Calvin Broadus Highlights

  • 2008: Earned a Grammy nomination for his song "Sexual Eruption" from the album Ego Trippin
  • 2007: Produced and starred in "Hood of Horror" an animated anthology of three short tales; debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
  • 2006: Cast as a writer in the drama "The Tenants"
  • 2006: Featured in "Arthur and the Minimoys," a live-action/computer-animated fantasy based on a popular French children's book by filmmaker Luc Besson who also directed
  • 2004: Starred in "Soul Plane," a comedy about the maiden flight of a black-owned airline
  • 2004: Played an informant in the big screen remake of the 70's cop series "Starsky & Hutch"
  • 2003: Earned 2 grammy nominations for his song "Beautiful"
  • 2001: Played menacing parolee Rodney in John Singleton's "Baby Boy"
  • 2001: Appeared alongside Dr. Dre and Denzel Washington in the police action feature "Training Day"
  • 2001: Released "Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle", a controversial video pairing his hip-hop stylings with hardcore pornography
  • 2001: Starred in the hip horror feature "Bones"
  • 2001: Had guest role on the NBC sitcom "Just Shoot Me"
  • 2001: Executive produced and appeared in the comedy feature "The Wash", directed by DJ Pooh
  • 2000: In an amicable split with No Limit, switched to his own label, Dogghouse
  • 1998: Switched from Death Row to No Limit Records; dropped the 'Doggy' and began being credited as Snoop Dogg
  • 1996: With bodyguard McKinley Lee, was found not guilty of the 1993 murder of reputed rival gang member Philip Woldermariam
  • 1995: Played Scavenger Smoke in the marijuana-fueled comedy "Half Baked"
  • 1995: Featured in the hip-hop concert documentary "The Show"
  • 1994: With Dr. Dre, starred in the short film "Murder Was the Case", based on the lyrics to his inspiring song
  • 1993: Released his debut album "Doggystyle"
  • 1992: Hit the top of the charts as co-rapper on the Dr. Dre comeback track "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"; featured on Dre's album "The Chronic" as much as Dre himself; billed as Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • 1992: With Dr. Dre, recorded the theme to the feature "Deep Cover"
  • Began rapping as a teenager with Warren G and Nate Dogg; formed the group 2-1-3
  • Joined the Crips; spent time in jail for drug dealing and other other offenses shortly after his high school graduation