Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on October 20, 1971 (other sources say 1972) in Long Beach, California) is a rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as the most famous MC of the West Coast hip hop scene,

Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on October 20, 1971 (other sources say 1972) in Long Beach, California) is a rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as the most famous MC of 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, 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. Several of his cousins, including RBX, Nate Dogg, and Daz Dillinger, are also hip hop artists and collaborate often with Snoop.

Calvin Broadus was active in music from a young age, singing in his church choir. Outside of church, Broadus often found himself in trouble, both in school and with the law for selling drugs. He later attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he began participating in schoolyard freestyle MCing competitions.