Like an ancient bottle of bourbon or a good abstract painting, the modern Snoop Lion (née Dogg) contains multitudes. But it wasn’t always that way.
In 1994, Snoop was a simpler creature: a gangster with a knack for showbiz. But then a crew of Bloods crashed the set of the "Gin and Juice" video, and two years later Tupac was shot dead in Vegas — he was playing video games with Warren G when he got the news. "I’m through with that game," he thought, hanging up the Genesis controller, washing blunt smoke down with Olde English from a Swarovski-encrusted chalice, "but I ain’t never done with that chedda."
In 1997 Snoop was the sole rap act on the Lollapalooza roster, cementing himself in the hearts and minds of notoriously white...
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