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| Snoop Dogg |
Snoop Dogg performing in Hawaii for U.S. military personnel.
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| Background information |
| Birth name |
Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. |
| Also known as |
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg |
| Born |
October 20, 1971 |
| Origin |
Long Beach, California |
| Genre(s) |
West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap |
| Occupation(s) |
Rapper, record producer, and record executive |
| Instrument(s) |
rapping |
| Years active |
1991 – present |
| Label(s) |
Death Row (1992–1997)
No Limit/Priority (1997–2002)
Doggystyle/Star Trak/Geffen (2002–) |
Associated
acts |
Dr. Dre, 2Pac, DPG, 213, Tha Eastsidaz, LBC Crew |
| Website |
www.snoopdogg.com
www.myspace.com/snoopdogg |
Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California), better known as Snoop Dogg (other nicknames include "Snoop Doggy Dogg," "The Bigg Boss Dogg," "Bigg Snoop Dogg," and "Snoop D-O Double G") is a rapper, record producer and actor from the United States. 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. His latest album will be released under the name Bigg Snoop Dogg. Several of his cousins also became hip hop artists and Aftermath collaborators, including RBX, Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Joe Cool.
As a rapper, he is known for his “lazy drawl”—a slurred, distinctively calm, laid-back, and rhythmically-complex lyrical delivery.[1] According to Soundscan he has sold over 17.6 million albums in the US from the establishment of Soundscan (1991) to January 2006. His catch phrase is widely known as "Fo' shizzle, ma nizzle", meaning, "For sure, my nigga", though he also pioneered the term "beeyotch".
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Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early years
- 1.2 Success with Death Row Records
- 1.3 Recent years
- 2 Trivia
- 3 Discography and filmography
- 3.1 Solo albums
- 3.2 Selected Singles
- 3.3 Selected filmography
- 4 Awards
- 4.1 Grammy Award nominations
- 4.2 Awards won
- 4.3 Other nominations
- 5 Endorsements and products
- 6 Music samples
- 7 Notes
- 8 See also
- 9 External links
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Biography
Early years
Snoop Dogg's high school photograph.
He attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School,[2] where he began participating in freestyle MCing competitions.
Despite his initial promise as a sought-after basketball player, Snoop's initial foray into public life was as a result of his conviction for cocaine trafficking (albeit on a relatively small scale). Snoop was a member of a local Crips gang in Long Beach which was, at least, affiliated with the Insane Crips. Snoop Dogg's conviction caused him to be in and out of jail for the three years after he graduated from high school. Older gang members and prison inmates affiliated with the Crips gang had a long-standing pattern of recognizing talent, particularly musical or sports talent, among their membership and, pursuant to that pseudo-policy, Snoop Dogg was pushed to make something of himself as a rapper rather than a street hustler. Snoop thus followed up on the homemade rap tapes that he had made with his cousin Nate Dogg and best friend Warren G (stepbrother of Dr. Dre of N.W.A.). Originally, Nate's cousin Lil' 1/2 Dead was also part of the group, called 213, named after the Long Beach area code at the time. This was largely in homage to Richie Rich's group 415, named for the (then) area code of Oakland, California.
Success was not overnight. Many nights, in fact were spent selling mix tapes out of a trunk. However, following the widely heralded success of The Chronic, Snoop was referred to by Time Magazine as an upcoming artist to be watched.
Success with Death Row Records
Snoop Dogg's mugshot at the L.A.P.D.
Dr. Dre began collaborating with the young rapper, first on the theme song of the feature film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic with the other members of his former starting group, Tha Dogg Pound. Early success with mastering the "Doggystyle" finally justified his role in the naming of his debut solo-album, Doggystyle.
Snoop Dogg's contribution to The Chronic was considerable; the rapper's rhymes were as present as Dre's. The huge success of Snoop's debut Doggystyle was probably due to this intense exposure.
Kardashian, Cochran, Lee and Snoop during the trial.
While recording Doggystyle with Dre in August 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested in the shooting death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was later revealed to have had a secret obsession with Snoop. Snoop was defended by Robert Kardashian and his body guard, McKinley Lee, was defended by Johnnie Cochran. It is widely believed that Snoop Dogg and/or Suge Knight paid the bill for Cochrane's services to McKinley Lee. Both people were eventually acquitted. McKinley Lee was acquitted on grounds of self-defense. Snoop remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years. His video: "Two of America's Most Wanted," with Tupac Shakur chronicled the difficulties each rapper was dealing with as a result of their unrelated but concurrent criminal prosecutions.
2Pac (left), Snoop (center), and Suge Knight (right) during Snoop's time at Death Row Records (1996).
The Doggystyle album was released in November 1993 on Death Row Records and became the first debut album ever to enter the charts at #1, helping to fuel the ascendance of West Coast "G-funk" rap. The singles "What's My Name" and "Gin and Juice" were able to reach the top ten played songs in the country, and the album remained in the charts for several months, even as controversy raged over the murder trial and his allegedly violent and sexist lyrics. Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians.
The album, much like Dr. Dre's album The Chronic featured a host of rappers signed to or affiliated with the label including Daz, Kurupt, Nate Dogg and others. Many fans consider Doggystyle to be his finest album and it is usually given the same praise given to other successful Death Row albums such as 2Pac's All Eyez On Me, Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food.
A short film about the trial called Murder Was the Case, and an accompanying soundtrack, were released in 1994. It is said — to Snoop's publicly expressed, though not necessarily genuine, distress — that a lot of the hype surrounding his debut was generated by his well-publicized trial.
However, by the time Snoop's second album Tha Doggfather was released in November 1996, the price that imitaing and sometimes just living the "gangsta" life had become very evident, as a result of the death of Snoop's friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur, the racketeering indictment of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight, and other notable music industry deths and convictions. In the midst of a heated contract dispute, Dr. Dre left Death Row earlier that year. Snoop co-produced the album himself with Daz Dillinger and DJ Pooh.
The album saw a distinct change of style compared to Snoop Doggy Dogg's previous album, Doggystyle. The album had a somewhat softer approach to the G-funk style which Dr. Dre had made popular years earlier and Snoop Dogg used a less energetic and more charismatic type of rhyming style, which would be more widely incorporated and exercised later on in his career.
It is important to note that, in the immediate aftermath of Dre's withdrawal from Death Row records, Snoop was under duelling pressures to a) release more albums and b) retain his credibility as an artist. He chose to focus on the latter, resulting in a so-called "order" from Suge Knight that he start producing. Realizing that he was subject to an iron clad time-based contract (i.e., that Death Row practically owned anything he produced for a number of years), Snoop Dogg chose to risk his career against his credibility. He refused to produce any more tracks for Suge Knight, other than the insulting "Fuck Death Row," until his contract expired. He has subsequently suffered a loss of stature in terms of record sales, but has held onto his credibility as a rap artis even after the gangsta rap scene faded.
Recent years
Snoop Dogg's artistic output has since drawn back a bit from hardcore gangsta rap, with him performing on the alternative rock Lollapalooza tour in 1997, and making several film appearances, in addition to producing and directing music videos for himself and other artists. He released an autobiography in 2001.
Upon leaving Death Row Records Snoop was approached by a number of record labels but eventually settled on a deal with Master P's No Limit Records. The record label was quite popular at the time as Southern Hip Hop was going through a revival and beginning to dominate the charts in a way which hadn't been seen since the bass influenced music of Florida rap in the early 1990s by such groups as 2 Live Crew and Luke. Shortening his name from Snoop Doggy Dogg to Snoop Dogg, he initially received a great deal of criticism for signing to the label.
Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told was the first album he released at No Limit. The album was met with negative reviews, while still managing to sell well. Snoop put his stamp of the now ubiquitous dirty south sound on this album. Similar to the group focus of Death Row Records, a great deal of No Limit Records artists appeared on the album and it was produced mostly by in-house producers Beats By The Pound. Snoop's next effort, No Limit Top Dogg would see a return to the g-funk style of his Death Row days and it proved to be a success in terms of ratings and record sales as the album embraced both old and new styles of West Coast hip hop along with assorted guests from the No Limit roster. Snoop Dogg followed this up with his last album on No Limit Records titled Tha Last Meal, which evolved upon the mixture of old and new styles of West Coast hip hop that No Limit Top Dogg began.
Snoop produced a pornographic film called Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle with Hustler magazine in 2001, where he combines hip hop music with X-rated material. From then on, many films of the genre followed, and finally ended up with founding the Snoopadelic Films company in 2005, Snoop's own movie production company debuting with Boss'n Up, a film inspired by R&G starring Lil Jon and Trina. [3]
In 2002, he announced that he was giving up drinking and drugs. Later that year he released the album Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$, on Capitol Records which featured the hit singles and videos "From Da Chuuuch to Da Palace" and "Beautiful," featuring guest vocals by the Pharrell Williams.
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece album cover.
On May 21, 2004, Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shante Broadus, citing irreconcilable differences and seeking joint custody of their three children, Corde, Cordell, and Cori; they have since reconciled. Later that year, he collaborated again with his old friends Nate Dogg and Warren G, as part of their rap group 213. They released an album The Hard Way, which featured the single "Groupie Luv", and reached #4 in the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts.
In 2004, Snoop signed to Geffen Records/Star Trak Entertainment both of which are distributed through Interscope Records, the latter of the first two was headed by the Neptunes, who produced several tracks for his 2004 release R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece. "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Pharrell), the first single released from the album, was a hit and became Snoop Dogg's first single to reach number one. His third release was "Signs", featuring Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson, which entered the UK chart at #2. This was his highest entry ever in the UK chart.
He also notably played the drug dealer-turned-informant character of Huggy Bear, in the 2004 remake film of the 70's TV-series of the same name, Starsky & Hutch.
Snoop and his associates were the center of a controversial civil rape case stemming from a January, 2003 guest-hosting appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The plantiff was a 36-year-old makeup artist named Kylie Bell, who had previously won an Emmy Award for her work on the HBO series Six Feet Under. Bell claimed that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Snoop and four others. Snoop had sued for extortion a month previously, alleging that he paid $5 million in exchange for Bell's silence. Both suits were subsequently dropped in an out-of-court settlement.
Snoop Dogg recently announced to British radio that his next album, The Blue Carpet Treatment, will feature production by long-time partner Dr. Dre, dispelling rumors of a rift between the two in recent times. In addition, Snoop will be featured on Dre's proclaimed (and much delayed) Detox.
On April 26, 2006, Snoop Dogg and members of his entourage were arrested at Heathrow Airport for "violent disorder and affray" — or creating a brawl or disturbance — after being turned away from British Airways' first class lounge. Snoop and his party were not allowed to enter the lounge because although some of the entourage were flying first class, other members of the party were flying economy class. After the group was escorted outside, they vandalized a duty-free shop by throwing whisky bottles. Seven police officers were injured in the fracas. After a night in the prison, Snoop Dogg and the other men were released on bail on the 27 April but he was unable to perform at the Premier Foods People's Concert in Johannesburg on the same day. As part of his bail conditions, he had to return to the police station in May. The group has been banned by British Airways for "the foreseeable future." [4] [5]
On May 11, when he presented himself at a London police station, he was cautioned for affray under Section 4 of the Public Order Act for use of threatening words or behaviour. [6]
On May 15, the Home Office decided that Snoop Dogg should be denied entry to the UK for the foreseeable future, most likely forever, due to the fracas at Heathrow, along with his previous convictions in the U.S. for drugs and firearms offences.[7] [8] Because of these offenses he has been banned from flying with British Airways ever again.
As of June 2006, Snoop is doing an advertisement for Orbit Gum. In this advertisment, the Orbit Girl (Vanessa Branch) comes and cleans up Snoop's dirty mouth.
Snoop Dogg's latest music is being featured on West Coast rap albums, such as "Laugh Now, Cry Later" by Ice Cube and "Cali Iz Active" by Tha Dogg Pound. He is featured on 2 tracks from Cube's album including the single "Go to Church", and several tracks on "Cali Iz Active." Also, his latest song, "Real Talk", was leaked over the internet in the summer of 2006 and a video has been released on the internet. "Real Talk" is a dedication to Tookie Williams and a diss to Arnold Schwarzenegger. His two other new songs are "Keep Bouncing" by Too $hort, Snoop Dogg & Will.I.Am; and "Gangsta Walk" by Coolio & Snoop.
Currently Snoop Dogg is working with producer JT the Bigga Figga on a documentary DVD entitled Mandatory Business, that will feature the likes of Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, Xzibit, Young Buck and 50 Cent. There will also be a soundtrack released for the album.
Trivia
- Snoop Dogg plans to publish his first novel in Autumn 2006.
- Snoop Dogg is famous for using slang invented by Frankie Smith and The Gap Band in the early eighties, and popularized in part by fellow rapper E-40,[9] much of which is simply derived by adding an "izz" or "-izzle" sound to the word.
- Snoop is a fan of many professional and college sports teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the USC Trojans.
- Snoop was a member of the Rollin' 20 Crips gang in Long Beach, and still has affiliations with the group. Goldie Loc of Tha Eastsidaz is also a former member of this gang, as are Warren G and Nate Dogg.
- Snoop Dogg has his own show on XM Satellite Radio called Welcome to Da Chuuch with Big Snoop Dogg. On December 8, 2005, he was named executive producer for XM's classic hip hop channel, The Rhyme, and will provide the creative direction for the channel and assist in the development of new exclusive programming for The Rhyme as well as other channels. Also in that month, Snoop appeared in a comical TV commercial for XM with fellow XM celebrity DJs Ellen DeGeneres and David Bowie which finds the rapper attempting to find one of his misplaced vanity necklaces; the punchline of the commercial reveals that Bowie had been wearing the jewelry, unbeknownst to Snoop.
- Snoop Dogg is the most "well-connected" rapper of all time based on a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [10]. This is counted from the unusually high album sales and the collaborations made.[1]
- Snoop Dogg was requested by EA Games together with the surviving members of The Doors to produce and perform a song for the soundtrack of EA Games' Need For Speed Underground 2 in 2004. On the track, Snoop raps over a sample of The Doors' "Riders on the Storm."
- Snoop Dogg appears in Def Jam: Fight For NY as the final boss, Crow.
- Snoop Dogg collaborated with several international musicians, including Aki-La (Japan), Jamel Debbouze (France) and Mira Craig (Norway).
- Snoop Dogg and Willie McGinest of the Cleveland Browns are childhood friends and are founders and co-owners of Icon Sports+Entertainment, which is geared toward helping athletes realize their potential in the entertainment industry. Ironically, Snoop Dogg is a fan of the Browns arch-rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Snoop Dogg will soon be named a C.E.O. at Koch West.[11]
Discography and filmography
For a full listing of music and film projects, see Snoop Dogg discography and filmography.
Solo albums
| Album cover |
Album information |
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Doggystyle
- Released: November 23, 1993
- Chart positions: #1 US Billboard 200, #1 Pop & R&B, #38 UK
- U.S. Sales: 5,600,000 copies
- Last RIAA certification: 4x Platinum
- Singles: "Who Am I (What's My Name)" "Gin and Juice", "Murder Was the Case"
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Tha Doggfather
- Released: November 12, 1996
- Chart positions: #1 US Billboard 200 #1 US Pop & R&B, #15 UK
- U.S. Sales: 2,000,000 Copies
- Last RIAA certification: 2x Platinum
- Singles: "Snoop's Upside Your Head", "Tha Doggfather", "Vapors"
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Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told
- Released: August 4, 1998
- Chart positions: #1 US Billboard 200, #1 US Pop & R&B, #28 UK
- U.S. Sales:2,320,000
- Last RIAA certification: 2x Platinum
- Singles: ""Slow Down" (I Can't Take The Heat)", "Still a G Thang", "Woof!"
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No Limit Top Dogg
- Released: May 11, 1999
- Chart positions: #2 US Billboard 200, #1 US Pop & R&B, #48 UK
- U.S. Sales: 1,500,000 copies
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Bitch Please" ""Down 4 my N'z"
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Tha Last Meal
- Released: December 19, 2000
- Chart positions: #4 US Billboard 200, #1 US Pop & R&B, #62 UK
- U.S. Sales: 2,200,000 copies
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Snoop Dogg / What's My Name pt.2 ", "Lay Low", "Wrong Idea"
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Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
- Released: November 26, 2002
- Chart positions: #12 US Billboard 200, #3 US Pop & R&B, #64 UK
- U.S. Sales: 1,250,000 copies
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "From tha Chuuch to da Palace", "Paper'd up", "Beautiful", "Lollipop"
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R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece
- Released: November 16, 2004
- Chart positions: #6 US Billboard 200, #4 US Pop & R&B, #12 UK
- U.S. Sales: 1,600,000 copies
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Let's Get Blown", "Signs", "Ups & Downs", "Step Yo Game Up"
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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
- Released: November 21, 2006
- Chart positions: TBA
- U.S. Sales: TBA
- Last RIAA certification: TBA
- Singles: "Vato", "That's That"
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Selected Singles
| Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
Album |
| U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop |
U.S. Rap |
UK |
AUS Singles |
| 1993 |
"Who Am I (What's My Name)?" |
#8 |
#8 |
#1 |
#20 |
- |
Doggystyle |
| 1993 |
"Gin and Juice" (feat. Daz Dillinger) |
#8 |
#13 |
#1 |
#39 |
- |
Doggystyle |
| 1994 |
"Doggy Dogg World" (feat. The Dramatics & Tha Dogg Pound) |
- |
- |
- |
#32 |
- |
Doggystyle |
| 1996 |
"Snoop's Upside Ya Head" (feat. Charlie Wilson) |
- |
- |
- |
#12 |
#44 |
Tha Doggfather |
| 1997 |
"Vapors" (feat. Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) |
- |
- |
- |
#18 |
- |
Tha Doggfather |
| 1997 |
"We Just Wanna Party with You" (feat. Jermaine Dupri) |
- |
- |
- |
#21 |
#28 |
Men in Black O.S.T. |
| 1998 |
"Still a G Thang" |
#19 |
#16 |
#3 |
- |
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Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told |
| 2002 |
"From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" (feat. Pharrell) |
#77 |
#31 |
#16 |
#27 |
- |
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ |
| 2003 |
"Beautiful" (feat. Pharrell & Charlie Wilson) |
#6 |
#3 |
#3 |
#23 |
#4 |
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ |
| 2004 |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" (feat. Pharrell) |
#1 |
#1 |
#1 |
#10 |
#4 |
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece |
| 2005 |
"Let's Get Blown" |
#54 |
#19 |
#12 |
#13 |
- |
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece |
| 2005 |
"Signs" (feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake) |
#46 |
- |
- |
#2 |
#1 [2 weeks] |
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece |
| 2005 |
"Ups & Downs" (feat. The Bee Gees) |
- |
#67 |
- |
#36 |
#25 |
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece |
| 2005 |
"Real Soon" (as a member of DPGC including Nate Dogg) (free download to support clemency) |
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- |
- |
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#49 |
Welcome to tha Chuuch - Da Album |
| 2006 |
"Buttons (Pussycat Dolls) featuring Snoop Dogg"[2] |
#3 |
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#3 |
#2 |
Buttons single only |
| 2006 |
"Vato" |
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85 |
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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment |
| 2006 |
"That's That Shit" |
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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment |
Selected filmography
- Murder Was the Case (1994)
- I Got the Hook Up (1998) (cameo appearance)
- Half Baked (1998) (cameo appearance)
- Hot Boyz (1999)
- Urban Menace (1999)
- The Eastsidaz (2000) (also executive producer)
- Crime Partners 2000 (2001)
- Baby Boy (2001)
- Training Day (2001)
- Bones (2001)
- The Wash (2001)
- The Real Cancun (2003) (cameo appearance)
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
- Old School (2003)
- Starsky & Hutch (2004)
- Soul Plane (2004)
- Racing Stripes(2005)
- Boss'n Up (2005)
- The Tenants (2006)
- Hood of Horror (2006)
Awards
Grammy Award nominations
Snoop Dogg has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards but has not yet won an award as of 2006.
| Category |
Genre |
Song |
Year |
Result |
Best Rap Song songwriter
(with Pharrell Williams) |
Rap |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" |
2005 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
(with Pharrell Williams) |
Rap |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" |
2005 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Song songwriter
(with Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams) |
Rap |
"Beautiful" |
2004 |
Nominated |
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(with Pharrell Williams and Charlie Wilson) |
Rap |
"Beautiful" |
2004 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
(with Dr. Dre) |
Rap |
"The Next Episode" |
2001 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
(with Dr. Dre) |
Rap |
"Still D.R.E." |
2000 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Solo
Performance |
Rap |
"Gin and Juice" |
1995 |
Nominated |
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
(with Dr. Dre) |
Rap |
"Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" |
1994 |
Nominated |
Awards won
- 2006 MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Dance Video ("Buttons" with The Pussycat Dolls}
- 2006 Los Angeles Chapter Recording Academy Honors
- 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards
- Best hip hop video ("Drop it Like It's Hot")
- 2005 The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Conference Awards
- Hot Rap Track ("Drop it Like It's Hot")
- 2005 MTV European Music Awards
- 2005 MOBO Awards
- Best video ("Drop it Like It's Hot")
- 2004 Adult Video News awards
- Top Selling Tape of 2003 ("Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp")
- 2003 BET Awards
- Best Collaboration (with Pharrell)
- 2002 MTV Movie Awards
- Best Cameo ("Training Day" - 2001)
- 2002 Urban Fashion Awards
- Best Celebrity Clothing Line ("Snoop Dogg Clothing")
- 2002 Adult Video News awards
- Best Music soundtrack ("Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle")
- Top Selling Tape of 2001 ("Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle")
- 2000 Source Awards
- New Artist of the Year, Group (with Tha Eastsidaz)
- 1995 American Music Awards
- Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
- 1994 MTV Video Music Award
- Best Rap Video. ("Doggy Dogg World")
- 1995 Source Awards
- Artist of the Year, Solo
- Video of the Year ("Murder Was The Case")
- 1994 Source Awards
- New Artist of the Year (Solo)
- Lyricist of the Year
Other nominations
- 2005 Radio Music Awards
- Song of the Year/Urban and Rhythmic Radio ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- 2005 Billboard Music Awards
- Rap song of the year ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- 2005 MTV European Music Awards
- Best Male artist
- Best song ("Signs")
- 2005 BET Awards
- Video of the Year ( "Drop It Like It's Hot")
- Best Collaboration ( "Drop It Like It's Hot")
- Best Rap Artist
- 2005 World Music Awards
- Best-Selling Male R&B Award
- 2005 MTV Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- Best Hip-Hop Video ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- Viewer's Choice ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- 2005 MOBO Awards
- Best Single ("Drop It Like It's Hot" with Pharrell).
- 2005 Soul Train Awards
- ("Drop It Like It's Hot")
- 2004 2004 Adult Video News awards
- Best Non-Sex Performance : Snoop Dogg ("Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp")
- 2004 MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Hip-Hop Video. ("Holidae Inn" with Chingy and Ludacris)
- 2004 MVPA Video Awards
- Best Hip-Hop Video (Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell Williams "Beautiful" / Prod Co: Partizan; Chris Robinson, dir.)
- 2003 BET Awards
- 2003 California Music Awards
- Outstanding hip-hop album ("Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss")
- 2003 MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Hip-Hop Video ("Beautiful")
- 2003 Vibe Awards
- Reelest video:"Beautiful"
- Hottest hook:"Beautiful"
- Coolest collaboration:"Beautiful"
- 2003 MVPA Video Awards
- Soundtrack Video of the year (Snoop Dogg feat. Bootsy Collins - "Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)" from "Undercover Brother." Director: Gregory Dark. Production company: Atlas)
- 2001 1st Annual BET Awards (June 19, 2001):
- Video of the Year ("The Next Episode" - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg)
- 2001 MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Rap Video ("Lay Low")
- 2001 Source Awards
- Artist Of The Year, Solo
- Album of the Year (Tha Last Meal)
- Live Performer of the Year
- Music Video of the Year (""Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)"")
- 2000 Source Awards
- Artist Of The Year, Solo
- Single of the Year ("Still D.R.E." Dr. Dre f/Snoop Dogg)
- 1999 Source Awards
Endorsements and products
- Snoop Dogg 40 Oz Malt liquor
- Boost Mobile cell phone
- Orbit Gum
- "Snoop Doggs" - foot-long hot dogs manufactured in Massachusetts a joint venture with Platinum One Media [12]
- "Snoop Dogg Board Company (SDBC)" - skateboards and Luggage fabrication company (with Pentagon Distribution)
- "Snooperbowl" and "Snoop Youth Football league"
- "Chronic Candy" - candy that tastes like marijuana (from Switzerland and is currently banned in some cities of US)
- Dogg Dayz - fiction book (published by Atria) ISBN 0-7432-7363-X [13]
- Tha Doggfather : The Times, Trials, And Hardcore Truths Of Snoop Dogg - autobiography (published by William Morrow) Hardcover ISBN 0-688-17158-3, Paperback ISBN 0-06-107607-4 [14]
- Fear & Respect (project cancelled as of March 1 2006) - PlayStation 2 video game (developed by Midway Games)
- "Doggy Biscuitz" - shoe brand (in partnership with Pony International) [15]
- "Snoop Dogg Clothing" - streetwear (distributed at Macy's)
- "WRFF" - unique design scooters (in cooperation with Salton, Inc.) [16]
- "Hip Hop Gaming League" - a celebrity online gaming competition (hosted by Global Gaming League) [17]
- "Snoop Dogg figures" (Vital Toys, Sota Toys) [18]
Music samples
Solo
Writer
Production
Cameo/Collab
Notes
- ^ http://www.music-map.com/snoop+doggy+dog.html - Snoop Dogg's sociographic map, URL accessed on July 3, 2006 (UTC)
- ^ http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/8542; URL accessed 26 August 2006 (UTC)
See also
- Don "Magic" Juan
- Dr. Dre
- G-funk
- Nate Dogg
- West Coast hip hop
External links
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- Snoop Dogg at Geffen Records
- Snoop Dogg at the Internet Movie Database
- Snoop Dogg Lyrics
- UGO Interview
- BBC Article
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