Snoop Dogg: Uncaged (2022) Movie Script
1
I don't make music intentionally for one
particular style of people.
I make music for people in general
and my music reaches people.
So I think that's what it is.
It's about how I was raised
and just how I like to be
around different people.
It's not about my people because
I feel like everybody's my people.
Rapper, songwriter,
media personality, actor,
and entrepreneur, West Coast, rap legend,
Snoop Dogg has come a long way since
being discovered by Dr.
Dre in the early 1990s.
Yeah, it's always good
to get back into your natural,
you know, climate and that's my number
one thing is to be a rapper.
That's my foreground.
Everything else is in the background.
So when I'm able to go into a studio
and create me another record
and hold everybody's attention
to see if people really
still interested and see if I can make
the kind of music that can, you know,
do what I've been known to do,
like make music that just goes
from one country to
another, from one person
to another, that lasts from year to year,
that represents a good time
and partying and just having fun.
As impressive as he was
when guessing on Dr. Dre's "The Chronic"
in 1992, few could have
guessed, he'd go on global fame,
tens of millions of record sales
and a career in movies and TV.
I wanna thank me.
I wanna thank me for believing in me.
I wanna thank me for
doing all this hard work.
I wanna thank me for having no days off.
I wanna thank me for never quitting.
I wanna thank me for always being
a giver and trying to
give more than I receive.
I wanna thank me for trying
to do more right than wrong.
I wanna thank me for just
being me at all times.
Snoop Dogg, you a bad mother
Thank you gha, I appreciate that.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr,
Was born on October 20th,
1971, in Long Beach,
California to Vernell
Varnando and Beverly Tate.
Vernell, who is a Vietnam War Veteran,
singer and male carrier left the family
only three months after his birth.
And thus he was named
after his stepfather,
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr.
His biological father remained largely
absent from his life.
He was the second of
his mother's three sons,
his mother and stepfather
divorced in 1975.
As a boy, his parents nicknamed him Snoopy
due to his love and likeness
of the cartoon character from The Peanuts.
This nickname then evolved
to become his rap name, Snoop dogg.
It was a
cartoon that was created,
I believe in the late sixties
by Charles Shulz called
Charlie Brown, right?
And it was a little white dog on there.
His name was Snoopy, right?
But see what y'all don't know is Snoopy
had a black brother named Snoop Dogg,
but he couldn't bring me to the house.
'Cause the white family didn't really
like black folks back then.
So he kicked me out, I went to the hood,
created my own name.
He gave me a few dollars and told me,
my little white brother, Snoopy told me,
you have a cartoon mind
and you will succeed.
And I have succeeded.
And that's the story of
Snoopy and Snoop Dogg.
When Broadus was very young,
he began singing and playing piano
at the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church,
in sixth grade he began rapping.
As a child, Broadus sold candy,
delivered newspapers and bagged groceries
to help his family make ends meet.
He was described as having
been a dedicated student
and enthusiastic churchgoer,
active in choir and football.
Broadus said in 1993,
that he began engaging
in unlawful activities and joining gangs
in his teenage years, despite
his mother's preventative efforts.
Broadus would frequently rap in school.
As he recalled.
"When I rapped in the hallways at school,
I would draw such a big crowd that
the principal would think
there was a fight going on.
It made me begin to
realize that I had a gift.
I could tell that my
raps interested people
and that made me interested in myself".
As a teenager, Broadus frequently ran
into trouble with the law.
He was a member of the
Rollin 20s Crips Gang
in the East side
neighborhood of Long Beach.
Although in 1993, he
denied the frequent police
and media reports by saying
that he never joined a gang.
In order to keep outta trouble.
Snoop started to become
more and more involved
with music with his two cousins,
Nate Dogg and Lil Half
Dead and friend Warren G.
Snoop recorded homemade tapes.
The four called their group
2 1 3 after the area code
of their native Long Beach, at that time.
One of Snoop's early solo freestyles over
"Hold On" by En Vogue was on a mixed tape
that fortuitously wound up with Dr. Dre.
The influential producer was so impressed
by the sample that he
called Snoop to audition.
Former N.W.A affiliate, the D.O.C
taught him to structure
his lyrics and separate
the themes into verses,
hooks and choruses.
From there Snoop and Dr. Dre collaborated
on a song called "Deep
Cover" for the soundtrack
of a film of the same name
and Snoop became the key rapper on Dre's
hugely successful first solo
album, "The Chronic" in 1992.
This hip-hop thing.
Don't let nobody stop you
from being down with it.
'Cause could nobody stop me.
That's why I'm in the
position where I'm at.
I stayed down with it, even when
didn't nobody believe in me.
I believed in myself.
Well Snoop came along when it was a time
when rap was, was a little bit different,
it was, you know, it was the hip-hop,
the hippititi, hippititi, hip.
He came across with a whole new thang.
It was a gangster rap and you know,
it was just, flipped the whole
hip-hop thing upside down.
One of the first artists sell three,
four million records right off the top.
So he was the first one I call it.
So now I call him the father of rap.
Yeah, he is.
Yeah, that's the reason why all colors,
all ages, all genres could
relate to Snoop Doggy Dog.
Snoop, this way please
Hey Snoop
Snoop.
Snoop.
Excellent.
Snoop?
Working
alongside Dr. Dre on his album
"The Chronic" was great
exposure for Snoop Dogg
at the beginning of his career,
making his first album a huge success.
"Doggy Style", Snoop
Dogg's first debut album
was released in November,
1993 by Death Row Records.
Death Row Records was founded in 1992
by Dr. Dre Suge Knight, the D.O.C
and Dick Griffey.
The singles "Who Am I? "What's My Name"
And "Gin and Juice" reached the top 10
most played songs in the United States.
And the album stayed on the Billboard
Chart for several months.
So I ain't holding nothin' back
And once again I got
five on twenty sack
It's like that
As a matter of fact ra-at-tat-tat
'Cause I never hesitate
to put a fool on his back
Yeah so peep out the manuscript
You see that it's a must
We drop gansta shit
Hold up, what's my name
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
Yeah, yeah
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
The lights and close the doors
But, but what
We don't love them hoes
Yeah
So we gonna blow a ounce to this
Gs up, freeze up, for a second
Now bounce to this
Rollin' down the street, smokin'
Smokin', sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money
And my money on my mind
Rollin' down the street, smokin'
Smokin', sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money
And my money on mind
Now, that I got me some Seagram's
"Doggy Style", much like
"The Chronic" featured
a host of rappers signed
by or affiliated with The Death Row label
including Dazz Dillinger,
Kurupt, Nate Dog and others.
However, just as he was beginning
to see success in his rap career.
In 1993, Snoop Dogg was charged with
first degree murder for the shooting
of Philip Woldermariam,
a member of rival gang
who was actually killed by
Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee.
Luckily Snoop was acquitted
on February 20th, 1996.
After he was acquitted.
He did not want to continue living
the gangster lifestyle because he felt
that continuing his behavior would result
in his assassination or a prison term.
A short film about Snoop
Dogg's murder trial,
"Murder Was the Case"
was released in 1994,
along with an accompanying soundtrack.
He collaborated with fellow rap artist,
Tupac Shakur on the 1996,
single "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted".
This was one of Shakur's
last songs while alive.
I've got a pit named Petey.
She Nigerina
I got a house out in the hills,
Right next to Chino
And I think I got a black bimmer
But my dream is to own the fly casino
Like Bugsy Siegel
And do it all legal
And get scooped up by the
little homie in the Regal
It feel good to you, baby-bubba
You see, this is for the
G's and the keys, mother
Now follow as we ride!
Mother the rest, two of
the best from the Westside
And I can make you famous
Niggas been dyin' for
He was shot on September 7th,
1996 in Las Vegas dying six days later.
By the time Snoop Dogg's second album,
"Tha Doggfather" was
released in November, 1996.
The price of appearing
to live the gangster life
had become very evident.
Among the many notable
hip-hop industry deaths
and convictions were the
death of Snoop Dogg's friend
and label mate, Tupac Shakur
and the racketeering indictment
of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight.
Dr. Dre had left Death Row earlier
in 1996 because of a contract dispute.
So Snoop Dogg, co-produced
"Tha Doggfather"
with Dazz Dillinger and DJ pool.
This album featured a
distinct change of style
from "Doggy Style" and the lead
off single "Snoop's Upside Ya Head"
featured a collaboration
with Charlie Wilson.
L-B-C and B what? Uh, my crew
'Cause uh, we out there
smokin' on the Krazy Glue
Upside your head like oops
Snoop's the, go get it
That you hear 'em
bumpin' in the coupes
Can't afford it,
homeboy, this is finished
I represented, from V-A to Venice
So when it's timid and cold outside
Rely on the Doggy Dogg
To put the heat in your life
Say Snoop's upside your head
Say Snoop's upside your head
The album
sold reasonably well,
but was not as successful
as his predecessor.
'Tha Doggfather" had a somewhat
softer approach to the G-funk style.
After Dr. Dre withdrew
from Death Row Records,
Snoop realized that he was subject
to an ironclad time based contract
that Death Row practically owned anything
he produced for a number of years
and therefore refused to
produce any more tracks
for Suge Knight other than the insulting
"Fuck Death Row until
his contract expired.
Death Row began to decline
in the late nineties
after the death of one of
its stars, Tupac Shakur,
and the imprisonment of Suge Knight
as well as the departures
of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
Snoop married his high school girlfriend,
Shante Taylor on June 12th, 1997.
On May 21st, 2004, he filed
for divorce from Taylor
citing irreconcilable differences.
The couple, however re-married
on January 12th, 2008.
The couple had three children together,
sons Corde and Cordell
and a daughter, Cori
Snoop also has a son from
a previous relationship
with Laurie Holmond, Julian
Corrie Broadus born in 1998.
One thing about me in my situation.
I don't never have to lie about what I do
and how I do it because it
comes with the territory.
You know, she knew the job
was dangerous when I took it.
And at the same time I respect her
and I love her and I appreciate her.
So I would never
disrespect her in a fashion
to where I would have to lie.
Everything that I do.
She know that I do 'cause
it's public it's Snoop Dogg.
I don't hide.
And how much input does
your wife have into your music?
Does she give you her honest opinion?
- You know what...
- And the kids as well?
Sometimes my wife
has been a part of some
of my greatest music by making me mad
and making me go make
some real good music.
Good.
And then sometimes I've been real happy
with my wife and we made
babies and made good music
to represent that as well.
So it's a double sword,
you know what I'm saying?
She brings out the best
and the worst in me.
Shit you know what?
You'll beat this
Lodi dodi, we likes to party
We don't cause trouble,
we don't bother nobody
We're, just some niggas
that's on the mic
And when we rock up on the
mic we rock the mic
For all my Doggs
keepin y'all in health
Just to see you smile
and enjoy yourself
'Cause it's cool when you
cause a cozy condition in
Which we create, 'cause
that's our mission
So listen close, to what we say
Because this types of
shit happens every day
I woke up
The music industry since "Doggy Style"
has became more
commercialized and more open
to rappers and open to hip-hop.
As opposed to when I first came,
hip-hop was the bad, the bad boy of music.
We were the scapegoats.
We was the ones who no one could listen
to or no one could have come over,
it wasn't cool to listen to.
Now, hip-hop is a part of
everything that's moving,
whether it's sports, TV,
entertainment, whatever it is,
you have to incorporate hip-hop
or your thang won't sell.
Snoop signed with Master P,
No Limit Records in March, 1998 and debute
on the label with his third studio album.
"The Game Is To Be Sold Not To Be Told"
later that year.
I'm really, you know,
just looking forward
to just making a great record.
That feels good.
That just gives people something
to think about other than, you know,
financial problems and weather problems
and just life in general, just
music to make you feel good.
That's what my music represents.
So I'm trying to go back to the studio
and put that feeling back in the world.
His other
albums on "No Limit"
were "No Limit Top Dog" in 1999,
selling over 1.5 million copies
and "The Last Meal" in 2000,
selling over 2 million copies
after it's initial release.
You know what it is?
I love all music.
Anything that feels
good, that's different.
I'm with it.
I don't like just staying in one lane
and doing the short, sweet and simple.
I like doing the different in the edgy.
In 1999, his autobiography,
"Tha Doggfather" was published, in 2002
he released the album, "Paid
The Cost To Be The Boss".
Selling over 1.3 million copies.
The album featured the hit singles
"From The Church To The Palace"
and "Beautiful" featuring
guest vocals by Pharell.
I just want you to know
You're my favorite girl
Oh, hey
I know you gon' lose
it, this new Snoop shit
Come on baby boo,
you gotta get into it
Don't fool wit the
playa with the cool whip
Yeah, yeah, you know I'm
always on that cool shit
Walk to it, do it how you do it
Have a glass, lemme
put you in the mood and
Yes
Lil' cutie lookin' like a student
Long hair, wit'cha big fat booty
Back in the days you was a
girl, I went to school wit
Had to tell your moms
and sister to cool it
The girl, wanna, I just might do it
So, I'm here to walk wit
some pimp-pimp clue wit'
Mommy don't worry, I won't abuse it
Hurry up and finish so we can
Well, when I'm working with somebody
it's gotta be somebody that I love working
with or either that I wanna work with
or somebody that just makes great music
and can compliment me and what I'm doing
or either I can compliment them.
That's what I'm choosing who I'm trying
to work with on a collaboration.
By this stage in his career,
Snoop Dogg had left
behind his gangster image
and embraced the pimp image.
In June, 2004, Snoop signed
to Geffen Records slash
Star Trek Entertainment, both distributed
by Interscope Records and released
his seventh studio album,
"R&G,, The Masterpiece"
"Drop It Like It's Hot"
featuring Pharrell.
The first single release from the album
was a hit and became Snoop Dogg's
first single to reach number one.
When the pimp's in the crib ma
Drop it like it's hot
When the pigs try to get at you
Park it like it's hot
And if a n... get a attitude
Pop it like it's hot
I got the Rollie on my arm
and I'm pouring Chandon
And I roll the best weed
'cause I got it going on
I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that
Da Big Boss Dogg,
yeah I had to do that
I keep a
His third release was "Signs"
featuring Justin Timberlake
and Charlie Wilson,
which entered the UK Chart at number two.
Where helicopters got cameras,
Just to get a glimpse of our Chucks
And our Khakis and our bouncer cars
You with you friend right?
She ain't trying to bring
over no men right?
She ain't gotta be in the distance
She could get all in an instant
I'm not sure of what I see
Cupid don't with me!
Are you telling me this is a sign?
She's looking in my eyes,
now I see no other guys
Are you telling me
This was his highest
entry ever in the UK Chart.
The album sold 1.7 million
copies in the U.S alone.
And most of his singles were heavily
played on radio and television.
Miss you.
Must I remind you I'm
only here to twist you
Pistol whip you, dip you then flip you
Then dance to this
music we Crip to
Subscribe nigga, get yo' issue
Baby, come close, let
me see how you get loose
When the pimp's in the crib ma
Drop it like it's hot
When the pigs try to get at you
Park it like it's hot
And if a get a attitude
Pop it like it's hot
I got the Rollie on my arm
and I'm pouring Chandon
And I roll the best weed
'cause I got it going on
In 2005 Snoop Dogg founded
The Snoop Youth Football League
for at risk youth in Southern California.
This is
so important because
there's so many kids
that have special needs
that don't get a chance to come outside
the house that don't get a chance
to intermingle and you know,
be regular and they are regular.
There's nothing wrong with them.
So we just wanted to
provide an opportunity
to bring them to the real world so
they can have some real
fun and do something
that's, you know, familiar to the people
that's around them, which is fun.
We just wanted to put
them in a fun environment.
Bring out some great coaches,
some great people who
understand what we trying to do.
And we look forward to this growing
and getting bigger and better.
Shout out to DeShaun
Foster and Gene Walter
for, you know, teaming up with
the Snoopy Football League.
In 2018, it was claimed
to be the largest youth
football organization
in Southern California with 50 teams
and more than 1,500 players.
Snoop's 2006 album, "Tha
Blue Carpet Treatment"
debute on the Billboard 200 at number five
and sold over 850,000 copies.
I mean, hip-hop has grown.
Anything you put in the
ground and you water it
it's gonna grow.
If you nurture it.
We nurtured hip-hop from the beginning.
So it's grown into different facets,
different walks of life.
I go to different countries and I see
how people take hip-hop and they make
it theirs and they add onto it
and they create different
avenues of hip-hop.
That's what it was made for.
It was created by the youth for the youth.
So as hip-hop grows.
People gotta understand that hip-hop
is gonna go all over the world
and it's gonna be experimented with
it's gonna be played with
it's gonna be tampered with.
But the thing is that hip-hop has grown
out of one little box in the Bronx,
New York is where it started from.
And now I'm sitting over here in England
doing the interview, with
countries that's far,
far, far away from where it started.
With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kind of hard bein'
Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin' up with funky ass
like every single day
May I, kick a little
something for the Gs
And, make a few ends
as I breeze, through
It's two in the mornin' and
the partys still jumpin'
'Cause my momma ain't home
I got bitches in the
livin' room gettin' it on
And, they ain't leavin' til
So what you wanna do? Shit
I got a pocket full of
rubbers and my homeboys do too
So turn off the lights
and close the doors
But yeah
So we gonna smoke a ounce to this
Gs up, hoes down,
while you motherfuckers
Man, he just, you
know, he does good music
you know? I mean it's
hard to explain the kinda
music, well its G-funk, and, you know
what it is, is that we've always stayed
who we are and not changed for nobody.
We done things out of
the box and he's done
a lot of things out of the
box that nobody would try.
- Sorry about that.
- Okay.
Things that nobody would try and I mean,
that's, you know, people, you know,
love that about him and they see that
and they say, you know, this
guy, this is a solid cat.
He's original, you know?
And, you know, that's what it is that,
that he has about him, that, you know,
that charisma that, you know, and he's
- also a very funny guy
- Yeah.
To hang around.
That's my best friend.
He have me laughing still all day,
every day, every time
we around each other.
It's crazy.
But I mean, he just a incredible dude.
You know.
He released
his ninth studio album,
Ego Trippin' selling
400,000 copies in the US,
along with the first
single "Sexual Eruption".
Not gonna rush the stroll
So she can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
So I can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
So we can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
Sensual seduction
Seduction
She might be with him
But she's thinkin' 'bout me
The single
peaked at number seven
on the Billboard 100 featuring
Snoop using auto tune.
Snoop was appointed an executive
position at Priority Records.
His 10th studio album
"Malice n Wonderland"
was released on December 8th, 2009.
The first single from
the album "Gangsta Luv"
featuring The Dream peaked at number 35
on the Billboard Hot 10.
Cold in the middle of the night
Cause I'm a dogg I'm a
give her what she like
She say ma name loud,
I say her name low
That's what I aim fo,
that's how the game go
Baby like the way I wake her up
'Cause I'm a gansta, I grab her by the
Pull her to my side, I'm in
Woke that up, just to put her to sleep
Everyday is the same thang
The album debut at number 23
on the Billboard 200 selling 61,000 copies
it's first week making it
his lowest charting album.
His third single.
"I Wanna Rock" peaked at number
41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The fourth single from Malice n Wonderland
titled "Pronto" featuring Soulja Boy
was released on iTunes
on December 1st, 2009.
Snoop re-released the album under
the name "More Malice".
Snoop collaborated with Katy
Perry on "California Girls".
The first single from her
album "Teenage Dream",
which was released on May 7th, 2010.
Ooh oh ooh
California girls
We're undeniable
Fine, fresh, fierce
We got it on lock
West coast represent
Now put your hands up
Ooh oh ooh
Toned, tan
Fit and ready
Turn it up 'cause its gettin' heavy
Wild, wild west coast
These are the girls I love the most
I mean the ones
I mean like she's the one
Kiss her, touch her
Squeeze her buns
The girl's a freak
She drive a
On February 4th, 2012,
Snoop Dogg announced a documentary
"Reincarnated" alongside his new upcoming
studio album entitled "Reincarnated".
The film was released March 21st, 2013
with the album slated to
release April 23rd, 2013.
On July 20th, 2012, Snoop
Dogg released a new reggae,
single "La La La" under
the pseudonym "Snoop Lion".
On July 31st, 2012, Snoop introduced
a new stage name, Snoop Lion.
He told reporters that
he was re-christened,
Snoop Lion by a Rastafari
priest in Jamaica.
Since the start of his
career, Snoop has been
an avowed cannabis smoker making it
one of the trademarks of his image.
In 2002, he announced he was
giving up cannabis for good.
However, that didn't last long.
And in 2013, he claimed to be smoking
approximately 80 cannabis blunts a day.
He has been certified for medical cannabis
in California to treat
migraines since at least 2007.
In November, 2018, Snoop
Dogg announced plans
for his Puff Puff Pass Tour
which features Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, Too Short
Warren G, Kurupt and others.
Also in November, 2018.
Joining the likes of
fellow hip-hop artists
and legendary musicians.
Snoop Dogg finally received a star
on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
in recognition of his career.
Along with Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dre,
Quincy Jones and Jimmy Kimmel.
The artist celebrated 26 years in the game
in true Snoop Dogg style.
Back in the day, Snoop came to me
at a very low point in my life.
And I had just separated
myself from Ruthless Records.
I had no money for food.
I didn't even have furniture
at my house at that time.
I had to start completely
over from scratch.
And at that moment in my life,
it was make it or break it for me.
Then it was time to do
my first solo album,
"The Chronic" right.
I had no idea how I was gonna do it.
How it was gonna get done.
And then boom, here comes Snoop.
Right?
But true diamond in the rough, I mean,
Snoop is just pure raw talent.
Nobody sounds like Snoop.
And then when he opens his mouth,
you know exactly who it is, you feel me?
No, not only that, but his style
and charisma made me feel like
he was destined to be a superstar.
You know, when you can just feel it,
he's got that thing, that
it factor, you feel me.
Snoop, I'm honored to be
a part of your legacy.
Thank you for letting me come up here
and share some of my thoughts about
how I feel about you.
And I love you, man.
Congratulations.
Joining
over 3,000 other stars
on the famous walk.
Snoop made an acceptance speech.
Been coming
to Hollywood for a long time,
looking down on the ground at these stars
and just imagining what it would be like
to be down here one day.
It's a great feeling to look out here
and see all the people that
really make me who I am.
The fans, all of y'all out there
For real though.
I gotta give a shout out to my A one
from day one.
DJ Warren G.
DJ Warren G believed in Snoop Dogg
when Snoop Dogg didn't believe in himself.
So, I look at today as a day that
we can celebrate as
homeboys because he believed
in me when I didn't believe in myself.
So G dub, this is our star big homie.
Yes, sir.
Gotta give a shout out
to all of the people
behind the scenes that help Snoop Dogg
become who he is.
I'm talking about my mother,
I'm talking about my father.
I'm talking about my aunties,
the people in my life,
growing up, my mentors, my
wife for being there for me,
for being my backbone, being strong enough
to stay down with me and understand
the fact that I was doing
what I was trying to do best,
but being there for me through
the hard times and the good times.
Shout out to all of the
rappers that I rapped
with, that I wrote with, that I combined
my talents with to create who we created,
mainly the D.O.C my mentor,
my teacher for taking his time
and, you know, putting
his thoughts to the side,
to give me his spirit, to do what I do
and to instill that in me.
Shout out to all of the people behind
the scenes that used to go against me
when I used to battle or
battle rap or whatnot,
because the battle rappers
made me who I am, you know,
to be able to battle against somebody
to get better and to challenge yourself.
I gotta give them a shout
out because without that,
I wouldn't have been able to,
be so challenging and courageous
and being able to put my
skills at a high level.
Shout out to Dr. Dre for believing
Dr. Dre believed in me when
I really wasn't nothing.
And I'm gonna say that,
'cause I mean that,
'cause I really didn't
know what I wanted to do.
I just knew that I wanted to be a rapper
and Warren G believed in me.
And when Dr. Dre gave me the opportunity,
he really, he didn't
look at me like somebody
that was less than him.
He looked at me like a equal
and we always been brothers from that day.
And that was real effective with me
because when you dealing with a star
and you coming in as a nobody,
it's easy for the start to down look you
or to play you low.
But for him to look at me even,
that's why we never said no to this day,
because we always look at each other
as brothers and we depend on each other.
We need each other.
So Dr. Dre, I wanna
tell you, I love you cuz
for being my brother through hard times,
real times and good times.
Quincy Jones.
I can't believe you got up this early.
I love Quincy Jones.
Like Quincy said, we used to party
at his house when he wasn't
there back in the days,
but he was nice enough
to let us use this house.
And he's just always been like a mentor
to us being like a big brother to us,
trying to help us
understand that we needed
to be more positive and more
instrumental with our voices.
And now that I'm looking back at it
and now we at this date.
I can say that I'm thankful for Quincy,
for being who he was for trying
to tell us to get our lives right.
And to be more positive
and more productive
because now that I'm a
positive, productive man,
I could walk around more
peaceful and more happy.
And I wanna thank you Quincy
for instilling that in me.
And hopefully I'll instill that
into the young generation of rappers.
So they won't have to go through the mess
that we went through
and cut the mess early
and just get straight to the business.
And while he did the standard
act to thank the most
important people in his life,
he took the opportunity to thank himself.
Last but not least.
I wanna thank me.
I wanna thank me for believing in me.
I wanna thank me for
doing all this hard work.
I wanna thank me for having no days off.
I wanna thank me for never quitting.
I wanna thank me for always being
a giver and trying to
give more than I receive.
I wanna thank me for trying
to do more right than wrong.
I wanna thank me for just
being me at all times.
Snoop Dogg, you a bad mother
Thank you gha, I appreciate that.
And I gotta thank the man up top
G O D 'cause I'm nothing without him.
May y'all have a beautiful day Hollywood.
Thank y'all for letting me get it in
and all the Crips and Bloods.
I want y'all to come Crip, walk
on my star later on tonight, gha.
On July 3rd, 2019,
Snoop Dogg released the title track
from his upcoming 17th studio album.
"I Wanna Thank Me".
The album was released
on August 16th, 2019.
Snoop is
consistent, he works hard.
He has no problem busting his ass.
And you know, at the end of the day,
he understands the balance between
how to still maintain the integrity
of what it is to be a human and how
to maintain the integrity
of not compromising
what he believes in as far as what
he continuously gives people
as far as a great,
amazing, finished product,
and the quality of his work.
And I couldn't be more proud of a person
that I've seen before he even
put out his first record.
I think I met Snoop when he
was 18 on Sunset Boulevard,
right across the street from the Hyatt.
And, it was Sunset Tattoo
at the time next door
- to the House of Blues.
- Okay.
Snoop didn't have a record out yet.
And it was me, him and Das EFX.
And Snoop was letting me know, you know,
he was just, you know,
completing this project
with Dre and everything was
getting ready to pop off.
Okay, I got it.
And then to see it come, did over five,
600,000 in his first
week with his debut album
ended up selling 5 million,
couple months later.
I don't even think he was 19 yet.
You know, when you see the dynamic
of how far he's come, when you look at.
What was the video with him
and Dre that Deep Cover,
Snoop was damn near, too scared to look
in the camera lens when he was performing.
So to see a shy Snoop back then evolve
into such a multifaceted multimedia
business tycoon.
And he's out here walking this red carpet
with his beautiful family.
It's one of the most
rewarding feelings to see,
you know how far he's come.
And just to see where music can take you.
Yo yo put your hands up
Put your hands up
Can somebody say ho
Say what, say what
Say ho, ho, ho, ho
Say ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Ho, ho, ho
Now scream
Poppin', stoppin',
hoppin' like a rabbit
When I take the Nina Ross,
you know I gots to have it
I gots to have it
I lay back in the cut retain myself
Think about the
and I'm thinkin' wealth
How can I makes my grip?
And how should I make
that straight slip?
Im almost twenty in, the
you rappin 'bout?
peeled up,
the homeys growin big
I'm all in the club
rollin twenty crips
You see a G, you better know the deal
You see the fellas fool,
I'm in the streets for real
I'm kickin on these
, do 'em like dominos
I slam 'em on they back,
and tell 'em vamanos
I wanna rock right now,
right, right, right now
Say what
I wanna rock right now,
right, right, right now
Say what
On April 20th,
2021, Snoop Dogg released
his 18th studio album "From
Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites".
It was announced on April
7th, 2021 via Instagram.
The album received generally
positive reviews from critics.
During an interview on
the September 27th airing
of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,
Snoop Dogg announced "Algorithm".
The album was released
on November 19th, 2021.
Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl.
56 Halftime Show alongside Dr. Dre,
Eminem, Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar.
A crowded Superbowl Halftime Show lineup
with a Southern California vibe,
took the stage at SoFi Stadium
and the five headliners
did not disappoint.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
y'all know what this is
But can y'all make some
noise for my man Snoop Dogg
Come on y'all, louder, louder.
Top Dogg, bite 'em all,
yeah I'm burnin' it up
D-P-G-C, go ahead and turn it on up
C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah, we hookin' back up
And when they bang this in the club,
Baby, you got to get up
Thug homies, real homies,
yeah they givin' it up
Lowlife, yo' life,
boy, we livin' it up,
Takin' chances while we
dancin' in the party fo' sho'
Slip my girl a 44 when
she got in the back
This Super Bowl Halftime Show set
the bar extremely high for the future.
From a diverse group of nostalgic artists
to the unique set, this halftime show will
be remembered for many years to come
and to the artist who will perform next.
Have some big shoes to fill.
In January, 2022 Snoop Dogg
announced that he would release his 19th
studio album "B.O.D.R" on the same day
as his Super Bowl
Halftime Show performance.
However, the album's release was pushed
back two days and was released
on February 11th, 2022.
On February 10th, 2022
Snoop Dogg announced
that he is officially in
charge at Death Row Records.
At the beginning of his career,
his first album was released
by Death Row Records.
And now he's come full circle.
Snoop said the move was
an extremely meaningful
moment for him and that he is looking
forward to building the next
chapter of the record label.
Just happy to be here.
You know, the work that I do when I go
into writing songs and making records,
I do it from the heart and to be
appreciated for so many years for people
to give it back to me is beautiful.
- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
I'm speechless right now.
Now you're
an artist that really
has transcended every race.
Every age.
Everyone knows you, everyone loves you.
What is it about your music or about you
personally that you think
makes everyone embrace you?
What do you think it is about it?
It's his style.
He's like no other.
It's true, right?
Yeah.
What do
you think it is about
the music that just reaches everyone?
The way I was raised, you know,
I was raised around people.
I had friends that were
Asian, Latin American,
White, Black.
And when I was raised
around those kind of people,
it just seems like my music
reaches those kind of people.
All right I break it
down to the tone like
With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kind of hard bein'
Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin' up with funky ass
shit like every single day
May I, kick a little
something for the Gs
And, make a few ends
as I breeze, through
Two in the mornin' and
the partys still jumpin'
'Cause my momma ain't home
I got freaks in the
livin' room gettin' it on
And, they ain't
leavin' til' six in the
So what you wanna do?
Look, I got a pocket full of rubbers
And my homeboys do too
Now,
if there was one piece
of advice you could give an inspiring
artist or inspiring producer,
songwriter, what would it be?
What is the best advice you can give?
To find out what you do
and become great at it.
You know what I'm saying?
If it is producing, singing,
writing become great at what you do,
don't be good at it
because everybody's good,
but to become great is special.
So take your time and find out what
you good at and make it great.
And then you become who you are.
From 1992
when he was featured
on Dr. Dre's debut solo,
single "Deep Cover".
And then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album,
"The Chronic", Snoop Dogg has since
sold over 23 million
albums in the United States
and 35 million albums worldwide.
I think a timeless record is a record
that you can reflect back on.
That takes you into a place where you
can remember certain things.
Like if you hear this record,
it takes you back in a time where you
was young and it felt good to you.
And it did this to you.
And a hit record is a record that's hidden
for right now that people
can get with right now,
but they may forget about
it in a month or two.
Now, one of the most famous
and beloved rap stars in the world,
Snoop Dogg has built a
media empire that he rules
from the very top in a blaze of glory.
Right now, I think
he's on the right track.
You know, the best way to prove it is
just continue to make hit records
and to have a prosperous career
where you have to be able
to go down and come back up.
It's not about the success.
It's about being able to
fail and then bounce back.
That's how you tell if you're gonna
be real successful or not.
Every success story that
I've seen, you know,
has a little bit of failure in it
because the failure drives you
to not want to fail ever again.
And you gotta have a little bit of that,
'cause they say, you gotta learn how
to lose order to know how to win.
Come on
I got one question I wanna ask y'all
Hold on
What's my name?
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
Hold on
What's my name?
Snoop Doggy Dog
Yeah, yeah, yeah
From the depths of the
sea, back to the block
Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky
as the, the, the D.O.C
Went solo on that ass,
but it's still the same
Long Beach is the spot
where I served my 'caine
Follow me, follow me,
follow me, follow me,
But don't lose your grip
Nine-trizzay's the yizzear
for me to my grip
So I ain't holdin nothin' back
And once again I got
five on the twenty
I don't make music intentionally for one
particular style of people.
I make music for people in general
and my music reaches people.
So I think that's what it is.
It's about how I was raised
and just how I like to be
around different people.
It's not about my people because
I feel like everybody's my people.
Rapper, songwriter,
media personality, actor,
and entrepreneur, West Coast, rap legend,
Snoop Dogg has come a long way since
being discovered by Dr.
Dre in the early 1990s.
Yeah, it's always good
to get back into your natural,
you know, climate and that's my number
one thing is to be a rapper.
That's my foreground.
Everything else is in the background.
So when I'm able to go into a studio
and create me another record
and hold everybody's attention
to see if people really
still interested and see if I can make
the kind of music that can, you know,
do what I've been known to do,
like make music that just goes
from one country to
another, from one person
to another, that lasts from year to year,
that represents a good time
and partying and just having fun.
As impressive as he was
when guessing on Dr. Dre's "The Chronic"
in 1992, few could have
guessed, he'd go on global fame,
tens of millions of record sales
and a career in movies and TV.
I wanna thank me.
I wanna thank me for believing in me.
I wanna thank me for
doing all this hard work.
I wanna thank me for having no days off.
I wanna thank me for never quitting.
I wanna thank me for always being
a giver and trying to
give more than I receive.
I wanna thank me for trying
to do more right than wrong.
I wanna thank me for just
being me at all times.
Snoop Dogg, you a bad mother
Thank you gha, I appreciate that.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr,
Was born on October 20th,
1971, in Long Beach,
California to Vernell
Varnando and Beverly Tate.
Vernell, who is a Vietnam War Veteran,
singer and male carrier left the family
only three months after his birth.
And thus he was named
after his stepfather,
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr.
His biological father remained largely
absent from his life.
He was the second of
his mother's three sons,
his mother and stepfather
divorced in 1975.
As a boy, his parents nicknamed him Snoopy
due to his love and likeness
of the cartoon character from The Peanuts.
This nickname then evolved
to become his rap name, Snoop dogg.
It was a
cartoon that was created,
I believe in the late sixties
by Charles Shulz called
Charlie Brown, right?
And it was a little white dog on there.
His name was Snoopy, right?
But see what y'all don't know is Snoopy
had a black brother named Snoop Dogg,
but he couldn't bring me to the house.
'Cause the white family didn't really
like black folks back then.
So he kicked me out, I went to the hood,
created my own name.
He gave me a few dollars and told me,
my little white brother, Snoopy told me,
you have a cartoon mind
and you will succeed.
And I have succeeded.
And that's the story of
Snoopy and Snoop Dogg.
When Broadus was very young,
he began singing and playing piano
at the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church,
in sixth grade he began rapping.
As a child, Broadus sold candy,
delivered newspapers and bagged groceries
to help his family make ends meet.
He was described as having
been a dedicated student
and enthusiastic churchgoer,
active in choir and football.
Broadus said in 1993,
that he began engaging
in unlawful activities and joining gangs
in his teenage years, despite
his mother's preventative efforts.
Broadus would frequently rap in school.
As he recalled.
"When I rapped in the hallways at school,
I would draw such a big crowd that
the principal would think
there was a fight going on.
It made me begin to
realize that I had a gift.
I could tell that my
raps interested people
and that made me interested in myself".
As a teenager, Broadus frequently ran
into trouble with the law.
He was a member of the
Rollin 20s Crips Gang
in the East side
neighborhood of Long Beach.
Although in 1993, he
denied the frequent police
and media reports by saying
that he never joined a gang.
In order to keep outta trouble.
Snoop started to become
more and more involved
with music with his two cousins,
Nate Dogg and Lil Half
Dead and friend Warren G.
Snoop recorded homemade tapes.
The four called their group
2 1 3 after the area code
of their native Long Beach, at that time.
One of Snoop's early solo freestyles over
"Hold On" by En Vogue was on a mixed tape
that fortuitously wound up with Dr. Dre.
The influential producer was so impressed
by the sample that he
called Snoop to audition.
Former N.W.A affiliate, the D.O.C
taught him to structure
his lyrics and separate
the themes into verses,
hooks and choruses.
From there Snoop and Dr. Dre collaborated
on a song called "Deep
Cover" for the soundtrack
of a film of the same name
and Snoop became the key rapper on Dre's
hugely successful first solo
album, "The Chronic" in 1992.
This hip-hop thing.
Don't let nobody stop you
from being down with it.
'Cause could nobody stop me.
That's why I'm in the
position where I'm at.
I stayed down with it, even when
didn't nobody believe in me.
I believed in myself.
Well Snoop came along when it was a time
when rap was, was a little bit different,
it was, you know, it was the hip-hop,
the hippititi, hippititi, hip.
He came across with a whole new thang.
It was a gangster rap and you know,
it was just, flipped the whole
hip-hop thing upside down.
One of the first artists sell three,
four million records right off the top.
So he was the first one I call it.
So now I call him the father of rap.
Yeah, he is.
Yeah, that's the reason why all colors,
all ages, all genres could
relate to Snoop Doggy Dog.
Snoop, this way please
Hey Snoop
Snoop.
Snoop.
Excellent.
Snoop?
Working
alongside Dr. Dre on his album
"The Chronic" was great
exposure for Snoop Dogg
at the beginning of his career,
making his first album a huge success.
"Doggy Style", Snoop
Dogg's first debut album
was released in November,
1993 by Death Row Records.
Death Row Records was founded in 1992
by Dr. Dre Suge Knight, the D.O.C
and Dick Griffey.
The singles "Who Am I? "What's My Name"
And "Gin and Juice" reached the top 10
most played songs in the United States.
And the album stayed on the Billboard
Chart for several months.
So I ain't holding nothin' back
And once again I got
five on twenty sack
It's like that
As a matter of fact ra-at-tat-tat
'Cause I never hesitate
to put a fool on his back
Yeah so peep out the manuscript
You see that it's a must
We drop gansta shit
Hold up, what's my name
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
Yeah, yeah
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
The lights and close the doors
But, but what
We don't love them hoes
Yeah
So we gonna blow a ounce to this
Gs up, freeze up, for a second
Now bounce to this
Rollin' down the street, smokin'
Smokin', sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money
And my money on my mind
Rollin' down the street, smokin'
Smokin', sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money
And my money on mind
Now, that I got me some Seagram's
"Doggy Style", much like
"The Chronic" featured
a host of rappers signed
by or affiliated with The Death Row label
including Dazz Dillinger,
Kurupt, Nate Dog and others.
However, just as he was beginning
to see success in his rap career.
In 1993, Snoop Dogg was charged with
first degree murder for the shooting
of Philip Woldermariam,
a member of rival gang
who was actually killed by
Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee.
Luckily Snoop was acquitted
on February 20th, 1996.
After he was acquitted.
He did not want to continue living
the gangster lifestyle because he felt
that continuing his behavior would result
in his assassination or a prison term.
A short film about Snoop
Dogg's murder trial,
"Murder Was the Case"
was released in 1994,
along with an accompanying soundtrack.
He collaborated with fellow rap artist,
Tupac Shakur on the 1996,
single "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted".
This was one of Shakur's
last songs while alive.
I've got a pit named Petey.
She Nigerina
I got a house out in the hills,
Right next to Chino
And I think I got a black bimmer
But my dream is to own the fly casino
Like Bugsy Siegel
And do it all legal
And get scooped up by the
little homie in the Regal
It feel good to you, baby-bubba
You see, this is for the
G's and the keys, mother
Now follow as we ride!
Mother the rest, two of
the best from the Westside
And I can make you famous
Niggas been dyin' for
He was shot on September 7th,
1996 in Las Vegas dying six days later.
By the time Snoop Dogg's second album,
"Tha Doggfather" was
released in November, 1996.
The price of appearing
to live the gangster life
had become very evident.
Among the many notable
hip-hop industry deaths
and convictions were the
death of Snoop Dogg's friend
and label mate, Tupac Shakur
and the racketeering indictment
of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight.
Dr. Dre had left Death Row earlier
in 1996 because of a contract dispute.
So Snoop Dogg, co-produced
"Tha Doggfather"
with Dazz Dillinger and DJ pool.
This album featured a
distinct change of style
from "Doggy Style" and the lead
off single "Snoop's Upside Ya Head"
featured a collaboration
with Charlie Wilson.
L-B-C and B what? Uh, my crew
'Cause uh, we out there
smokin' on the Krazy Glue
Upside your head like oops
Snoop's the, go get it
That you hear 'em
bumpin' in the coupes
Can't afford it,
homeboy, this is finished
I represented, from V-A to Venice
So when it's timid and cold outside
Rely on the Doggy Dogg
To put the heat in your life
Say Snoop's upside your head
Say Snoop's upside your head
The album
sold reasonably well,
but was not as successful
as his predecessor.
'Tha Doggfather" had a somewhat
softer approach to the G-funk style.
After Dr. Dre withdrew
from Death Row Records,
Snoop realized that he was subject
to an ironclad time based contract
that Death Row practically owned anything
he produced for a number of years
and therefore refused to
produce any more tracks
for Suge Knight other than the insulting
"Fuck Death Row until
his contract expired.
Death Row began to decline
in the late nineties
after the death of one of
its stars, Tupac Shakur,
and the imprisonment of Suge Knight
as well as the departures
of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
Snoop married his high school girlfriend,
Shante Taylor on June 12th, 1997.
On May 21st, 2004, he filed
for divorce from Taylor
citing irreconcilable differences.
The couple, however re-married
on January 12th, 2008.
The couple had three children together,
sons Corde and Cordell
and a daughter, Cori
Snoop also has a son from
a previous relationship
with Laurie Holmond, Julian
Corrie Broadus born in 1998.
One thing about me in my situation.
I don't never have to lie about what I do
and how I do it because it
comes with the territory.
You know, she knew the job
was dangerous when I took it.
And at the same time I respect her
and I love her and I appreciate her.
So I would never
disrespect her in a fashion
to where I would have to lie.
Everything that I do.
She know that I do 'cause
it's public it's Snoop Dogg.
I don't hide.
And how much input does
your wife have into your music?
Does she give you her honest opinion?
- You know what...
- And the kids as well?
Sometimes my wife
has been a part of some
of my greatest music by making me mad
and making me go make
some real good music.
Good.
And then sometimes I've been real happy
with my wife and we made
babies and made good music
to represent that as well.
So it's a double sword,
you know what I'm saying?
She brings out the best
and the worst in me.
Shit you know what?
You'll beat this
Lodi dodi, we likes to party
We don't cause trouble,
we don't bother nobody
We're, just some niggas
that's on the mic
And when we rock up on the
mic we rock the mic
For all my Doggs
keepin y'all in health
Just to see you smile
and enjoy yourself
'Cause it's cool when you
cause a cozy condition in
Which we create, 'cause
that's our mission
So listen close, to what we say
Because this types of
shit happens every day
I woke up
The music industry since "Doggy Style"
has became more
commercialized and more open
to rappers and open to hip-hop.
As opposed to when I first came,
hip-hop was the bad, the bad boy of music.
We were the scapegoats.
We was the ones who no one could listen
to or no one could have come over,
it wasn't cool to listen to.
Now, hip-hop is a part of
everything that's moving,
whether it's sports, TV,
entertainment, whatever it is,
you have to incorporate hip-hop
or your thang won't sell.
Snoop signed with Master P,
No Limit Records in March, 1998 and debute
on the label with his third studio album.
"The Game Is To Be Sold Not To Be Told"
later that year.
I'm really, you know,
just looking forward
to just making a great record.
That feels good.
That just gives people something
to think about other than, you know,
financial problems and weather problems
and just life in general, just
music to make you feel good.
That's what my music represents.
So I'm trying to go back to the studio
and put that feeling back in the world.
His other
albums on "No Limit"
were "No Limit Top Dog" in 1999,
selling over 1.5 million copies
and "The Last Meal" in 2000,
selling over 2 million copies
after it's initial release.
You know what it is?
I love all music.
Anything that feels
good, that's different.
I'm with it.
I don't like just staying in one lane
and doing the short, sweet and simple.
I like doing the different in the edgy.
In 1999, his autobiography,
"Tha Doggfather" was published, in 2002
he released the album, "Paid
The Cost To Be The Boss".
Selling over 1.3 million copies.
The album featured the hit singles
"From The Church To The Palace"
and "Beautiful" featuring
guest vocals by Pharell.
I just want you to know
You're my favorite girl
Oh, hey
I know you gon' lose
it, this new Snoop shit
Come on baby boo,
you gotta get into it
Don't fool wit the
playa with the cool whip
Yeah, yeah, you know I'm
always on that cool shit
Walk to it, do it how you do it
Have a glass, lemme
put you in the mood and
Yes
Lil' cutie lookin' like a student
Long hair, wit'cha big fat booty
Back in the days you was a
girl, I went to school wit
Had to tell your moms
and sister to cool it
The girl, wanna, I just might do it
So, I'm here to walk wit
some pimp-pimp clue wit'
Mommy don't worry, I won't abuse it
Hurry up and finish so we can
Well, when I'm working with somebody
it's gotta be somebody that I love working
with or either that I wanna work with
or somebody that just makes great music
and can compliment me and what I'm doing
or either I can compliment them.
That's what I'm choosing who I'm trying
to work with on a collaboration.
By this stage in his career,
Snoop Dogg had left
behind his gangster image
and embraced the pimp image.
In June, 2004, Snoop signed
to Geffen Records slash
Star Trek Entertainment, both distributed
by Interscope Records and released
his seventh studio album,
"R&G,, The Masterpiece"
"Drop It Like It's Hot"
featuring Pharrell.
The first single release from the album
was a hit and became Snoop Dogg's
first single to reach number one.
When the pimp's in the crib ma
Drop it like it's hot
When the pigs try to get at you
Park it like it's hot
And if a n... get a attitude
Pop it like it's hot
I got the Rollie on my arm
and I'm pouring Chandon
And I roll the best weed
'cause I got it going on
I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that
Da Big Boss Dogg,
yeah I had to do that
I keep a
His third release was "Signs"
featuring Justin Timberlake
and Charlie Wilson,
which entered the UK Chart at number two.
Where helicopters got cameras,
Just to get a glimpse of our Chucks
And our Khakis and our bouncer cars
You with you friend right?
She ain't trying to bring
over no men right?
She ain't gotta be in the distance
She could get all in an instant
I'm not sure of what I see
Cupid don't with me!
Are you telling me this is a sign?
She's looking in my eyes,
now I see no other guys
Are you telling me
This was his highest
entry ever in the UK Chart.
The album sold 1.7 million
copies in the U.S alone.
And most of his singles were heavily
played on radio and television.
Miss you.
Must I remind you I'm
only here to twist you
Pistol whip you, dip you then flip you
Then dance to this
music we Crip to
Subscribe nigga, get yo' issue
Baby, come close, let
me see how you get loose
When the pimp's in the crib ma
Drop it like it's hot
When the pigs try to get at you
Park it like it's hot
And if a get a attitude
Pop it like it's hot
I got the Rollie on my arm
and I'm pouring Chandon
And I roll the best weed
'cause I got it going on
In 2005 Snoop Dogg founded
The Snoop Youth Football League
for at risk youth in Southern California.
This is
so important because
there's so many kids
that have special needs
that don't get a chance to come outside
the house that don't get a chance
to intermingle and you know,
be regular and they are regular.
There's nothing wrong with them.
So we just wanted to
provide an opportunity
to bring them to the real world so
they can have some real
fun and do something
that's, you know, familiar to the people
that's around them, which is fun.
We just wanted to put
them in a fun environment.
Bring out some great coaches,
some great people who
understand what we trying to do.
And we look forward to this growing
and getting bigger and better.
Shout out to DeShaun
Foster and Gene Walter
for, you know, teaming up with
the Snoopy Football League.
In 2018, it was claimed
to be the largest youth
football organization
in Southern California with 50 teams
and more than 1,500 players.
Snoop's 2006 album, "Tha
Blue Carpet Treatment"
debute on the Billboard 200 at number five
and sold over 850,000 copies.
I mean, hip-hop has grown.
Anything you put in the
ground and you water it
it's gonna grow.
If you nurture it.
We nurtured hip-hop from the beginning.
So it's grown into different facets,
different walks of life.
I go to different countries and I see
how people take hip-hop and they make
it theirs and they add onto it
and they create different
avenues of hip-hop.
That's what it was made for.
It was created by the youth for the youth.
So as hip-hop grows.
People gotta understand that hip-hop
is gonna go all over the world
and it's gonna be experimented with
it's gonna be played with
it's gonna be tampered with.
But the thing is that hip-hop has grown
out of one little box in the Bronx,
New York is where it started from.
And now I'm sitting over here in England
doing the interview, with
countries that's far,
far, far away from where it started.
With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kind of hard bein'
Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin' up with funky ass
like every single day
May I, kick a little
something for the Gs
And, make a few ends
as I breeze, through
It's two in the mornin' and
the partys still jumpin'
'Cause my momma ain't home
I got bitches in the
livin' room gettin' it on
And, they ain't leavin' til
So what you wanna do? Shit
I got a pocket full of
rubbers and my homeboys do too
So turn off the lights
and close the doors
But yeah
So we gonna smoke a ounce to this
Gs up, hoes down,
while you motherfuckers
Man, he just, you
know, he does good music
you know? I mean it's
hard to explain the kinda
music, well its G-funk, and, you know
what it is, is that we've always stayed
who we are and not changed for nobody.
We done things out of
the box and he's done
a lot of things out of the
box that nobody would try.
- Sorry about that.
- Okay.
Things that nobody would try and I mean,
that's, you know, people, you know,
love that about him and they see that
and they say, you know, this
guy, this is a solid cat.
He's original, you know?
And, you know, that's what it is that,
that he has about him, that, you know,
that charisma that, you know, and he's
- also a very funny guy
- Yeah.
To hang around.
That's my best friend.
He have me laughing still all day,
every day, every time
we around each other.
It's crazy.
But I mean, he just a incredible dude.
You know.
He released
his ninth studio album,
Ego Trippin' selling
400,000 copies in the US,
along with the first
single "Sexual Eruption".
Not gonna rush the stroll
So she can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
So I can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
So we can get a sensual seduction
Seduction
Sensual seduction
Seduction
She might be with him
But she's thinkin' 'bout me
The single
peaked at number seven
on the Billboard 100 featuring
Snoop using auto tune.
Snoop was appointed an executive
position at Priority Records.
His 10th studio album
"Malice n Wonderland"
was released on December 8th, 2009.
The first single from
the album "Gangsta Luv"
featuring The Dream peaked at number 35
on the Billboard Hot 10.
Cold in the middle of the night
Cause I'm a dogg I'm a
give her what she like
She say ma name loud,
I say her name low
That's what I aim fo,
that's how the game go
Baby like the way I wake her up
'Cause I'm a gansta, I grab her by the
Pull her to my side, I'm in
Woke that up, just to put her to sleep
Everyday is the same thang
The album debut at number 23
on the Billboard 200 selling 61,000 copies
it's first week making it
his lowest charting album.
His third single.
"I Wanna Rock" peaked at number
41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The fourth single from Malice n Wonderland
titled "Pronto" featuring Soulja Boy
was released on iTunes
on December 1st, 2009.
Snoop re-released the album under
the name "More Malice".
Snoop collaborated with Katy
Perry on "California Girls".
The first single from her
album "Teenage Dream",
which was released on May 7th, 2010.
Ooh oh ooh
California girls
We're undeniable
Fine, fresh, fierce
We got it on lock
West coast represent
Now put your hands up
Ooh oh ooh
Toned, tan
Fit and ready
Turn it up 'cause its gettin' heavy
Wild, wild west coast
These are the girls I love the most
I mean the ones
I mean like she's the one
Kiss her, touch her
Squeeze her buns
The girl's a freak
She drive a
On February 4th, 2012,
Snoop Dogg announced a documentary
"Reincarnated" alongside his new upcoming
studio album entitled "Reincarnated".
The film was released March 21st, 2013
with the album slated to
release April 23rd, 2013.
On July 20th, 2012, Snoop
Dogg released a new reggae,
single "La La La" under
the pseudonym "Snoop Lion".
On July 31st, 2012, Snoop introduced
a new stage name, Snoop Lion.
He told reporters that
he was re-christened,
Snoop Lion by a Rastafari
priest in Jamaica.
Since the start of his
career, Snoop has been
an avowed cannabis smoker making it
one of the trademarks of his image.
In 2002, he announced he was
giving up cannabis for good.
However, that didn't last long.
And in 2013, he claimed to be smoking
approximately 80 cannabis blunts a day.
He has been certified for medical cannabis
in California to treat
migraines since at least 2007.
In November, 2018, Snoop
Dogg announced plans
for his Puff Puff Pass Tour
which features Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, Too Short
Warren G, Kurupt and others.
Also in November, 2018.
Joining the likes of
fellow hip-hop artists
and legendary musicians.
Snoop Dogg finally received a star
on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
in recognition of his career.
Along with Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dre,
Quincy Jones and Jimmy Kimmel.
The artist celebrated 26 years in the game
in true Snoop Dogg style.
Back in the day, Snoop came to me
at a very low point in my life.
And I had just separated
myself from Ruthless Records.
I had no money for food.
I didn't even have furniture
at my house at that time.
I had to start completely
over from scratch.
And at that moment in my life,
it was make it or break it for me.
Then it was time to do
my first solo album,
"The Chronic" right.
I had no idea how I was gonna do it.
How it was gonna get done.
And then boom, here comes Snoop.
Right?
But true diamond in the rough, I mean,
Snoop is just pure raw talent.
Nobody sounds like Snoop.
And then when he opens his mouth,
you know exactly who it is, you feel me?
No, not only that, but his style
and charisma made me feel like
he was destined to be a superstar.
You know, when you can just feel it,
he's got that thing, that
it factor, you feel me.
Snoop, I'm honored to be
a part of your legacy.
Thank you for letting me come up here
and share some of my thoughts about
how I feel about you.
And I love you, man.
Congratulations.
Joining
over 3,000 other stars
on the famous walk.
Snoop made an acceptance speech.
Been coming
to Hollywood for a long time,
looking down on the ground at these stars
and just imagining what it would be like
to be down here one day.
It's a great feeling to look out here
and see all the people that
really make me who I am.
The fans, all of y'all out there
For real though.
I gotta give a shout out to my A one
from day one.
DJ Warren G.
DJ Warren G believed in Snoop Dogg
when Snoop Dogg didn't believe in himself.
So, I look at today as a day that
we can celebrate as
homeboys because he believed
in me when I didn't believe in myself.
So G dub, this is our star big homie.
Yes, sir.
Gotta give a shout out
to all of the people
behind the scenes that help Snoop Dogg
become who he is.
I'm talking about my mother,
I'm talking about my father.
I'm talking about my aunties,
the people in my life,
growing up, my mentors, my
wife for being there for me,
for being my backbone, being strong enough
to stay down with me and understand
the fact that I was doing
what I was trying to do best,
but being there for me through
the hard times and the good times.
Shout out to all of the
rappers that I rapped
with, that I wrote with, that I combined
my talents with to create who we created,
mainly the D.O.C my mentor,
my teacher for taking his time
and, you know, putting
his thoughts to the side,
to give me his spirit, to do what I do
and to instill that in me.
Shout out to all of the people behind
the scenes that used to go against me
when I used to battle or
battle rap or whatnot,
because the battle rappers
made me who I am, you know,
to be able to battle against somebody
to get better and to challenge yourself.
I gotta give them a shout
out because without that,
I wouldn't have been able to,
be so challenging and courageous
and being able to put my
skills at a high level.
Shout out to Dr. Dre for believing
Dr. Dre believed in me when
I really wasn't nothing.
And I'm gonna say that,
'cause I mean that,
'cause I really didn't
know what I wanted to do.
I just knew that I wanted to be a rapper
and Warren G believed in me.
And when Dr. Dre gave me the opportunity,
he really, he didn't
look at me like somebody
that was less than him.
He looked at me like a equal
and we always been brothers from that day.
And that was real effective with me
because when you dealing with a star
and you coming in as a nobody,
it's easy for the start to down look you
or to play you low.
But for him to look at me even,
that's why we never said no to this day,
because we always look at each other
as brothers and we depend on each other.
We need each other.
So Dr. Dre, I wanna
tell you, I love you cuz
for being my brother through hard times,
real times and good times.
Quincy Jones.
I can't believe you got up this early.
I love Quincy Jones.
Like Quincy said, we used to party
at his house when he wasn't
there back in the days,
but he was nice enough
to let us use this house.
And he's just always been like a mentor
to us being like a big brother to us,
trying to help us
understand that we needed
to be more positive and more
instrumental with our voices.
And now that I'm looking back at it
and now we at this date.
I can say that I'm thankful for Quincy,
for being who he was for trying
to tell us to get our lives right.
And to be more positive
and more productive
because now that I'm a
positive, productive man,
I could walk around more
peaceful and more happy.
And I wanna thank you Quincy
for instilling that in me.
And hopefully I'll instill that
into the young generation of rappers.
So they won't have to go through the mess
that we went through
and cut the mess early
and just get straight to the business.
And while he did the standard
act to thank the most
important people in his life,
he took the opportunity to thank himself.
Last but not least.
I wanna thank me.
I wanna thank me for believing in me.
I wanna thank me for
doing all this hard work.
I wanna thank me for having no days off.
I wanna thank me for never quitting.
I wanna thank me for always being
a giver and trying to
give more than I receive.
I wanna thank me for trying
to do more right than wrong.
I wanna thank me for just
being me at all times.
Snoop Dogg, you a bad mother
Thank you gha, I appreciate that.
And I gotta thank the man up top
G O D 'cause I'm nothing without him.
May y'all have a beautiful day Hollywood.
Thank y'all for letting me get it in
and all the Crips and Bloods.
I want y'all to come Crip, walk
on my star later on tonight, gha.
On July 3rd, 2019,
Snoop Dogg released the title track
from his upcoming 17th studio album.
"I Wanna Thank Me".
The album was released
on August 16th, 2019.
Snoop is
consistent, he works hard.
He has no problem busting his ass.
And you know, at the end of the day,
he understands the balance between
how to still maintain the integrity
of what it is to be a human and how
to maintain the integrity
of not compromising
what he believes in as far as what
he continuously gives people
as far as a great,
amazing, finished product,
and the quality of his work.
And I couldn't be more proud of a person
that I've seen before he even
put out his first record.
I think I met Snoop when he
was 18 on Sunset Boulevard,
right across the street from the Hyatt.
And, it was Sunset Tattoo
at the time next door
- to the House of Blues.
- Okay.
Snoop didn't have a record out yet.
And it was me, him and Das EFX.
And Snoop was letting me know, you know,
he was just, you know,
completing this project
with Dre and everything was
getting ready to pop off.
Okay, I got it.
And then to see it come, did over five,
600,000 in his first
week with his debut album
ended up selling 5 million,
couple months later.
I don't even think he was 19 yet.
You know, when you see the dynamic
of how far he's come, when you look at.
What was the video with him
and Dre that Deep Cover,
Snoop was damn near, too scared to look
in the camera lens when he was performing.
So to see a shy Snoop back then evolve
into such a multifaceted multimedia
business tycoon.
And he's out here walking this red carpet
with his beautiful family.
It's one of the most
rewarding feelings to see,
you know how far he's come.
And just to see where music can take you.
Yo yo put your hands up
Put your hands up
Can somebody say ho
Say what, say what
Say ho, ho, ho, ho
Say ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Ho, ho, ho
Now scream
Poppin', stoppin',
hoppin' like a rabbit
When I take the Nina Ross,
you know I gots to have it
I gots to have it
I lay back in the cut retain myself
Think about the
and I'm thinkin' wealth
How can I makes my grip?
And how should I make
that straight slip?
Im almost twenty in, the
you rappin 'bout?
peeled up,
the homeys growin big
I'm all in the club
rollin twenty crips
You see a G, you better know the deal
You see the fellas fool,
I'm in the streets for real
I'm kickin on these
, do 'em like dominos
I slam 'em on they back,
and tell 'em vamanos
I wanna rock right now,
right, right, right now
Say what
I wanna rock right now,
right, right, right now
Say what
On April 20th,
2021, Snoop Dogg released
his 18th studio album "From
Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites".
It was announced on April
7th, 2021 via Instagram.
The album received generally
positive reviews from critics.
During an interview on
the September 27th airing
of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,
Snoop Dogg announced "Algorithm".
The album was released
on November 19th, 2021.
Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl.
56 Halftime Show alongside Dr. Dre,
Eminem, Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar.
A crowded Superbowl Halftime Show lineup
with a Southern California vibe,
took the stage at SoFi Stadium
and the five headliners
did not disappoint.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
y'all know what this is
But can y'all make some
noise for my man Snoop Dogg
Come on y'all, louder, louder.
Top Dogg, bite 'em all,
yeah I'm burnin' it up
D-P-G-C, go ahead and turn it on up
C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah, we hookin' back up
And when they bang this in the club,
Baby, you got to get up
Thug homies, real homies,
yeah they givin' it up
Lowlife, yo' life,
boy, we livin' it up,
Takin' chances while we
dancin' in the party fo' sho'
Slip my girl a 44 when
she got in the back
This Super Bowl Halftime Show set
the bar extremely high for the future.
From a diverse group of nostalgic artists
to the unique set, this halftime show will
be remembered for many years to come
and to the artist who will perform next.
Have some big shoes to fill.
In January, 2022 Snoop Dogg
announced that he would release his 19th
studio album "B.O.D.R" on the same day
as his Super Bowl
Halftime Show performance.
However, the album's release was pushed
back two days and was released
on February 11th, 2022.
On February 10th, 2022
Snoop Dogg announced
that he is officially in
charge at Death Row Records.
At the beginning of his career,
his first album was released
by Death Row Records.
And now he's come full circle.
Snoop said the move was
an extremely meaningful
moment for him and that he is looking
forward to building the next
chapter of the record label.
Just happy to be here.
You know, the work that I do when I go
into writing songs and making records,
I do it from the heart and to be
appreciated for so many years for people
to give it back to me is beautiful.
- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
I'm speechless right now.
Now you're
an artist that really
has transcended every race.
Every age.
Everyone knows you, everyone loves you.
What is it about your music or about you
personally that you think
makes everyone embrace you?
What do you think it is about it?
It's his style.
He's like no other.
It's true, right?
Yeah.
What do
you think it is about
the music that just reaches everyone?
The way I was raised, you know,
I was raised around people.
I had friends that were
Asian, Latin American,
White, Black.
And when I was raised
around those kind of people,
it just seems like my music
reaches those kind of people.
All right I break it
down to the tone like
With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kind of hard bein'
Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin' up with funky ass
shit like every single day
May I, kick a little
something for the Gs
And, make a few ends
as I breeze, through
Two in the mornin' and
the partys still jumpin'
'Cause my momma ain't home
I got freaks in the
livin' room gettin' it on
And, they ain't
leavin' til' six in the
So what you wanna do?
Look, I got a pocket full of rubbers
And my homeboys do too
Now,
if there was one piece
of advice you could give an inspiring
artist or inspiring producer,
songwriter, what would it be?
What is the best advice you can give?
To find out what you do
and become great at it.
You know what I'm saying?
If it is producing, singing,
writing become great at what you do,
don't be good at it
because everybody's good,
but to become great is special.
So take your time and find out what
you good at and make it great.
And then you become who you are.
From 1992
when he was featured
on Dr. Dre's debut solo,
single "Deep Cover".
And then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album,
"The Chronic", Snoop Dogg has since
sold over 23 million
albums in the United States
and 35 million albums worldwide.
I think a timeless record is a record
that you can reflect back on.
That takes you into a place where you
can remember certain things.
Like if you hear this record,
it takes you back in a time where you
was young and it felt good to you.
And it did this to you.
And a hit record is a record that's hidden
for right now that people
can get with right now,
but they may forget about
it in a month or two.
Now, one of the most famous
and beloved rap stars in the world,
Snoop Dogg has built a
media empire that he rules
from the very top in a blaze of glory.
Right now, I think
he's on the right track.
You know, the best way to prove it is
just continue to make hit records
and to have a prosperous career
where you have to be able
to go down and come back up.
It's not about the success.
It's about being able to
fail and then bounce back.
That's how you tell if you're gonna
be real successful or not.
Every success story that
I've seen, you know,
has a little bit of failure in it
because the failure drives you
to not want to fail ever again.
And you gotta have a little bit of that,
'cause they say, you gotta learn how
to lose order to know how to win.
Come on
I got one question I wanna ask y'all
Hold on
What's my name?
Snoop Doggy, Dogg
Hold on
What's my name?
Snoop Doggy Dog
Yeah, yeah, yeah
From the depths of the
sea, back to the block
Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky
as the, the, the D.O.C
Went solo on that ass,
but it's still the same
Long Beach is the spot
where I served my 'caine
Follow me, follow me,
follow me, follow me,
But don't lose your grip
Nine-trizzay's the yizzear
for me to my grip
So I ain't holdin nothin' back
And once again I got
five on the twenty