Movies with Snoop Dog. Film career of the famous rapper

The real name of the hip-hop star of the United States is Calvin Kordosar Brodus Jr.. A rap musician, actor, producer and businessman was born on October 20, 1971 in California.

Already from an early age he began to study music, sang in the choir at the church. His musical career and achievements in various musical genres (rap, reggae, etc.) can be talked about, but this article is devoted to his creative path in the film industry and will tell you what films with Snoop Dog exist for today.

short biography

The artist took his nickname, because in childhood his mother called him Snoopy. As a teenager, the guy, like many African-American boys who grew up in the ghetto, was involved in drug trafficking and became a member of the criminal gang The Crips. After graduation, he managed to go to college, but because of constant hits in prison, he never managed to complete his studies.

Behind the bars, the young man began to write the first texts and seriously thought about rap. A real jump in his musical creativity is the young performer due to the hip-hop label Death Row Records, where, under the direction of Shug Knight, he worked with Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre.

Becoming famous in the world of hip-hop, the artist did not stop developing and tried himself in new areas. He became actively engaged in business and acting in films. Today, his filmography has more than one film, where Snoop Dog took part in both the secondary roles and the main ones. The general filmography of the actor exceeds 30 films.

Early career in film

For the first time in the movie Snoop Dogg appeared in 1994 in the movie "Murder was random", where he played a small cameo.

Then, after a break of several years, he begins to withdraw more actively. Since the late 90's. He began to perform roles in the cinema quite regularly. Mostly he takes part in comedy or crime films.

One of the most famous films with his participation is the comedy "Slet Plane" (Soul Plane) in 2004. In it, the role of the first pilot was exactly performed by Snoop Dog. The film, the plane in which is under the rapper's piloting, has a fairly simple plot and is intended for a teenage audience. The essence of the picture is that the protagonist of the picture decided to create an airline that is designed to serve only the "colored" population of America. The tape received rather low ratings of film critics because of its stereotypical approach to the depiction of African American culture.

Film successes

Movies with Snoop Dog continue to go out to this day, however, one of the most famous works, where he performed the main role, was a picture called "Poppy and Devin Go to Secondary School" (2012). This project was created by Snoop Dog together with then only the rising star of world hip-hop Wiz Khalifa. They performed the main roles and recorded the soundtrack together. Later the rappers released a whole album dedicated to the film.

Another success was the role in the 5 part comedy franchise "Very Scary Movie" (2013). Although he performed only a small cameo, but it was very memorable.

Movies with Snoop Dog. List

In this article, there is no need to list the full list of films where Snoop Dogg was seen, so we will provide a shortened list. Movies with Snoop Dog:

• "Murder was accidental" (1994);
• "Washing" (2001);
• "Uletniy transport" (2004);
• "Slaughter couple: Starsky and Hutch" (2004);
• "The horror section of Snoop Doga" (2006);
• "The Big Shot" (2011);
• "Poppy and Davin go to high school" (2012);
• "Very scary movie 5";
• "The perfect voice 2" (2015).

Other projects related to cinema

This is only a small fraction of those films where Snoop Dog has starred in more than twenty years of acting. In addition to acting roles, Snoop Dogg has also repeatedly acted as a producer of films and screenwriter.

It is also worth noting that in 2005 he became the founder of his own film company Snoopadelic Films, which deals with the distribution of cinematographic products from Snoop Dog and not only.

In addition, Snoop Dog is actively involved in various kinds of business projects, including the production of films for adults, as well as the production and sale of own brands of headphones, skateboards, toys, food, clothing and footwear and other merchants of all kinds. All this in aggregate and constitutes his main income to date, and not his musical and cinematographic activities.

Repeatedly, the actor and rapper participated in the creation of films of a documentary genre, some of them are devoted to hip-hop and rastaman culture, of which he is an ardent supporter.

Snoop Dog is not only a cult figure for hip-hop culture, gangsta rap and blacks, but also a talented actor, screenwriter and producer who successfully implements many roles and projects in the cinema. Despite the fact that today many hip-hop musicians are trying to work in parallel and acting, Snape Dog's cinematographic career deserves special attention due to his unique charisma and fruitful work for many years.