The real name of the US hip-hop star is Calvin Cordosar Broadus Jr. Born a rap musician, actor, producer and businessman 10/20/1971 in California.
From an early age he began to study music, he sangin the choir at the church. You can talk and talk about his musical career and achievements in various musical genres (rap, reggae, etc.), but this article is devoted to his creative path in the film industry and tells you what films with Snoop Dog exist today.
short biography
An artist took his nickname, t. To.in childhood his caressing mother called him Snoopy. In adolescence, the guy, like many African-American young men who grew up in the ghetto, engaged in drug trafficking and became a member of the criminal gang The Crips. After graduating from school, he managed to go to college, but because of the constant jails he was not able to complete his studies.
Behind bars, a young man began writing the firstlyrics and seriously thought about rap. A real leap in his musical creativity is a young singer who is obliged to hip-hop to the label Death Row Records, where, under the guidance of Shug Knight, he worked with Tupac Shakur and Doctor Dre.
Having become famous in the hip-hop world, an artist is notstopped developing and tried himself in new areas. He became actively involved in business and acting in films. Today, his filmography has already far from one film, where Snoop Dogg took part both in minor roles and in major ones. The overall filmography of the actor exceeds 30 films.
The beginning of a film career
For the first time in the cinema, Snoop Dogg appeared in 1994 in the movie “Murder was accidental,” where he performed a small cameo.
Then, after a break of several years, hebegins to be more actively removed. Since the late 90s. He began to play movie roles quite regularly. He mostly takes part in comedy or criminal films.
One of the most famous films of hisparticipation is the comedy "Soul Plane" (Soul Plane) 2004. In it, the role of the first pilot was exactly played by Snoop Dogg. The film, the plane in which is piloted by the rapper, has a fairly simple plot and is designed for a teenage audience. The essence of the picture is that the main character of the picture decided to create an airline that is designed to serve only the "colored" population of America. The tape received rather low marks from film critics because of its stereotypical approach to depicting African-American culture.
Film success
Films with Snoop Dogg continue to go to thisthe day, however, one of the most famous works where he played the main role was a picture called "Mack and Devin go to high school" (2012). This project was created by Snoop Dogg together with the then rising star of world hip-hop Wiz Khalifa. They played the lead roles and recorded the soundtrack together. Later rappers released a whole album dedicated to the film.
Another success was the role in 5 parts of the comedy franchise "Scary Movie" (2013). Although he performed only a small cameo, it was very memorable.
Films with Snoop Dogg. List
Within this article there is no need to list the full list of films where Snoop Dogg was spotted, so we’ll provide a shorter list. Films with Snoop Dogg:
- "Murder was accidental" (1994);
- "Wash" (2001);
- Awesome Transport (2004);
- "Killer couple: Starsky and Hatch" (2004);
- "Quarter of horror Snoop Doga" (2006);
- The Big Shot (2011);
- "Mack and Devin go to high school" (2012);
- "Very scary movie 5";
- "The Perfect Voice 2" (2015).
Other projects related to cinema
This is only a small fraction of those films where Snoop Doggstarred in more than twenty-year acting career. In addition to acting roles, Snoop Dogg has repeatedly acted as a producer of films and a screenwriter.
It is also worth noting that in 2005 he became the founder of his own film company. Snoopadelic Films, which distributes cinematographic products from Snoop Dogg and more.
In addition, Snoop Dog is actively engaged invarious business projects, including the production of films for adults, as well as the production and sale of their own brands of headphones, skateboards, toys, food, clothing and footwear and other merchants of various types. All this in aggregate constitutes his main income today, and not his musical and cinematic activity.
Repeatedly, the actor and rapper took part in the creation of films of documentary genre, some of them are devoted to hip-hop and rastamanian culture, an ardent supporter of which he is himself.
Snoop Dog is not only a cult personality forhip-hop culture, gangsta rap and blacks, but also a talented actor, screenwriter and producer, successfully implementing many of the roles and own projects in the movie. Despite the fact that today many hip-hop musicians are trying in parallel to engage in acting, the cinematographic career of Snoop Dogg deserves special attention due to its unique charisma and fruitful work over the years.
