Pimp turned rapper turned actor. Announced in 2012 that he now wants to be called "Snoop Lion."
[1] Daniel Burke, "Why did Snoop Dogg change his name when he became a Rasta?",
Religion News Service
syndicated to
The Washington Post
, 2 August 2012: "I want to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion... I feel like I've always been Rastafari, I just didn't have my third eye open."
Wife:
Shantay Taylor Broadus (m. 12-Jun-1997, div. 2004, three children)
Son:
Spanky
Son:
Snoop, Jr.
Daughter:
Cori ("Choc", has lupus, b. 22-Jun-1999)
High School:
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, CA
Snoop Dogg
213
Crips
Rollin 20's Crip, Long Beach
Nation of Islam
(2009-)
Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "It" List
ITzzle fo' Shizzle
Drug Possession: Marijuana
Los Angeles, CA
Drug Possession: Cocaine
(convicted 5-Jun-1990)
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
(21-Jul-1993, convicted Mar-1997)
Murder
allegedly killed Philip Woldemariam 25-Aug-1993 (acquitted 1996)
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
Burbank, CA (28-Nov-2006)
Drug Possession: Cocaine
Burbank, CA (28-Nov-2006)
Drug Possession: Marijuana
Sierra Blanca, TX (7-Jan-2012)
Drug Possession: Marijuana
Oslo, Norway (29-Jun-2012)
Drug Possession: Marijuana
Uppsala, Sweden (25-Jul-2015)
XM
Snoop Dogg's Classic Hip/Hop/Rap
Endorsement of
AOL
Endorsement of
Chrysler
Endorsement of
Pabst Brewing Company
St. Ides Special Brew Blueberry
Endorsement of
Symantec
Norton Antivirus (2010)
Endorsement of
World Wrestling Entertainment
(2007)
Endorsement of
Megaupload
(2011)
Risk Factors:
Marijuana
,
Cocaine
,
Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Beach Bum (9-Mar-2019)
The Defiant Ones (9-Jul-2017)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (24-May-2016)
Meet the Blacks (1-Apr-2016)
Pitch Perfect 2 (20-Apr-2015)
· Himself
Take Me to the River (11-Mar-2014)
· Himself
Turbo (17-Jul-2013)
[VOICE]
Scary MoVie (11-Apr-2013)
· Himself
Reincarnated (7-Sep-2012)
· Himself
We the Party (6-Apr-2012)
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (21-Jan-2012)
· Himself
Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (11-Feb-2011)
· Himself
The Big Bang (2011)
· Puss
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (26-Nov-2009)
[VOICE]
Falling Up (29-Sep-2009)
· Raul
Br?no (25-Jun-2009)
· Himself
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (23-Feb-2009)
· Himself
[VOICE]
Singh Is Kinng (7-Aug-2008)
Katt Williams: American Hustle (26-Oct-2007)
· Himself
Hood of Horror (27-Jun-2006)
The Tenants (3-Feb-2006)
Beef III (15-Nov-2005)
· Himself
Boss'n Up (1-Jun-2005)
The L.A. Riot Spectacular (25-Apr-2005)
· Narrator
Racing Stripes (14-Jan-2005)
· Lightning
[VOICE]
Soul Plane (28-May-2004)
Starsky & Hutch (26-Feb-2004)
· Huggy Bear
Malibu's Most Wanted (10-Apr-2003)
· Ronnie Rizzat
[VOICE]
Old School (13-Feb-2003)
· Himself
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Volcano High (5-Dec-2001)
The Wash (14-Nov-2001)
· Dee Loc
Bones (24-Oct-2001)
Training Day (7-Sep-2001)
Baby Boy (21-Jun-2001)
· Rodney
The Up in Smoke Tour (2-Dec-2000)
· Himself
Hot Boyz (30-Mar-2000)
· C-Dawg
Tha Eastsidaz (2000)
Whiteboyz (9-Sep-1999)
· Himself
Urban Menace (7-Sep-1999)
· Preacher Caleb
The Wrecking Crew (1999)
· Dra-Man
I Got the Hook Up (27-May-1998)
· Bar Patron
Ride (27-Mar-1998)
· Mente
Caught Up (27-Feb-1998)
Half Baked (16-Jan-1998)
· Scavenger Smoker
The Show (25-Aug-1995)
· Himself
Official Website:
http://www.snoopdogg.com/
Rotten Library Page:
Snoop Doggy Dogg