In July 2016, Snoop followed with his 14th studio album, Coolaid, which also garnered positive reception. 1 on the hip-hop/R&B charts and debuted at No. With the release of singles like "Peaches N Cream" and "So Many Pros," the album shot to No. Snoop's 13th studio album, produced by Pharrell and titled Bush, arrived in May 2015. That same year he also launched a new digital-media venture called Merry Jane, which focuses on the latest marijuana news. In November 2015, he launched Leafs By Snoop, becoming the first A-list celebrity to brand a line of cannabis products. Outside of music, Snoop has made investments in the burgeoning cannabis business. In August 2012, Snoop released Reincarnated's debut single, "La La La." Cannabis Business Later that year he announced that he was dropping "Dogg" from his name to become Snoop Lion.Īccording to the Los Angeles Times, Snoop decided to change his name after traveling to Jamaica where he met with a priest, who told him: "You are the light, you are the lion." Moved by the meeting, Snoop immediately changed his name. In early 2012, Snoop announced that he was working for the first time on an all-reggae album, called Reincarnated. In 2007, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship, citing his prior criminal convictions, banned him from entering the country and appearing at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards. Later in 2006, he was arrested at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California, after officers found marijuana and a gun in his vehicle. By now his sound had become less "gangsta rap" and somewhat smoother. His last album for No Limit, The Last Meal, came in 2000 and sold over 2 million copies.
He scored the top slot on the hip-hop charts with his next two albums: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998) and No Limit Top Dogg (1999). He has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million.
Dre and featured on Dre's solo debut, 'Deep Cover', and then on Dre's solo debut album, The Chronic. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Snoop then left Death Row himself, falling out with label mogul Suge Knight and moving to Master P’s No Limit Records. Snoop Dogg is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor. 'Da Game Is to Be Sold' to 'The Hard Way' While it didn’t perform as well commercially, it still showed that Snoop was a major-league artist. Snoop's next album, Tha Doggfather (1996), also reached the top of the charts, despite the absence of Dre, who had left Death Row over a contract dispute.
Next came a short film called Murder Was the Case, the soundtrack of which went double platinum. Dre gave Snoop a sound that would resonate in the minds of hip-hop fans for generations. 1 spot on Billboard's hip-hop and Top 200 charts, based in part on the success of the singles "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" and "Gin and Juice." It built on the G-Funk template that The Chronic had established, as Cypress Hill’s B-Real later reminisced: “I think Dr. Snoop's first album, the Dre-produced Doggystyle (1993), climbed its way to the No. Hit Albums: 'Doggystyle' & 'Tha Doggfather'
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