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Born Calvin Cordozar Broadus on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California,"Snoopy" - as his mother affectionately called him - later took the name professionally, altering it to Snoop Doggy Dogg, later to Snoop Dogg.

Although today a mainstream celebrity, he is a natural survivor of the 90's gangsta rap scene, and creator of izzle slang, which later inspired Gizoogle - the rap world's answer to the search engine Google).

Snoop Dogg's early years were marked by frequent bouts with the law resulting in several jail terms. He later created rhymes about his experiences which he committed to tape.

Eventually, he caught the notice of rapper Dr. Dre who featured him on his debut solo album, The Chronic. Snoop Dogg launched his own career a year later with the debut album, Doggystyle.

It was while recording Doggystyle that Snoop Dogg made headlines when arrested in the shooting of gang member Phillip Woldermarian, but he was eventually acquitted of all charges on grounds of self defense. While the court case would drag on for several years, his first album skyrocketed to number one in the charts, spinning off such hit singles as What's My Name and Gin and Juice.

After the release of his second album, The Doggfather, Snoop Dogg has gradually created a more widely acceptable image as an A-list show business personality. His first album for Capitol Records was entitled Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ and released in late 2002. However, he was dragged into the gangsta rap spotlight a year later after a surviving a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles perpetrated by three unknown assailants.

In 2004, he switched to the Geffen label for his latest hit, Drop It Like It's Hot and later continued his entry into mainstream entertainment with appearances on various talk shows, TV specials, movies, and in television commercials including those for AOL and Nokia.

Snoop Dogg and entourage have been more in the news for their offstage antics most recently with an arrest at Heathrow Airport in London after a skirmish with police on April 27, 2006 as well as another run-in with airport security in November when Snoop Dogg was detained for carrying a concealed weapon aboard a U.S. flight in November. If convicted, the rapper faces a prison term of up to three years.

Meanwhile, the Dogg is set to produce and star in the live action-animated film Hood of Horror opening in mid-November followed soon thereafter by the release his new album, The Blue Carpet Treatment.

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