Octobizzle 20th: Tha Dayzzle Snoop Dogg Was Fo' Shizzle Born-izzle

Translation: October 20th: The day Snoop Dogg was, for sure, born.

Indeed, the American rapper, singer-songwriter, producer and actor Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Doggy Dogg aka (more recently) Snoop Lion was born October 20th 1971. Of course, his parents did not name their baby boy Snoop Dogg. Originally, he was known as Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. I agree with Snoop that Calvin probably wouldn't have matched the pimp/gansta image too well.

Snoop Lion

   Discovered initially by rapping giant Dr. Dre (another deceiving name - unfortunately Dre is not a real doctor, just as Snoop isn't a dog...), Snoop has catapulted his way headfirst into the music industry and become one of the most established rappers of his time. He is well known for his smooth, laid-back approach to rapping, delivering his vocals in a calm, melodic way. Snoop also made it cool to do '-izzle speak' again, which pretty much involves morphing the endings of normal words with '-izzle'. A personal favourite of mine is 'pizzle', which apparently is the '-izzle speak' for 'penis'. Well, durr...(!)

   Most recently, Snoop Dogg has ditched his doggy ways for the majestic title of Snoop Lion. The documentary 'Reincarnated' records his journey to Jamaica to make a new album and rediscover the essence of Snoop. He is embraced by the Jamaican people and, according to his website, "is positively impacted by Rastafarian culture, and becomes reincarnated as Snoop Lion."  Cool. Happizzle Birthdizzle Snoop Lion!