Snoop clearly made the right decision, as the 49-year-old has now enjoyed an incredibly successful career spanning almost three decades.Д®arlier this month, Snoop made headlines on the criminal justice front for asking Donald Trump to pardon Death Row Records co-founder Michael вЂњHarry-OвЂќ Harris. вЂњThey wanted me to glamorize and glorify, but I was like, somebodyвЂ™s life was lost. вЂњWhen I started writing Tha Doggfather, I lost a lot of fans I lost a lot of homies because they wanted me to keep it gangsta after beating the murder case,вЂќ he explained. The hip hop icon added that after beating the case, he no longer wanted to вЂњglamorize and glorifyвЂќ death, even if it cost him fans. вЂњOn my second album, Tha Doggfather, when I beat my murder case, I redirected my pen to write life because I felt like I had wrote death all up until that point,вЂќ he continued. вЂњSome of us was writing life and some of us was writing death, but thatвЂ™s what we was living.вЂќ вЂњвЂ¦ Around that time, me, Tupac, Biggie, CubeвЂ¦ all of the rappers that was rapping around that time we was writing what we was living,вЂќ Snoop told Scoop. In a recent conversation with Fatman Scoop on Instagram Live, Snoop revealed he changed the way he wrote raps when he beat the 1993 case after realizing how powerful his words were. Both Snoop and his bodyguard were later acquitted of the charge, but the Long Beach native says the experience had a lasting effect on his career. HeвЂ™s not so bad after all, and heвЂ™s quite cute.вЂ™ вЂ¦ The queen, thatвЂ™s my gal.Over two decades ago, Snoop Dogg was charged with murder after a rival gang member was allegedly shot and killed by his bodyguard. We love his music.вЂ™ вЂYou know Harry, IвЂ™ll let him in for you. He added: вЂњThatвЂ™s Harry and WilliamвЂ™s grandmother, you dig? You think they werenвЂ™t there saying, вЂGrandma, please let him in, grandma. вЂ¦ The queen said, вЂThis man has done nothing in our country. вЂњвЂ¦ But guess who came to my defense? Just take a guess. вЂњThis was while I was fighting a murder case, over there doing shows,вЂќ Snoop explained. were calling to have him banned from there, one woman stepped in to say he was allowed to be there.

Snoop went on to say that while many residents in the U.K. вЂ¦В They was like, вЂKick this evil b****** out.вЂ™вЂќ Queen Elizabeth wouldnвЂ™t allow Snoop to be banned from the U.K. вЂKick this evil b****** out,вЂ™вЂќ SnoopВ said during a recent interview with DJ Whoo Kid, referring to a 1994 headline in theВ Daily Star.В вЂњItвЂ™s a headline.

But according to the hip-hop artist, while that was going on people were trying to get him kicked out of certain countries where he was scheduled to do shows.

Eventually, jurors acquitted Snoop and Lee on the charges, including conspiracy to commit assault in connection with the 1993 death of Philip Woldemariam. Snoop maintained his innocence, and the case went to trial. In 1993,В Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was charged with first-degree murder after a member of a rival gang was gunned down by SnoopвЂ™s bodyguard McKinley Lee, who is said to have fired the shot while inside the rapperвЂ™s vehicle. Cox/Getty Images Snoop DoggвЂ™s high-profile murder case (L): Queen Elizabeth II | WPA Pool/Getty Images, (R) Snoop Dogg | Kevin C. HereвЂ™s what the Doggfather said about BritainвЂ™s monarch having his back. Well, now the rapper has surprised fans once again announcing that Queen Elizabeth II is his вЂњgal.вЂќ When it was first revealed years ago that Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart were good friends, many were surprised that the two stars from opposite worlds were close.

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