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Because the embodiment of ’90s gangsta rap, Snoop Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Introduced to the planet through Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, Snoop quickly became probably the most well-known superstar in rap, partly due to his drawled, laconic rhyming and partly because the assault that his lyrics …

Although Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. was carrying out more than great under his hip-hop moniker Snoop Dogg, a 2012 visit to Jamaica persuaded the rapper that reggae was his accurate calling which he should assume the Rasta name Snoop Lion. Granted to Snoop with a Jamaican high priest, the name …