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  • Banned in China: Snoop was banned in the U.K. from 2006 to 2010, when his ban was lifted. He was similarly banned in Australia for over a year and Norway from 2012 to 2014. Subverted in Sweden as Snoop said after being detained for taking drugs, he would no longer perform there anymore.
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty!: "Smoke Weed Everyday" is often attributed to Snoop Dogg, even though it was sung by Nate Dogg. And "The Next Episode", the song that line appears on, technically isn't a Snoop Dogg song, being a Dr. Dre song with Snoop and Nate as guest artists.
  • Breakthrough Hit: "Gin and Juice", which was the second single from Doggystyle.
  • Creator's Oddball: 2018's double album "Bible of Love" raised some eyebrows from people who didn't expect an artist famous for Gangsta Rap to turn to Gospel Music. Snoop argued that Real Men Love Jesus.
  • Keep Circulating the Tapes: Snoop's first album wasn't Doggystyle, but a demo tape called Over The Counter, which had a promotional release in 1991, before Death Row decided to scrap it and release Dr. Dre's The Chronic first instead. Legitimate copies of Over The Counter are impossible to find, and are said to be worth at least thousands of dollars.
  • Money, Dear Boy: Accused of this, for... shall we say... the range of his resumé. Seriously, as long as the offer is decent and you ask him nicely, any artist can get Snoop to rap on one of their songs.
  • Pop Culture Urban Legends: A commonly circulated piece of trivia is that he is a first cousin of Brandy and Ray J. Snoop Dogg has stated this in interviews. However, when Brandy was asked to confirm it in a radio interview she couldn't explain how they're related, meaning they're almost certainly not first cousins but could be more distantly related, and seemed to treat it more like a rumor that amuses her.
  • Referenced by...: The Stand of Rai Mamezuku from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion that grants him the ability to transform his body into string is named Doggy Style, in reference to Snoop's album Doggystyle, whereas Mamezuku himself is designed after Snoop from back when he used to have braids. Allegedly, Hirohiko Araki, while he was suffering from depression, had been listening to a lot of Snoop Dogg in the writing process of Golden Wind.
  • Uncredited Role: He's worked as an uncredited ghostwriter for Dr. Dre.

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