His 2013 album and documentary Reincarnated traced the transformation from “Snoop Dogg” to “Snoop Lion” during his trip to Jamaica to record that reggae album. The late aughts E! family reality show Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood leaned toward slapstick when warmth was needed. But what keeps these exercises exhilarating is never knowing which Snoop will show up where. You follow Snoop into endeavors outside his wheelhouse of hip-hop and head shops trusting that he’ll either really apply himself and come out with something oddly endearing or that he’ll stick to the script and reframe his default stoner-comedian persona in a way that still entertains. In the last 12 months alone, Snoop has delivered an EP titled Make America Crip Again, co-hosted a cooking show with Martha Stewart, revived the ’70s game show The Joker’s Wild, and sold a heartwarming docuseries about his youth football league to Netflix. Dre’s landmark 2001 album, hosted a porno for Hustler, and starred in Ernest Dickerson’s hood horror flick Bones. In 1993, he released the G-funk classic Doggystyle, got accused of the murder of a rival gang member, and cut a short film with Eddie Murphy where he strikes a deal with dark forces to get revenge for a gang-related shoot-out. For proof, pick a year and simply read off his endeavors. Snoop Dogg is having the most absurd rap career of all time. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for BET Like most things with Snoop, it shouldn’t work but it does.
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