The personal and business life of rapper Snoop Dogg born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr, will soon be made available to fans and viewers of E!, the television station announced on Friday. The untitled show is scheduled to start airing sometime during the last quarter of 2007.
“The juggling act that Snoop faces day-in, day-out between career and family is certain to resonate with our viewers,” said Ted Harbert, president and CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, which operates the E! channel.
Rapper Flavor Flav (William J. Drayton) from the hit show “Flavor of Love” and the hypeman of Public Enemy is set to shoot his “Comedy Central Roast†special “Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav†on July 22 at Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles which will be hosted by Comedian Katt Williams who will be the Roast Master.
This year’s Roasters will include Carrot Top, Greg Giraldo, Ice-T, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Lampanelli, Bridgett Neilsen, Patton Oswalt, Snoop Dogg, Sommore, among others. The show will allow the stars to roast Flavor Flav with cruel jokes and make a mockery of him like previous celebrities who appeared on the show. The DJ for the show will be none other than DJ Spinderella (Salt n Peppa) who will be spinning on the one’s and two’s.
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If case you haven’t caught it, Snoop Dogg (Dee Ohh Double Geezy!) is promoting one of the many sports that he loves… WWE Monday Night Raw. The rapper can be caught on the TV commercials seen in the actual ring of the WWE reppin the Raw Nation.
Snoop Dogg may even be considering a career in wrestling.
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“Snoop is a rat,” stated Suge Knight according to sources. “He’s a police informer. This is the only guy who never goes to jail no matter what. I don’t like rats.”
Suge Knight founder of Death Row Record believes this is the reason why Snoop Dogg keeps avoiding jail time with the numerous allegedly charges for drug and gun possession. For the past few months everything has been looking like an episode of “The Wire”.
Snoop reportedly stated that he stepped to Suge Knight at the BET Awards approximately four years ago and Suge was scared of him. Snoop also was noted as saying the he was never afraid of Suge and Suge was afraid he was going to kill him. Suge however, stated that Snoop had never been in a real fight and when there’s trouble he flees to the police. “He throws up and starts crying,” stated Suge.
Lately it seems that 35 year-old Snoop Dogg just keeps going to the pound. After only three months, Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus) has been arrested again making it his third arrest.
On Tuesday California rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested by the Burbank California police on a four felony drug and weapons related charge right after he had finished taping an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” where he performed to support his album “The Blue Carpet Treatment.”
The rapper is said to have been under investigation by the Burbank police after being apprehended on last month for possession of a gun and the transporting of marijuna.
After leaving the NBC studio on Bob Hope Drive, Snoop Dogg and two of his associates (33-year-old Michael Mingo and 36-year-old Lovell Polk) where stopped by a police armed with a search warrant at around 7 p.m. according to Sgt. Kevin Grandalski. The investigators searched Snoop Dogg and his associates, including his car and home in Diamond Bar. Charges were filed against Snoop Dogg for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana for sale and haveing a false compartment within the vehicle.
Snoop Dogg associates were also arrested and is stated to be members of the Rollin’ 20s Crips gang. They were arrested for investigation of possessing burglary tools and for having an outstanding warrant.
Snoop Dogg posted his bail, which was set at $60,000 US. When he was released local news were awaiting him at approximately 1 a.m. in the morning.
Snoop Dogg is expected in court on January 11, 2007.
Snoop Dogg is also expected in court for other charges placed against him on December 4th and December 12th.
Rapper Snoop Dogg “Calvin Broadus” was booked Monday on one felony count of possession of a deadly weapon, a charge filed after security officers at a California airport found a collapsible baton in his laptop carrying case. The incident occurred on Sept. 27, as Broadus prepared to catch a flight to San Francisco.
Snoop Dogg turned himself over to authorities at the Orange County Jail Monday morning, states Susan Schroeder of the district attorney’s office.
“Snoop was promptly released on bail and welcomes an expedited trial which will reveal that these charges are completely unwarranted,” said Meredith O’Sullivan, the entertainer’s spokeswoman.
Currently Snoop Dogg’s bail was set at $150,000 and was expected to post bail according to Susan Schroeder of the district attorney’s office.
If convicted, the 35-year-old Snoop Dogg could possibly be sentenced to at least three years in prison.
The rapper told deputies at the time of his arrest that the baton was a prop for a movie. The charge was filed Nov. 2 and an arrest warrant was issued. His attorney, Donald Etra, has called the charge “bogus.”
As of last month, Snoop Dogg was arrested at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank for carrying illegal drugs and possession of a gun that was in the . He posted $35,000 bail and was ordered to appear in court Dec. 12, 2006.
Rapper Snoop Dogg “Calvin Broadus” has been formally charged with one felony count of knowingly possessing a dangerous weapon by California authorities.
Snoop Dogg was arrested on September 27 at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., after allegedly trying to board a plane while carrying a 21-inch collapsible police baton in a computer case.
“These charges are bogus. The DA knows that, Snoop knows that. If this goes to trial, we will win,” the rapper’s lawyer Donald Etra said Thursday afternoon.
If convicted, Snoop Dogg faces a potential maximum of three years in state penitentiary. Bail was set at $150,000.
On October 26, Snoop Dogg was arrested a second time at Burbank, Calif.’s Bob Hope Airport on suspicion of possessing marijuana and a handgun, according to police.
“There was no basis for this arrest,” Etra said earlier. “We believe that once this is cleared up, all charges will be dismissed.”
After being taken into custody, Snoop Dogg was freed on $35,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on December 12 to be arraigned.
Once again rapper Snoop Dogg “Calvin Broadus” has had a few problems with the law. Thursday, Snoop Dogg was arrested at Bob Hope Airport on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a gun and transportation of marijuana, police said.
Snoop Dogg was arrested by officers from the Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport Authority Police Department at around 3:45 p.m. sources state after they approached him for an alleged vehicle code violation in the passenger loading and unloading zone, according to Burbank police Sgt. Kevin Grandalski.
Officers said they soon discovered a gun and marijuana in Broadus’ vehicle, said Burbank police Lt. Omar Rodriguez. Broadus was taken to the Burbank Police Station Jail where he was booked on gun and drug charges, Grandalski said.
Broadus was released on $35,000 bail. Arraignment is scheduled for Monday in Burbank Superior Court, Grandalski said.
Orange County prosecutors were deciding Thursday whether to file charges against Broadus for allegedly trying to bring a banned collapsible police baton aboard a plane.
Broadus had the baton in his computer bag when he entered the airport for a flight to New York, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Airport security workers said they spotted an object in the bag and were initially unsure of what it was, Amormino said.
The collapsible baton, expanded from 8 inches to 21 inches, and is classified as a dangerous weapon and is illegal to possess and “definitely illegal to bring on a plane,” Amormino said.
Broadus, 35, said he did not know the object was illegal to carry and said it was to be a prop in a video he was to tape in New York, Amormino said.
The baton was confiscated and Snoop Dogg was allowed to continue his flight.
Currently Snoop Dogg is working an album with music producer/rapper Dr. Dre.
Has Snoop Dogg lost his mind or did he totally forget to remove the baton from his bag prior to boarding a San Franciso flight? What ever the case may be, prosecutors are considering charges against rap singer Snoop Dogg after authorities discovered the 21-inch collapsible baton in his bags as he boarded the San Francisco-bound flight, authorities said Tuesday.
Snoop Dogg “Calvin Broadus” who is 35-year-old, had the baton in his laptop case as he went through a security checkpoint at John Wayne Airport on Sept. 27, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
District attorney’s spokeswoman Farrah Emami said her office received the sheriff’s report on Monday of the incident.
Is it the same Blue Carpet you’ve heard about in the Memphis 10 that Snoop and Dr. Dre are talking about. Well regardless of this, the pair is teaming up for an upcoming album entitled “The Blue Carpet Treatment” after five years of separation.
Besides Dr. Dre being a producer on the album others included on the project are R. Kelly, Nate Dogg, Timbaland, Stevie Wonder, The Game, Ne-Yo, Rick Rock, Ice Cube and more.
The Blue Carpet will be Snoop Dogg’s eighth album and is expected to hit the shelves on Novemeber 21st in the US. A UK release date is still pending.