Snoop Dogg

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h2. About

Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion (real name: Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor, with over 30 million albums sold worldwide. He is known for laid-back rapping style, using -izzle for rhyming and re-popularizing the use of it^[4] and his association with “weed culture”.

History

He began his music career in 1992 by collaborating with Dr. Dre on his solo debut album The Chronic and on the theme song of the movie Deep Cover. Snoop’s debut album, Doggystyle was released in 1993, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming certified 4x Platinum in 1994^[1].

After the success of Doggystyle, he would go on to make several more albums and collaborate with many artists, such as Tupac Shakur, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams. He is currently married to Shante Broadus, and has three children. His reported net worth is 135 million dollars^[2].

Online Presence

He has a large online following due to his music being universally acclaimed by reviewers and rap fans. Due to his association with marijuana, Snoop Dogg is most often associated with “weed culture” and its habits. He is also used in many montage parodies.

Fandom

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He has several blogs dedicated to him on tumblr, like fuckyeahsnoopdogg^[5] and Snoop Dogg Doing Awesome Things^[6]. He also has a sub-reddit^[7] and has done a AMA on the IAmA sub-reddit, using the alias “Here_Comes_The_King”^[8]

“Smoke Weed Everyday”

Smoke Weed Everyday is a lyrical part from the 2000 rap single “The Next Episode”^[3] by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. The phrase has gained usage in numerious image macros, music remixes and YouTube Poop Music Videos .

Snoop Lion/Conversion to Rastafari Movement

In 2012, after a trip to Jamaica, he announced that he had converted to the Rastafari Movement and had decided on a new alias, Snoop Lion. Under the alias, he released a new studio album called Reincarnated^[1].