Snoop Dogg - Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is a Grammy Award nominated American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dres most notable protégés. His catch phrase is izzle, a slang term developed by Oakland, California rap group 3X Krazy in the mid 1990s and popularized primarily by fellow Bay Area rapper E 40.His mother nicknamed him Snoopy as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of the cartoon Peanuts; he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg when he began recording. He changed his name to Snoop Dogg in 1998, when he left his original record label Dea Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., better known by his stag...
