- Is seeking a divorce from his wife of seven years, citing irreconcilable differences. (May 25, 2004)
- Featured in Linkin Park's third Projekt Revolution tour from late July into September. (2004)
- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing rap star Snoop Dogg of including a message left on his answering machine in a song without permission. (February 3, 2004)
- Snoop Dogg and MTV are facing a lawsuit from actress Doris Burns who claims she has suffered emotional and physical distress as a direct result of her appearance on MTV's irreverent sketch comedy show Doggy Fizzle Televizzle - Burns says that her stint on Doggy Fizzle Televizzle was unfairly edited to make it look like she was naked and having sex during a scene on the show. (December 17, 2003)
- Snoop Dogg coached his son's youth league football team in California - He watched Saturday night as his son's Rowland Heights Raiders defeated the Huntington Beach Dolphins 18-0. (September 15, 2003)
- California school board has voted to fire eight part-time school police officers, including four who were moonlighting as bodyguards for Snoop Dogg when an unknown gunman shot at his convoy in April. (September 2, 2003)
- Was a member of the notorious Crips gang and in 1993 was charged with murder in connection with a drive-by shooting.
- Was arrested for drug possession shortly after leaving high school and spent subsequent years in and out of jail.
- Snoop Dogg held charity basketball game at his former school, Poly High School Saturday -- Proceeds from ticket sales went to Snoop Dogg's Save a Life Foundation and the high school. (June 30, 2003)
- Los Angeles police detained six members of Snoop Dogg's entourage on suspicion of weapon violations near the site of the 3rd Annual Black Entertainment Television Awards on Tuesday (June 24) - Snoop Dogg was not detained, but he did talk to a lawyer outside the Kodak Theatre. (June 26, 2003)
- Snoop Dogg, who appeared as the host on one of Girls Gone Wild videos, said he's done with the series because it doesn't feature women of color - The rapper said he plans to do his own version of Girls Gone Wild to bring some flavor to the table and to satisfy women of color waiting for their chance to go topless for the camera. (June 25, 2003)
- Snoop Dogg gets his new MTV comedy series, DOGGY FIZZLE TELEVIZZLE -- The half-hour series makes its premiere 10 p.m. EDT Sunday. (June 21, 2003)
- Three gunmen shot at a convoy of cars, one of which was carrying Snoop Dogg Thursday night in the Mid-City area - The rapper wasn't hit but one of his bodyguards was injured; police Sgt. Brian Owen said it appears that one of the shooters wanted to speak with the rapper, but it was then followed by gunfire. (April 12, 2003)
- In a lawsuit filed on Monday against rap star Snoop Dogg, a California man claims that his life is in danger because the rapper used a phone message he left in a song taunting Snoop's rival, rap-mogul Suge Knight -- The man identified as John Doe left a voice mail for Snoop last October only to learn later that it became part of a song called Pimp Slapp'd on the album Paid the Cost to be Tha Boss. (March 27, 2003)
- Snoop Dogg is on an active campaign to clean up his druggie image - the rapper tells TV's Access Hollywood that he just woke up one morning and decided he didn't need it (marijuana) anymore. (October 9, 2002)
- Snoop Dogg thinks his old image is getting lame, saying that his new image is part of "getting older." (September 2002)
Quotes- On Eminem's song "Kim": "Every Dude thinks about killing his wife. He was just crazy enough to write it all down"
- On his great friendship with Dr. Dre: "I think me and Dre are gonna be like Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. When we get really old, I'll probably be having grey braids."
- "I tell the truth. And I know what I'm talking about. That's why I'm a threat."
- Talking about Tupac Shakur: "Sometimes, if you're lucky, someone comes into your life who'll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who's tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones"
- "When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg."
Awards- MTV Movie Awards: Best Cameo, TRAINING DAY (2002)
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