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How Old is Snoop Dogg? All about the Rapper’s Life

How Old is Snoop Dogg
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In today’s article, we will be discussing the topic “How Old is Snoop Dogg?”.Snoop Dogg is a rap artist, media personality, actor, and businessman from the United States. He first appeared on Dr. Dre’s single, “Deep Cover“. Later we saw him featured in Dre’s solo album, The Chronic. Snoop Dogg has sold more than 20 million albums in the United States alone. His worldwide albums sales are more than 35 million. Death Row Records released Broadus’ debut solo album, Doggystyle, in November 1993, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

In its first week alone, the album sold 800,000 units.  From his first album emerged the hit singles such as “What’s My Name?” and “Gin & Juice.” The main single from his album titled “Tha Doggfather” was called “Snoop’s Upside Ya Head”. With this song, he managed to come at the number one spot in many charts. Double-platinum status was awarded to the album the following year. Keep Reading to know the answer to the question “How Old is Snoop Dogg?”

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How Old is Snoop Dogg?

Snoop Dogg is currently forty-nine years old. He was born on the 20th of October in 1971 and will be turning fifty next month. Snoop was born in Long Beach, California, to Vernell Varnado and Beverly Tate, and his birth name was Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. He was originally named after his stepdad, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr. His stepdad was a Vietnam War veteran and was also a singer. A large part of his life was spent away from his father. When he was young, Snoop loved the cartoon character from Peanuts. Due to this fact, his parents nicknamed him “Snoopy” when he was young.

Snoop’s mother had three sons, the second of whom was him. In the year 1975, Snoops mother left his stepfather. At a very young age, Snoop began playing the piano at the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church. He began rapping when he was very young, that is when he was just a sixth-grader. As a child, Broadus sold candy, delivered newspapers, and bagged groceries to support his family. A dedicated student and enthusiastic churchgoer, he was active in choir and football.

How Old is Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

In 1993, Broadus has stated he used to engage in unlawful activities and also joined gangs when he was in his teens. His mother tried desperately to stop him, but we know how teenagers behave. Broadus often got in trouble with the law when he was a teenager. His gang, the Rollin’ 20s Crips, was in the Eastside neighbourhood of Long Beach, although he insisted that he never joined a gang in 1993. He was arrested for possession of cocaine shortly after graduating from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1989.

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Life and Career

Broadus left Death Row Records in January 1998 and signed with No Limit Records, releasing three albums with Snoop. Paid the Cost to Be da Boss, his debut album for Priority / Capitol / EMI Records, was released in 2002. He signed with Geffen Records in the year 2004, and with them, he released his next three albums.

How Old is Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Doggumentary was released by Priority Records in 2011 after Malice ‘n Wonderland in 2009. Snoop has made an appearance in many movies. He has also hosted a lot of TV shows. These include Doggy Fizzle Televizzle and Dogg After Dark. As well as coaching youth games and high school teams, he also runs a youth football league. He was appointed chairman of the reactivated Priority Records by EMI in September 2009.

Using the name Snoop Dogg for the first time since 2006’s Darkside, Bush was Snoop Dogg’s thirteenth studio album. Snoop Dogg released Coolaid, which is his 14th studio album, in the month of July in the year 2016. The rapper has been nominated for 17 Grammy awards. But unfortunately for him and his fans, he hasn’t won any. Snoop Dogg got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 19th November, and this was in the year 2018. That is all about the topic “How old is Snoop Dogg” and his career and life.

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