Snoop Dogg has revealed the biggest gangster in the world of music this week.
Anyone who is anyone knows who Snoop Dogg is.
The California-born rapper and songwriter rose to fame as one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and was, for many, the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture.
But, Snoop isn’t his real name. Would you believe it?
The rapper was actually born as Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. on October 20, 1971. It is thought that his “Snoop Dogg” nickname came from his mother because she thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoon.
Snoop Dogg shot to fame many years ago…
When first came to the attention of producer-rapper Dr. Dre, who featured him on his single ‘Deep Cover’ and on his landmark album The Chronic in 1992.
From there, Snoop’s prominent vocals on the hit singles ‘Dre Day’ and ‘Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang’ fueled his rapid ascent to stardom.
And not long after Snoop released his first album, the Dre-produced Doggystyle in 1993, which climbed its way to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s hip-hop and Top 200 charts, based in part on the success of the singles ‘Who Am I (What’s My Name)?’ and ‘Gin and Juice’.
Many have branded the rapper as being offensive, misogynistic, and degrading towards women.
In May 2013, the rapper told Rolling Stone that he had been a pimp in the early days of his career. “As a kid, I dreamed of being a pimp, I dreamed of having cars and clothes and b*tches to match. I said, ‘**** it – I’m finna do it.’ I put an organization together,” he said. “I did a Playboy tour, and I had a bus follow me with ten b*tches on it. I could fire a b*tch, **** a b*tch, get a new ho: It was my program.”
Oh, and he loves p*t.
If it isn’t his somewhat offensive music and controversial past with his treatment of women, Snoop is perhaps most famous for his love of m*rijuana.
But what you might not know about him, is he’s quite soft at heart…
The rap star revealed that he is venturing out into a new project and it involves entertaining children.
The rapper shared the motivation behind his curated YouTube channel called ‘Doggyland’ and said it hits a personal note.
“As a father, grandfather, and longtime youth football coach, it’s always been important to me to build positive and educational environments for all children. We wanted to bring our show to YouTube and YouTube Kids which provides free access to everyone, so all the kids can enjoy it,” said Snoop Dogg in a press release.
He also added that he’s always wanted to a create kid-friendly series that lets kids be kids.
According to CNN, Snoop Dogg has partnered with Claude Brooks, who is an Emmy-nominated producer, as well as a singer/songwriter.
The channel will feature animated dogs who sing, dance and rap to teach social, emotional, and cognitive skills aimed to teach toddlers aged all the way up to 8 years old, as per reports.
The rapper will take on kids’ songs such as: ‘Head Shoulders Knees & Toes’ and ‘Wheels on the Bus’ alongside hip-hop beats and colorful animations to draw their attention.
The children’s channel will “intentionally” include animated dogs of all different colors…
In hopes to promote inclusivity and diversity.
Since then, Snoop Dogg has given numerous interviews…
An interview with DJ Whoo Kid caught the internet’s attention.
According to UNILAD, Snoop Dogg revealed he was supposedly “banned” from the UK by citizens because of his ongoing murder trial…
If you didn’t know already, he had been charged with first-degree murder in 1993 for the shooting of Philip Woldermariam, a member of a rival gang, only to be acquitted 3 years later.
“They kicked me out, the UK!” he said.
The rapper went on: “But guess who came to my defense?”
“The Queen” Snoop Dogg replied after Whoo Kidd incorrectly guessed the Prime Minister.
So it seems Snoop doesn’t need to worry about that any longer, instead he’s been focusing on his true passion. In 2018, Jimmy Kimmel asked the rapper about who the top dogs were when it came to smoking the reefer.
“Seth Rogen was here last week, and we were talking about Mount Rushmore of pot smokers, and of course, you are on,” the host said.
“And I think that Seth is on Mt. Rushmore. Who would you put on that Mt. Rushmore?” he said. And Snoop Dogg’s answer went viral on the internet…
“I would put Bob Marley. I would put Cheech and Chong they were the first faces on the mountain, they’re the ones who showed us what a mountain was,” Snoop replied.
However, he then revealed who was the real king when it came to puffing big.
“Willie P. Nelson is definitely on there. And by the way, Willie Nelson is the only person who has ever out-smoked Snoop Dogg. I had to hit the ‘time out’ button.” said Snoop.
When asked if he’d ever had to hit that button before, he replied: “Never. Never.”
In an interview with Daily Beast, Willie Nelson, the country legend recalled: “That was over in Amsterdam! I called Snoop and I said, ‘Hey buddy, you gotta come over here. This is where it’s at!”
“So he came over and we hit every bar, every smoke place in Amsterdam. We had a helluva time.”
The singer was also asked about his proficiency with weed to which he replied: “Oh, I don’t know. There are probably people that can out-smoke me! I don’t do a lot of smoking anymore. I’ve switched over to a vaporizer because it’s better on my lungs.”
Snoop doesn’t appear to be cutting down on smoking anytime soon.
He smokes so much of the green stuff that he’s had to hire numerous blunt rollers over the years… And he pays them an extremely handsome wage.
The rapper told Howard Stern on his podcast in 2019 that he doesn’t have time to roll his own blunts, so he hired someone to do it for him.
Speaking about the employee, who at the time he referred to as male, said his employee gets a lot of perks from the job.
“Free w*ed- all paid expenses. Everything I get, he gets. I go get some free clothes, I give him some,” he said at the time.
Snoop also revealed that he’s a very fair employer, and he recently gave his blunt roller a pay rise to keep up with inflation, admitting that he now pays them $40,000 to $50,000 a year.
And recently, a former joint roller of his has shared how many joints she rolled for the rapper a day…
And it’s pretty impressive.
Renegade Piranha was hired by Snoop to take on the colossal job of rolling his joints for him…
And she recently opened up about what that entailed.
Discussing her role on the Kyle and Jackie O Show, Renegade said:
“For my entire life, I haven’t done calculations, but we did one time — just for fun — do a little calculation of how many I may have rolled since 2016 when I got the professional gig for Snoop and then all the other clients after.”
“We calculated it somewhere around a little over 450,000.
“On average a day, I do about a quarter pound to a half pound a day, which seems excessive,” she admitted. “So that’s roughly like 75 to 150 units per day.”
“We’ve rolled so many that my hands have kind of become little machines now,” she joked.
She likened her job to that of a bartender, “It’s a service that I provide, much like an assistant. I don’t provide the flower or the medicinal cannabis,” she revealed. “I just provide a service, so it’s like a bartender doesn’t provide the liquor.”
Recently, news broke that these escapades are set to make it onto the big screen!
“What’s his name? Snoop Dooogggyyy Doooooggg,” Universal Pictures tweeted.
“That’s right, we’re partnering with the Dogg Father himself @SnoopDogg to bring his legendary life-story to the big screen.”
Snoop replied to the Tweet with one word: “Finally.”
“Black Panther” co-writer Joe Robert Cole will write the film.
While Allen Hughes, who directed the 1993 film “Menace II Society,” will direct.
“I wanted to choose the right director, the perfect writer, and the greatest movie company I could partner with that could understand the legacy that I’m trying to portray on screen, and the memory I’m trying to leave behind,” Snoop told The Associated Press.
“It was the perfect marriage. It was holy matrimony, not holy macaroni.”
Will you be tuning in?
And this week, Snoop has hit headlines after revealing the only musician who has ever “out-gangstered” him.
And it was none other than soul singer Dionne Warwick, 82.
Warwick took umbrage with the misogynistic lyrics in SSnoops music, and invited him to her home to talk about the issue.
Snoop recalled: “We were kind of scared and shook up. We’re powerful right now. But she’s been powerful forever. Thirty-some years in the game, in the big home with a lot of money and success.”
She told them: “You guys are all going to grow up. You’re going to have families. You’re going to have children.
“You’re going to have little girls and one day that little girl is going to look at you and say, ‘Daddy, did you really say that? Is that really you?’ What are you going to say?”
“She was checking me at a time when I thought we couldn’t be checked,” Snoop explained.
“We were as gangsta as you could be, but that day at Dionne Warwick’s house, I believe we got out-gangstered that day.”
Snoop concluded: “Dionne, I hope I became the jewel that you saw when I was the little, dirty rock that was in your house.
“I hope I’m making you proud.”
So cute!