Already out this year, Snoop re-connected with his childhood friends, Nate Dog and Warren G on the successful album 213: The Hard Way. The album was #1 in
Southern California and is rising in the Billboard Top 5 every week. Snoop was also seen on tour this summer performing his favorite old and new school hits with a “rock” flare on the Project Revolution tour. The tour, a musical
collaboration that included rock bands Lincoln Park and Korn, was a crowd-pleasing success throughout the country.
Furthering his entrepreneurial status, Snoop is partnering with leading modern fashion performance brand Pony, to create a shoe collection called “The One and Only.” This particular line of shoes will marry
Snoop’s signature West Coast flavor with the classic Pony design. The collection will be unveiled this November and will be available in exclusive stores globally for the Fall/Winter 2005 collection.
Snoop is venturing into a project that is close to his heart. He is heading up the “Snooper Bowl” football tournament in which he coaches his son’s team. The Inaugural “Snooper Bowl” is an upcoming
charity football event being put on by Snoop, the Super Bowl Host Committee, The Firm, and Jacksonville-based Axcess Sports & Entertainment. This event will pit Snoop’s youth all-star team from California against an opposing Jacksonville
youth all-star team. The game will be played the day before Super Bowl XXXIX (February 5 th, 2005) at Raines High School in Jacksonville, where the teams will compete for the “Snooper Bowl Trophy,” which is being provided by the
world-renowned Tiffany & Co, makers of the Lombardi Trophy given to the winners of the actual Super Bowl. All proceeds from the “Snooper Bowl” will go to Snoop’s Save A Life Foundation, which works with inner-city youth and
children’s hospitals.
Snoop is currently filming an independent film THE TENNANTS with Dylan McDermott, which is expected to be released in 2005. He was last seen on the big screen starring in MGM’s comedy hit SOUL PLANE, where he headed up an
all-star comedy cast in this story of the first ever ride of the black owned NWA Airlines. Earlier this year, he appeared as the powerful, but extremely lovable gangster ‘Huggy Bear’ in the hit comedy STARSKY & HUTCH, which starred
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
Snoop Dogg has also appeared in the comedy Half Baked, John Singleton’s BABY BOY, the critically acclaimed TRAINING DAY opposite Denzel Washington, THE WASH with Dr. Dre and Todd Phillip’s OLD SCHOOL. Snoop could
also be heard as the voice of ‘Ronnie Rizzat’ in MALIBU’S MOST WANTED starring Jamie Kennedy. His first feature role in a major motion picture was as the title character in the urban horror film Bones, co-starring Pam Grier.
In addition to his film career, Snoop was recently featured in his own comedy/variety show “Doggy Fizzle Televizzle,” on MTV. His visibility on the big screen, and comedic sketch comedy display on “Doggy
Fizzle,” led to Snoop’s successful hosting stint on “Saturday Night Live” in May 2004, which critically reviewed and earned “SNL” some of its highest rating numbers of the year.
Snoop Dogg was born Calvin Broadus in Long Beach, CA in October 1971. His rise to fame began in 1993 with the release of his debut album Doggystyle. Fueled by the rapper’s street credentials and criminal infamy, the
anticipation for the album was unprecedented – selling 1.5 million albums in advance of the release. It was the first debut rap album to hit the charts at number one. His sixth and most recent studio album is entitled Paid Tha Cost To Be Da
Boss. In addition, he has contributed songs to a number of movie soundtracks including BAD BOYS II, CHARLIES ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, DR. DOLITTLE 2, and SAVE THE LAST DANCE.
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