Biography of Snoop Dogg

Rap's reigning superstar, Snoop Doggy Dogg made his debut on Dr. Dre's The Chronic. His laconic, low-volume rap style struck a nerve with hip-hop audiences and his debut release, Doggystyle, became the first album ever by a new artist to make its initial entry onto the pop albums chart at number one. The album had sold over four million copies by the midpoint of 1994, and also generated plenty of controversy for its sexist and homophobic tendencies and explicit language. The record did shine the spotlight on some neglected acts and music from the '70s, notably The Dramatics, who appeared in one of Dogg's videos and backed him on one single. ~ Ron Wynn

Biography of Dr. Dre

Current superstar rapper and producer Dr. Dre made his debut as part of the World Class Wrecking Cru in Los Angeles during the '80s. But it was as part of N.W.A., along with Eazy-E, Ice Cube and others, that Dr. Dre would emerge as a superstar. The 1993 album The Chronic stamped him as the new king of gangsta-rap. ~ Ron Wynn