his new work.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 helping out Nate Dogg on "
Never Leave Me Alone."
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Tha Doggfather topped the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and TOp R&B Albums chart for a week.

button.gif (123 bytes) Also during the year Snoop settled out of court in a wrongful death suit brought against him three years earlier by a family accusing Snoop of being involved with the shooting death of 22 year old Phillip Woldemariam who was shot and killed by Snoop's bodyguard.

1997...

June
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button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop toured with the Lollapalooza tour in the summer.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Doggy Dogg and Death Row Records were sued by a Virginia concert promoter who alleged they tricked her into transporting packages containing marijuana. The concert promoter was asked in January to pick up some packages at a nearby hotel and to deliver them to a club where Snoop was to perform. She was then arrested but not charged. The packages contained seven pounds of marijuana and the promoter feels she was conned by Snoop and/or his people. The lawsuit asked for over $500,000 for such issues as embarrassment, humiliation, fraud, and false imprisonment. Snoop was not charged with anything from the incident because he did not take possession of the packages.

1998... # 137 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop told the Long Beach Press - Telegram that he was leaving Death Row Records for fear of his life: "I definitely feel my life is in danger if I stay in Death Row Records. That's part of the reason why I'm leaving.... there's nothing over there. Suge Knight is in jail, the president;
Dr. Dre left and 2Pac is dead. It's telling me that I'm either going to be dead or in jail or I'm going to be nothing... They don't know how to run business. That's why their business is gone... and I'm no longer a part of them."

button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be found trying his acting in the movies Half-Baked and Ride.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Doggy Dogg was arrested in California for alleged marijuana possession. Snoop was booked with one count of "misdemeanor marijuana possession" and then released pending a court appearance.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop received probation for possession of marijuana. It was uncertain if the probation requirements would affect his plans to tour the U.S. Snoop plead no contest to the charges.

August
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Toldbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Doggy Dogg's LP, Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, was released and debuted at #1 selling over 500,000 copies in its first week of release.
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Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 2 weeks and the R&B Albums chart for 3 weeks.

1999... # 128 Singles Artist of the Year

May
Snoop Dogg - Top Doggbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg's next LP, Top Dogg was released and topped the Billboard R&B Album chart for a week.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the bookstores with his autobiography,
Tha Doggfather: The Times, Trials, And Hardcore Truths Of Snoop Dogg.

button.gif (123 bytes) MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made includes "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" (with Dr. Dre) at # 32.

2000... # 132 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Still D.R.E." with Dr. Dre).

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg,
Dr. Dre, Eminem, MC Ren, and Ice Cube kicked off a tour together in California.

June
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) / Crybaby (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 helping out on Mariah Carey's "Crybaby" and helping out on Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode."

October
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Dead Man Walkin' was released - the LP contained tracks from Snoop's Death Row Record years.

December
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Mealbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop released Tha Last Meal.

2001... # 122 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop LP chart with
Tha Last Meal for 4 weeks.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the MTV Video Countdown with "Snoop Dogg" for a week.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop's former business collaborator Suge Knight (the jailed head of Death Row Records) ran a sarcastic advertisement toward Snoop leaving Death Row - "Congratulations Snoop Doggy Dogg From Suge Knight and Death Row Records for your recent success with
Dead Man Walkin' and Tha Last Meal. Death Row knows success for a Snoop Doggy Dogg album means $$$$ for Suge Knight. Keep it up, because you know Suge Knight eats off your next three albums as well as your previous seven albums!!!"

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("The Next Episode" with Dr. Dre).
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Tha Last Meal was certified platinum.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to possession of marijuana charges in Ohio and was fined $398.30. He will not serve jail time if he stays out of trouble for 2 years.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be found on the soundtrack for Baby Boy soundtrack with "Just A Baby Boy" also featuring Tyrese & Mr. Tan.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg,
Ja Rule, and Beenie Man, were charged with indecency accusations after performing in Jamaica - the charges stem from indecent language used during their performances.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop's video for "Lay Low" was nominated for a
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.

October
Snoop Dogg - Death Row's Greatest Hitsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Death Row's Greatest Hits was released.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was charged with marijuana possession in Ohio when his tour bus was stopped for speeding by state troopers.

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be seen starring in the thriller,
Bones and the comedy The Wash.
button.gif (123 bytes) Dre could be heard on the soundtrack for
The Wash with the tracks "On The Blvd." and "The Wash."
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop pleaded no guilty to October's marijuana charges.

2002...

November
Snoop Dogg - Paid The Cost To Be The Bossbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop released Paid The Cost To Be The Boss.

2003... # 80 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Paid The Cost To Be The Boss was certified gold.

March
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Paid The Cost To Be The Boss was certified platinum.

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop and his entourage were shot at while driving in LA. Snoop was unharmed but one of his security guards was grazed by a bullet.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "
Beautiful" which also featured Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson.
button.gif (123 bytes) VH1: 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Snoop at # 25.

June
Bad Boys 2 soundtrackbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was back on MTV for 6 shows of his Doggy Fizzle Televizzle - a variety show.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop won a BET Award for Best Collaboration (with Pharrell).

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be heard on the
Bad Boys 2 soundtrack with the track "Gangsta S****."

August
The Neptunes Presents... The Clonesbutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop's video for "Beautiful" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video. Snoop also performed at the ceremony.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be heard on the The Neptunes Presents... The Clones compilation with the track "It Blows My Mind."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 helping out Chingy and also featuring Ludacris with "Holidae In."

2004... # 69 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for 2
Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Beautiful" with Pharrell and Charlie Wilson) and Best Rap Song (songwriter) ("Beautiful" with Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop could be seen in the film adaptation of the 70s TV series Starsky & Hutch.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg hosted Saturday Night Live.

June
213 - The Hard Waybutton.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg could be seen in the film Soul Plane.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "Holidae In" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award including Best Hip-Hop Video.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop joined forces with Warren G and Nate Dogg to form 213 and released
The Hard Way.

October
Snoop Dogg - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart with "Drop It Like It's Hot."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "
Drop It Like It's Hot."
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "
Drop It Like It's Hot."
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop released
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece.

December
Snoop Dogg - "Drop It Like Its Hot" (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 3 weeks and Hot 100 Airplay chart with "Drop It Like It's Hot."
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Top 10 with "Drop It Like It's Hot."
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R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece was certified platinum.

button.gif (123 bytes) # 244 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2005...# 49 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop Dogg hit the Top 40 with "Let's Get Blown."

February
Snoop Dogg - "Signs" (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop hit the Top 40 with "Signs" featuring Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake.
button.gif (123 bytes) Snoop was nominated for 2
Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Drop It Like It's Hot" with Pharrell).
button.gif (123 bytes) The single "
Drop It Li