Origin: Long Beach, CA

Decades: 1990's and 2000's

As the embodiment of '90s gangsta rap, Snoop Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Introduced to the world through Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Snoop quickly became the most famous star in rap, partially because of his drawled, laconic rhyming and partially because the violence that his lyrics implied seemed real, especially after he was arrested on charges of being a murder accomplice. The arrest certainly strengthened his myth, and it helped his debut album, 1993's Doggystyle, become the first deb... Read More

Barry White, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, N.W.A, Scarface, Parliament, Too $hort, Slick Rick, The Gap Band, Zapp, Cameo and Rick James

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