

Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002, where he released his album Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told in 1998, No Limit Top Dogg in 1999 (making it his last album of the 90s), and Tha Last Meal in 2000, which was his last No Limit Records album. Tha Doggfather was his last release for Death Row before he signed with No Limit Records, where he recorded his next three albums. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with " Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself.

Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified quadruple platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including " What's My Name" and " Gin & Juice". Snoop's debut album, Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records debuting at No.1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, marijuana activist, actor and entertainer. Dre, 2Pac, 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, Eminem, Jay-Z, Tha Eastsidaz, Tha Dogg Pound, Akon, Bow Wow, 213, Xzibit, The Game, Daz Dillinger, Warren G, Kurupt, The Lady of Rage, Master P, Slikk the Shocker, C-Murder, Lil' ½ Dead, Ice Cube, Redman, George Clinton, Damian Marley, RBX, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 7 Days of Funk, Wiz Khalifa, Jermaine Dupri, Charlie Wilson, Pharrell Williams, The Bee Gees, Justin Timberlake, Willie Nelson, Kid Cudi, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Stevie Wonder, PSY, Limp Bizkit, Beanie Sigel, Swizz Beatz, DJ Quik, The Pussycat Dolls, Katy Perry, Big Time Rush, The Lonely IslandĬalvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
