Artist:Snoop Doggy Dogg
Song:Who Am I (What's My Name)?
Album:Tha Dogg: The Best of the Works
Rapper Calvin "Snoop Doggy Dogg" Broadus was already a star when his 1993 debut single Who Am I? was a top ten hit. That was because he appeared on the Dr. Dre album The Chronic. Broadus is now known as Snoop Dogg. He was born Oct. 20, 1971 in Long Beach, CA. His father wasn't around so he took his stepfather's name. Hid parents nicknamed him Snoopy after the dog in Peanuts. Broadus sang and played piano in church. Then he started rapping. He was in gangs as a teen and after an arrest for cocaine possession, he spent time in jail. Broadus started recording at home. And one of those recordings got the attention of Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and that led him to Death Row Records. After appearing on Young's 1992 album The Chronic, Broadus recorded his 1993 album Doggystyle. The album was certified 4XPlatinum. The first single Who Am I? reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Young wrote and produced the album with Broadus. Who Am I? contains four George Clinton samples from Atomic Dog, Funkadelic's (Not Just) Knee Deep and Parliament's Give Up the Funk and P. Funk. The second single Gin and Juice also reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Broadus recorded two albums for Death Row. After Broadus was acquitted of a murder charge, he made a lot of changes including starting his own label Doggy Style and moving his family out of the city. He signed with Master P's No Limit label distributed by EMI. Death Row owned all his early recordings which is why he changed his name to Snoop Dogg. They released this comp in 2003. Here's the video for Who Am I (What's My Name)? by Snoop Doggy Dogg.
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