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The face of hip hop has been shaped and molded by so many artists. Hip hop started as just another type of music that people did not pay much attention to until the seventies and eighties, when new ideas ran rampant and people became increasingly open to new ideas.

In the 1990s, hip hop became one of the many types of music that was listened to by millions of people every day. It rose through the ranks quickly not only because the music was good, but because hip hop artists such as Snoop Dogg promoted it and made it into something that the people of the world could appreciate.

Snoop Dogg was born on October 20, 1971 as Cordozar Calvin Broadus. He was born in Long Beach, California, being the second of three sons born of his parents. When Snoop Dogg was little, his friends would call him Snoopy because he looked just like the famed Charlie Brown character with the same name.

His father was a singer and a mailman who was never around much in Snoop Dogg's life. At a very early age, he began to sing and play organ at his church, where he learned to love music. Shortly after he started singing, he began rapping and making his own beats.

Snoop never had the life of a normal child. He was delinquent a lot and convicted of many things before he even graduated from high school. He served six months after being convicted of cocaine trafficking and he spent several of his post high school years behind bars for allegedly being a member of the Crips.

Snoop paired with his two cousins, Nate Dogg and Lil ½ Dead, to create his first album, which was named after the Long Beach area code. This was picked up by Dr. Dre, who became his teacher of sorts.

After he was discovered by Dre, his career started to take off. Dre worked with Snoop Dogg to create several albums, and Snoop helped Dre by making appearances in Dr. Dre's famed Chronic album. Snoop Dogg recorded many albums and songs and came out with several freestyle raps that earned him a spot in on the top of the hip hop world. He starred in a few movies in his early career and has been making cameo appearances in several new movies also.

Snoop was appointed to an executive position in Priority Records in 2009. The position allows him to work with several other artists such as Dr. Dre and Katy Perry to create new songs and albums. Snoop's style is very well known and separates him from the rest of the rap and hip hop community. His name will forever live on in hip hop and rap legend.