How Did Snoop Dogg Get Rich and Famous
Who is Snoop Dogg?
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr is a west coast rapper born on 20th October 1971 in California in a family of 3 boys and grew up under his stepfather and mother. The rapper is known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, a nickname given to him by his mum who thought she looks like Snoopy from the famous cartoon Peanut. As a young boy, he sang and played at his local church Golgotha Trinity Baptist and begun rapping in 6th grade. Today Snoop is one of the wealthiest rappers worldwide and has sold more than 35 million albums globally.
Why is he so Famous?
Snoop is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and media personality who started his musical career in 1992 after Dr. Dre discovered him. Snoop would rap at hallway high school and attract a vast crowd that made him realize his talent. He started gang banging as a teenager and become a member of notorious Rollin 20 crips, a street gang on the east side of Long Beach.
After he graduated from high school, he spends three years in prison for possession of cocaine. From prison, he formed a group called 213 with his friend Warren G and two cousins Natt Dogg and Lil1/2 dead to put some homemade mixtape tracks as the best way out from troubles.
In 1992 one of his solo tracks came to the attention of the influential producer Dr. Dre. The producer was impressed by the mixtape and invited Snoop for an audition. Dre became his mentor and taught him how to structure the lyrics. Snoop also learned to break themes into hooks, verses, and choruses. He raps using the name Snoop Doggy Dogg and joins Death Row Records family, where he works on his theme song album Deep cover alongside Lawrence Fishburne.
Later in the same year, he collaborated with Dr. Dre album called The Chronic. From that exposure, his debut album like Doggy style was rated number one on both Billboard Top R&B hip-hop charts and Billboard 200 that led to his successful music career.
How did he Get Rich?
Snoop has a net worth of approximately 143 million dollars generated from his diverse talents in a musical career, music production, concerts, social website, tours, film performance, and entrepreneurship. Snoop had a great vision that led to his great achievements. His first solo debut doggy style sold over 806858 copies in the first two weeks of its release, pocketing over 6 million dollars. He then releases Who Am I and Gin and Juice, these two songs were among the top ten played songs in America and sold more than 6 million copies worldwide.
He was charged with murder in 1996.after his release he quits Death Row Records because of a contract dispute. After the liberation, he signed up with master P No limit records, where he released two new debut albums Da Game 1998 and No Limit Top Dogg 1999, that sold over 1503865 copies. He also released the last Meal with the same record in 2000 that sold over 2 million copies in 1999. No limit scrambled, and in 2004, he ends up signing with Geffen records where he met his long time crew Natt Dogg and G Warren, forming group 213 again. He produces three more albums under Griffen Record, where he releases his third album in 2004featuring Charlie Wilson and Justine Timberlake. The song ranked number 2 on UK charts and sold over 1730000 copies only in the USA.
Snoop branch out from music and started acting. He appeared in films called training day and the wash. He was also a guest actor on different television shows like weeds and L words. Later he started his reality television show with high school girlfriend and wife Shante and his three children Corde, Cori, and Cordell. Snoop featured on a sketch show called Doggy Fizzle Televizzle and, in 2011, participated in a show called Comedy Central Roast. In 2016 he paired with a lifestyle guru Martha Stewart to host dinner parties that attract a lot of celebrities. He starred in movies such as Never Stop Never Stopping and also host a 1970 show Revival of Jokers Wild. He works on very many albums as singer and producers that deliver high sales. Snoop ganged a lot of music awards and nominated in 20 Grammy awards.
Apart from his music career, Snoop is also an entrepreneur. He became the first A-List celebrity to invest in the cannabis business. Snoop owns the biggest cannabis growth operation company in the world. After Mary Jane introduces a cannabis website, Snoop launch line of cannabis products in 2016 that attracts Canadian market Smith Fall, he was appointed as the creative chairman for priority records and a pitchman for Airbnb and hot pocket. Snoop also runs a video game business.
What makes him more successful?
Snoop is an ambitious, go-getter, and hardworking person who never quits despite the challenges. He has a good and likable personality that attracts most of his fans and has work with many great artists from the late Tupac Shakur, Pharrel, and Timberlake. He releases original flow freestyle lyrics and produces soft vocal compared to other rappers who release hard-edged rap. Snoop keeps working on his music and acting career recording more albums that sell more copies globally and movies while appearing in varieties of television shows. Snoop is also business-oriented. In 2016 he launched a new line of cannabis products that included edibles, flowers, and concentrated. In 2019 he started a video game business and created his own Esporta League game called Gangster Gaming League.
Conclusion
Snoop Dogg, a 47 years old rapper who is famous for his songs such as Reincarnated, Godfather, and Doggy style, has worked hard to become famous and successful. He has also worked on Gospel song Bible Love that he released in 2018. The singer has experienced prison life with charges such as drug possession and murder, but that did not stop him from achieving his goals. Aside from producing music and albums and appearing on the TV show, he also ventured into business.