**Snoop Dogg** is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. His initial fame dates back to 1992 following his guest appearance on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, **Deep Cover**, and later on Dre's debut album, **The Chronic** that same year. The artist has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States, and 35 million albums worldwide. His accolades include an **American Music Award**, a **Primetime Emmy Award**, and 17 **Grammy Award** nominations.

Produced entirely by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog's debut studio album, **Doggystyle** (1993) was released by Death Row Records and debuted atop the Billboard 200. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, the album received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) the following year and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles **What's My Name?** and **Gin and Juice**. He was the lead performer on Death Row's soundtrack album for the 1994 short film **Murder Was the Case**, wherein Snoop Dogg made his acting debut. His second album, **Tha Doggfather** (1996), likewise debuted atop the chart and received double platinum certification. In 1998, he parted ways with Death Row in favor of Master P's No Limit Records, through which he saw largely continued success with his albums **Da Game Is to Be Sold**, **Not to Be Told** (1998), **No Limit Top Dogg** (1999), and **Tha Last Meal** (2000). He then signed with Priority, Capitol, and EMI Records to release his sixth album **Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss** (2002), which was further commercially oriented. This effectively continued upon him signing with Geffen Records to release his next three albums: **R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta)**: **The Masterpiece** (2004), **Tha Blue Carpet Treatment** (2006), and **Ego Trippin'** (2008); the former spawned the single **Drop It Like It's Hot** (featuring Pharrell), which became his first to peak atop the Billboard Hot 100. He then returned to Priority and Capitol—upon his hiring as chairman of the former label—to release his tenth and eleventh albums, **Malice 'n Wonderland** (2009) and **Doggumentary** (2011).

In 2012, following a trip to Jamaica, Snoop converted to Rastafari and adopted the alias **Snoop Lion**, under which he released a reggae album, **Reincarnated** (2013), and a namesake documentary film about his Jamaican experience. His thirteenth studio album, **Bush** (2015), was produced entirely by frequent collaborator Pharrell, while his fourteenth studio album, **Coolaid** (2016), was released the same year as his induction into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.[8] In 2018 he became "a born-again Christian" and released his first gospel album, **Bible of Love** in March of that year.[9] In November of that year, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[10] In 2022, Snoop released his nineteenth studio album, **BODR** (2022)—preceded by the independently-released **I Wanna Thank Me** (2019) and **From tha Streets 2 tha Suites** (2021).