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Snoop Dogg
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- #001
Snoop Dogg admitted to Jimmy Kimmel that the only person who could out-smoke him was Willie Nelson. Before their joint venture, Snoop had never had to press the pause button.
- #002
Snoop Dogg owns a car he named "Snoop de Ville" and a barbecue he named "Snoop de Grille."
- #003
Snoop Dogg's estimated net worth is 135 million dollars.
- #004
Snoop Dogg is the nephew of Bootsy Collins, the legendary funk bassist and member of Parliament-Funkadelic.
- #005
Snoop Dogg filed for divorce from his wife Shanté, citing irreconcilable differences, and sought joint custody of their children: Corde, Cordell and Cori (May 21, 2004). He has since reconciled with her and withdrawn the divorce papers.
- #006
Snoop Dogg attended the same high school as Cameron Diaz at the same time.
- #007
Snoop Dogg is a diehard fan of USC football, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the band Metallica.
- #008
Fans of the Comedy Central Roasts were pleasantly surprised by Snoop Dogg's standout performances in several of them. They noted in particular his excellent comic timing, his improvisational skill and the fact that he wrote nearly all of his own jokes, and that he could take a joke and a good-natured (if low-browed) scolding at the expense of others at the podium.
- #009
Snoop Dogg has a drive-in movie theater at his home, where he once screened a private showing of Black Panther (2018) for his friends.
- #010
Snoop Dogg was a good friend of the murdered rapper Tupac Shakur both before and while they were labelmates.
- #011
Snoop Dogg has 4 children: sons Corde Broadus (b. August 21, 1994) and Cordell Broadus (b. February 21, 1997) and daughter Cori Broadus (b. June 22, 1999) with his wife Shante Broadus (née Taylor), and son Julian Broadus (b. 1998) with his former girlfriend Laurie Holmond.
- #012
Snoop Dogg voted for the first time in 2020, at the age of 49.
- #013
Snoop Dogg is a first cousin of Mercedes Varnado. He has also stated that he is a cousin of Brandy Norwood and Ray J, but since both have parents from McComb, Mississippi, it is unclear whether they are truly related or merely metaphorical "cousins." He similarly said he is a cousin of Nate Dogg, though whether they are actually related is unclear. In a Power 106 Los Angeles radio interview, Brandy was asked to confirm this and said she did not know whether they were actually related but liked that people thought they were cousins.
- #014
Snoop Dogg served as offensive coordinator for his son Corde's team in the Chino Hills Junior All-American Football League. He played eight years in Pop Warner and two years at Long Beach Poly High School. His cousin Deshaun Hill was a defensive player for the New York Jets in 2003.
- #015
Snoop Dogg is a fan of the Scotland-based Celtic Football Club.
- #016
Snoop Dogg has a grandson named Zion, born January 9, 2015.
- #017
Snoop Dogg attended and graduated from Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, California.
- #018
On November 19, 2018, Snoop Dogg was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #019
Record label executives had to persuade Snoop Dogg and Pharrell to release "Beautiful" as the lead single (the artists found it too unusually different to put out). The label was right: it became his biggest hit at the time.
- #020
Snoop Dogg appointed his wife Shante Broadus as his official business manager in 2021.
- #021
Snoop Dogg attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.
- #022
He was originally cast as L. J. in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), but he left the project.
- #023
He is the biological son of Vernell Varnado (born in Magnolia, MS, on December 13, 1949) and Beverly Tate (born in McComb, MS, on April 27, 1951), who later married in Los Angeles, CA, on November 14, 1970 (divorced in Los Angeles Co., CA, in June 1975). Cordozar Calvin Broadus Sr. (born in SC on December 10, 1948, and died in Los Angeles Co., CA, on November 9, 1985) adopted his stepson.
- #024
He has twice played a police informant: in Training Day (2001) and Starsky & Hutch (2004).
- #025
He is a member of the Rollin' 20 Crip.
- #026
He was friends with Kobe Bryant.
- #027
He often works with Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes.
- #028
He enjoys watching the Showtime series The Tudors (2007).
- #029
He placed 7th on Forbes' "Hip Hop Cash Kings" list with earnings of 17 million dollars.
- #030
He is friends with David Beckham, Charlie Wilson, Mariah Carey, Martha Stewart, Method Man and the rapper Warren G.
- #031
He won two AVN [Adult Video News] awards for Best Music Film Score and the Best Selling Tape award for the X-rated film Doggystyle (2001).
- #032
He had his own reality show on E! Entertainment Television, titled Snoop Dogg's Father Hood (2007).
- #033
He was afraid of horses.
- #034
He was born on the same date as the Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue.
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