The story of snoop dogg

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. West Coast rap legend Snoop Dogg has come a long way since being discovered by Dr. Dre in the early s.

What happened to snoop dogg

His nickname came from his mother because she thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoon. The musically inclined youngster played piano and sang at his local Baptist church, before starting rap in sixth grade. After graduating high school, Snoop was arrested several times for drug possession and spent time in prison. He started making music as a way out of his troubles and recorded early demos with his cousin Nate Dogg and friend Warren G as A track on one of these came to the attention of Dr.

Dre, who invited Snoop — then rapping under the name Snoop Doggy Dogg — to audition. Snoop's first album, the Dre-produced Doggystyle , climbed its way to the No. Dre gave Snoop a sound that would resonate in the minds of hip-hop fans for generations.