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Snoop Dogg's debut album was Doggystyle, released in 1993 and produced by Dr. Dre. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 806,000 copies sold in its first week, and later received quadruple platinum certification from the RIAA.
In August 1993, Snoop Dogg was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a rival gang member, Philip Woldermariam. The shooter was actually his bodyguard, McKinley Lee. Both men were represented by Johnnie Cochran and acquitted on the 20th of February 1996.
Snoop Dogg's real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. He was born on the 20th of October 1971, in Long Beach, California. He was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr., after his biological father left the family just three months after his birth.
On the 31st of July 2012, Snoop Dogg announced a new stage name, Snoop Lion, saying he had been rechristened by a Rastafari priest in Jamaica. He released a reggae album called Reincarnated in April 2013. Members of the Rastafari community in Jamaica, including reggae artist Bunny Wailer, criticized the conversion as fraudulent cultural appropriation.
Snoop Dogg announced he had acquired Death Row Records from MNRK Music Group on the 10th of February 2022. He then released his 20th album, BODR, and announced plans to revive the label.
Snoop Dogg founded the Snoop Youth Football League in 2005 for at-risk youth in Southern California. By 2018 it had grown to 50 teams and more than 1,500 players, and at least 20 former players have gone on to play in the NFL. Since 2017, he has also run Snoop Special Stars, a division for participants aged five and older with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities.