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Rapper Dr. Dre joined Snoop Dogg for the ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Beloved rapper and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg, considered a legend in rap music, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. Family and longtime friends gathered for the star's unveiling right in front of the El Capitan Entertainment Center on Hollywood Boulevard, where "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is taped. Kimmel was there to honor the 16-time Grammy-nominated rapper. Dr. Dre and Quincy Jones were also on hand to celebrate.  "Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is one of the highest honors and entertainer can receive, and if there's anyone who deserves Hollywood's highest honor, it's Snoop Doggy Dogg.  Congratulations, Snoop," Kimmel said. After thanking Jones, Dr. Dre, Warren G and his extended close family for their support over the years, Snoop didn't forget to thank himself. "Last but not least, I want to thank me," the...

The taping of the BET Hip-Hop awards took place this past weekend (Sept. 17) at at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre a few miles north of Atlanta.  Snoop Dogg a.k.a the Dogg Father of the Rap game was the night's honoree. He was awarded the prestigious "I am Hip-Hop award," which was appropriately presented by Kendrick Lamar. “To all the young rappers in the game, a lot of people don’t understand you. Y’all are misunderstood,” said Snoop with Kendrick Lamar standing beside him. “I was misunderstood at the beginning. So you got to keep pushing, be original and diverse. Hip-hop was created many years ago and it’s taken people so many places. You have to be who you are.” The event was star-studded as usual, with an attention demanding roster of artists featuring  T.I., Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Lil Uzi, Desiigner, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, and of course, DJ "I got the Keys" Khaled as the evening's host. The press is referring to the show as...

In the early 1990s, Calvin Broadus, better known by assorted aliases such as Snoop Dogg, Snoopzilla and Snoop Lion, was considered one of the most controversial/borderline dangerous rappers on the planet. Two decades later, the well-known lover of marijuana, firearms and “gin and juice” has completed the transition from gangsta rapper to White House socialite. Snoop Dogg  &  John Kerry  Up In Da White House! During a party earlier in December hosted by the Obama Administration at the White House to honor the 2013 Kennedy Center Honorees, Snoop-a-loop found time to chat it up with Secretary of State John Kerry. Shoddy audio makes it difficult to determine whether they discussed the endless bloodletting in Syria, geopolitics in former Soviet states or their favorite dance floors in D.C., but the pair certainly ended the exchange with an amicable fist bump initiated by Kerry.