Biography: Long Beach rapper Snoop Dogg has risen above his violent early years to become the lovable pimp next door. Even your dad probably knows who D-O double G is. This hasn't always been the case. Snoop hooked up with Southern California gang The Crips in the early 1980's and, as a result of drug trafficking, spent his graduation in jail. Snoop has later said that the Crips were actually very encouraging to their artistically talented members and directed the young Dogg's energies towards mix tapes rather than hustling. Snoop Dogg's personal talent was his trademark lazy drawl, like life is just too good to spit fast. He also pioneered the West Coast g-funk sound, rapping gangsta over p-funk sampl .....
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