Snoop Dogg To Get Walk Of Fame Star

HOLLYWOOD, CA — A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Monday honoring 16-time Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg, four days before the 25th anniversary of the release of his debut album "Doggystyle."

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, legendary record producer Quincy Jones and the rapper Dr. Dre will join Snoop Dogg at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony in front of the El Capitan Entertainment Center on Hollywood Boulevard where Kimmel's show is taped.

The star will be the 2,651st since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the first 1,558 stars. The ceremony will be livestreamed on walkoffame.com.

Born Calvin Broadus on Oct. 20, 1971 in Long Beach, he got his stage name from his mother Beverly who joked he looked like the Peanuts character Snoopy.

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Snoop Dogg's rap career began by making mixtapes with his cousins Nate Dogg and Lil 1/2 Dead and friend Warren G. One tape was heard by Dr. Dre who invited him to audition.

"Doggystyle," released on Nov. 23, 1993, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 11 million copies worldwide through November 2015.

Snoop Dogg's other memorable works include "Gin & Juice," "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)," "Nuthin' But A `G' Thang," "Next Episode," "Beautiful," "Drop It Like It's Hot," "Signs," "Sensual Seduction" and "I Wanna Rock."

Snoop Dogg's 16th and most recent studio album, "Snoop Dogg Presents Bible Of Love," was released March 16, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and stayed there for eight weeks. It was his first foray into the gospel music genre.

Snoop Dogg and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart have co-hosted the VH1 variety series, "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party" since 2016. His other television projects have included the 2002-03 MTV sketch comedy series "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle," the 2009 MTV talk show, "Dogg After Dark" and the 2007- 09 E! Entertainment Television documentary series, "Snoop Dogg's Father Hood."

Snoop Dogg has had supporting and cameo roles in such films as "Training Day," "Starsky & Hutch and "Bruno." He has appeared on such scripted television series as "One Life to Live," "Empire," "Monk" and "Las Vegas," and has been a voice actor on episodes of "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill."

Snoop Dogg established the Snoop Youth Football League in 2005

Snoop Dogg's brushes with the law began as a teenager and include the 1996 acquittal with his bodyguard of first- and second-degree murder charges in the 1993 shooting death of a gang member at a Palms park.

City News Service; NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 06: Snoop Dogg performs onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented By Coca-Cola - Day 1 at Louisiana Superdome on July 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence)