Calvin Cordazar Broadus, Jr., a.k.a. Snoop Dogg (formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg as well as Snoop Lion) is a rapper from Long Beach, California.

Snoop began his career by meeting former N.W.A-member, Dr. Dre. He was then enlisted as a collaborator for Dre’s first solo album and now hip-hop classic, The Chronic.

In 1993 Snoop Dogg released Doggystyle; He was thus baptized as one of the pioneers of the G-Funk Era.

Watch Ice-T’s interview with Snoop from the documentary, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap: