Oh, and he’s still controversial enough to be on the receiving end of attacks from the President. Murder Was the Case now reigns over a flourishing branded empire of cannabis-related businesses, commands the unconditional love of both you and your grandmother, still has a song in regular terrestrial radio rotation (“Smile Bitch”), and is about to receive that ultimate flex of “You Made It” celebrity, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jay Gatz wished he could’ve reinvented himself as artfully as Calvin Broadus - a reality that “the Simpsons”acknowledged when they conscripted him to voice himself on the episode, “The Great Phatsby.”Īt 47-years-old, Mr. In another glass case, a poster advertises his Emmy-nominated VH1 show with white lace-lifestyle mogul, Martha Stewart. Walking into the compound, you glimpse a framed and signed photo of Snoop meeting the Obamas in the Oval Office. Marijuana is now legal in California and Snoop went from America’s Most Wanted to American Idol ( literally) to Hollywood Walk of Famer, when he receives the 2,651st star outside the El Capitan theater on Nov. Two months later, he dropped his instant classic, “Doggystyle,” which sold over 800,000 copies in its first week, setting records for the fast selling rap album of all-time and the most by a debuting artist. It was 25 years ago this August that Snoop was arrested for first-degree murder and the press immediately branded him public enemy No. If you Rip Van Winkled the last quarter century and woke up inside this fortress, you could swiftly recognize the 180-degree reversal of Snoop Dogg’s reputation.

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