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Snoop Dogg, with his lazy drawl and gangster persona, has become one of the most commercially successful and controversial artists in all of rap. Debuting in 1992 as a collaborator on Dr. Dre?s 1992 multiplatinum The Chronic, Snoop Dogg followed soon after with the release of Doggystyle, which set a new record as the biggest-selling rap album.
Calvin Broadus (nicknamed Snoop by his mother) was born and raised on the tough streets of Long Beach, California. Shortly after graduating from high school, Snoop was arrested on a cocaine charge; he spent the next three years in and out of jail. In 1990 Snoop began to record underground tapes with a friend, rapper Warren G, who subsequently gave a cassette to his brother, N.W.A?s Dr. Dre. Dre was impressed with what he heard, and Dre and Snoop began working together on the single "Deep Cover" for a movie of the same name. By the time Dre started recording The Chronic, Snoop was his right-hand man, performing on more than half of the album. Buoyed by the acclaim received for his contributions, Snoop entered the studio to record his own album for Dre?s Death Row Records. The result, Doggystyle, was one of the most anticipated rap records in history. It entered the Billboard chart at #1 the first week of its release (the first debut album ever to do so).
Despite his success, however, Snoop has failed to avoid trouble with the law. In 1993 he was arrested in connection with the murder of a man who the rapper alleges had been stalking him. Together with his bodyguard, who is reported to have fired the gun that killed the man in 1993, Snoop was arraigned to stand trial in Los Angeles. As of mid-1995, Snoop?s case had yet to reach trial. In the meantime, the 1994 soundtrack Murder Was the Case (#1), from the short film directed by Dr. Dre, featured three Snoop songs, including the title track.
Born Calvin Broadus, October 20, 1972, Long Beach, California
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