Snoop Dogg is one of the most famous rapper in history. He began his career in the Rap 90s arena and is still very successful today, more than twenty years later. Snoop Dogg was discovered by Dr. Dre and since then became very famous because of his calm vocal and relaxed style.
Early Life
Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. And his birthday is October 20, 1971. He was born in Long Beach, California. He was named his stepfather. Snoop’s biological father was mostly absent from the life of his son. He was nicknamed Snoopy from his mother, who often called him that after the main character in the bean comic. This nickname later became part of the stage name.
Snoop Dogg played the piano and sang at Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church in Long Beach when he was very young. When he was in sixth grade, he began to absorb. As a teenager, Snoop Dogg used to be friends with gang members and often had problems. He was arrested for drug possession several times, and he went to prison many times. After that, he managed to stay away from prison with the help of his music talent.
Music Career
Snoop Dogg released his first album Doggystyle in 1993, and reached number one on the Billboard 200 charts. This album is one of the most memorable releases in the 90s to this day. After that, he released thirteen other albums.
The song Snoop Dogg dropped it like hot, along with many other hit, reaching the peak of many hip hop graphs. His first album sold around 7 million copies only in the United States, as well as more than 11 million copies worldwide. This makes Snoop Dogg one of the richest men in the rap music industry.
Acting
Snoop Dogg acted in a film called Starsky and Hutch, where he got 500,000 dollars. He also starred in Soul Plane, Bones (horror films), and Scary Movie 5.
In addition to acting in the film, Snoop also has a reality show titled Father Hood Snoop Dogg, and that follows the rapper’s lifestyle.
Business Investments
Snoop Dogg has its own production company, called Snoopadelic Films. He has a lot of ownership in restaurants, as well as several fashion companies, which brought 75 million in 2014. Snoop also has a Snoopify application, a brand of marijuana products called Leafas by Snoop, and even Snoop Dogg Slippers.
This successful businessman has become an angel investor for many companies, including Ustream, Robinhood, Secret, and Reddit.
Snoop Dogg Net Worth 2022
Snoop Dogg has 25 cars and houses estimated at 1.83 million dollars.
Snoop got 6 million from his own first album. He still makes many of all his album sales. In 2007, he was in the 7th position in the list of Cash Kings Hip Hop Hop, and he had a net worth of 17 million dollars at the time.
Snoop Dogg produced more than 2 million dollars regularly because of his hit song which is still playing on various radio stations. His net worth was 110 million in 2011. In 2016, that number was almost 150 million, and this year the net worth was estimated at more than 160 million dollars.