When Dre decided to make his tenative first stab at a solo career in 1992 with the theme song for the film Deep Cover, he had Snoop rap with him. Warren G gave a tape to Dre, who was considerably impressed with Snoop's style and began collaborating with the rapper. Snoop Dogg began recording homemade tapes with his friend Warren G, who happened to be the step-brother of N.W.A.'s Dr. He found escape from a life of crime through music. Not long after his high school graduation, he was arrested for possession of cocaine, beginning a period of three years where he was often imprisoned. October 20, 1972) was raised in Long Beach, California, where he frequently ran into trouble with the law. Nicknamed Snoop by his mother because of his appearance, Calvin Broadus (b. The Doggfather sold half as well as its predecessor, which meant that Snoop remained a star, but he no longer had the influence he had just two years before. The Doggfather, his second album, wasn't released until November 1996, and by that time, pop and hip-hop had burned itself out on gangsta-rap. Snoop had to fight charges throughout 19, and while he was eventually cleared, it hurt his momentum. The arrest certainly strengthened his myth, and it helped his debut album, 1993's Doggystyle, become the first debut album to enter the charts at number one, but in the long run, it hurt his career.

Dre's The Chronic, Snoop Dogg quickly became the most famous star in rap, partially because of his drawled, laconic rhyming and partially because the violence that his lyrics implied seemed real, especially after he was arrested on charges of being a murder accomplice. Real name Calvin Broadus As the embodiment of '90s gangsta rap, Snoop Doggy Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction.

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