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The name of their group was 213 – the area code of Long Beach, their hometown. The young, no name hip hop artist, at the time started recording with his cousin Nate Dogg and Lil 1/2 Dead and friend Warren G. After graduating high school in 1989, shortly after he was arrested for possession of cocaine, and for several years following his initial arrest, he was in and out of jail. He joined and became of a member of the Rollin’ 20s Crips gang on the eastside of Long Beach. Snoop started getting in trouble with the law despite continual support and prevention from his mother. I could tell that my raps interested people and that made me interested in myself.”
It made me begin to realize that I had a gift. As he recalls from rapping at school: “When I rapped in the hallways at school I would draw such a big crowd that the principal would think there was a fight going on. While in high school he would frequently rap. He was what you would call a “hustler.” Selling candy, delivering newspapers, and bagging groceries were among a few tasks he performed to help provide for his mother and two brothers. Soon after entering the sixth grade he started rapping. If you’re anything like me you had no idea that one of the most popular hip hop artists name would have came from a cartoon.Īt a young age Snoop began singing and playing the piano at his local church – the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church. His mother and stepfather gave him the nickname “Snoopy” because of his interest and likeliness of the cartoon character from Peanuts. Snoop’s birth name originates from his stepfather who took the role of being his father. Vernall, (Snoop’s Dad) was a Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier, who ultimately abandoned the family just months after Snoop was born. Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, also known as Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dog, and briefly Snoop Lion was born Octoin Long Beach, California.