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Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., b. 1971) better known as Snoop Dogg (and briefly as Snoop Lion) is a rapper, media personality and actor. Nicknamed Snoop by his mother because of his appearance, Snoop Dogg was raised in Long Beach, California. He emerged in the early 90s when he was featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover," and then on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic. This intense exposure played a considerable part in making Snoop Dogg's debut album, Doggystyle, under Death Row Records, a commercial success. 

When Death Row started to decline due to money issues, the murder of artist, Tupac, and the arrest of Suge Knight , Master P bought Snopp Dogg out of his million-dollar Death Row contract and signed him to No Limit Recordsn March 1998. He debuted on the label with Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told later that same year. With the influence of his two cousins Nate Dogg and Lil' ½ Dead, his friend Warren G, and The D.O.C., Snoop Dogg built an extensive legacy and style of rapping in Hip-Hop as a West Coast rapper. Snoop Dogg popularized the use of -izzle speaking, using syncopation in his flow which gave audiences his laidback sound, as well as 'linking with rhythm' in his compound rhymes, using alliteration, and utilizing a sparse flow with good use of pauses. Selling over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide, Snoop Dogg is one of the most iconic figures to emerge from the early-'90s G-funk era.