Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Cordozar Broadus
Place of Birth: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 20, 1971
Ethnicity: African-American
Snoop Dogg is an American rapper, singer, record producer, television personality, entrepreneur, and actor. He is also known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Lion, Bigg Snoop Dogg, Dogg Father, Snoop Rock, DJ Snoopadelic, Snoopzilla, FaZe Snoop, and N—–achi.
Snoop is the son of Beverly (Tate) and Vernell Varnado. His father was a Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier. Snoop was born Cordozar Broadus, after Calvin Cordozar Broadus, who was not his biological father. He was called Calvin at home, and received the nickname “Snoopy” from his parents, after the fictional character. A picture of Snoop with his father can be seen here and a picture of Snoop with his mother can be seen here.
Snoop is married to Shante Taylor. He has four children, including three with Shante.
Snoop is a first cousin of professional wrestler and actress Sasha Banks. He is also a first cousin of hip hop producer Daz Dillinger, through his mother Allean Varnado; and is said to be a cousin of musicians/actors Brandy Norwood and Ray J, who are siblings.
Snoop’s paternal grandfather was William Varnado (the son of Cornelius Varnado and Annie/Anna Patterson). Snoop’s grandfather William was born in Mississippi. The surname Varnado in Mississippi originates with a French immigrant named Vernadeau. Cornelius likely was the son of Robert Varnado and Tempie.
Snoop’s paternal grandmother was Minnie Felder (the daughter of Charles/Charlie/Charley Felder and Carrie Owens/Owen). Minnie was born in Mississippi.
Snoop’s maternal grandfather was Jeremiah Tate (the son of John Tate and Maud/Maude Christophers/Christopher). Jeremiah was born in Mississippi. John was the son of Dave Tate and Letha A.
Snoop’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Dean Martin (the daughter of George Martin and Annie Brown). Dorothy was born in Mississippi. George was the son of Gabriel Martin and Rose Gallagher/Galliton.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Lopez Tonight (2010) stated that Snoop’s genetic ancestry is:
*71% Sub-Saharan African
*23% Native American
*6% European
Sources: Genealogies of Snoop Dogg – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
Obituaries of Snoop Dogg’s paternal grandparents, William Varnado and Minnie (Felder) Varnado – https://www.findagrave.com
Snoop Dogg’s paternal grandfather, William Varnado, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Snoop Dogg’s paternal grandfather, William Varnado, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Doubt that George Lopez DNA test was accurate. They said Larry Davis (an Ashkenazi Jew) was 30% Amerindian or whatever.
He doesn’t look that Native to me and lots of celebrity DNA tests are distorted to engender discussion.
Well, I’ve always thought he had Native American in him.
it’s a doggy dog world
Shouldn’t he be listed as African, Native and European?
That’s what an African American is. If change snoopy to say what you want, you would have to change every African American on the site
Well he did a DNA test now he isn’t just African-American. But native and European too. That’s what he is. I guess it’s documented.
Are you saying you don’t know the definition of African. American ? It mean partial or full African ancestry. Everyone knows the avg AA is mixed blood to certain degrees. Whether documented or not. Every black person I know has some other ethnic background in them, but answers. To AA( myself included).AA is our cultural. Identity (history and traditions). It’s. Not our skin color or hair etc it’s. The shared. History and the struggles. Of the people of Recent African descend in this country
Doesn’t matter. His ethnicity was openly stated, so it’s reasonable to include the other ethnic groups within him.
The reason other people in here JUST have “African-American” is because they haven’t got a DNA test, so it’s safe to assume that they’re just plainly AA’s, with no strings attached. Since we know Snoop’s, it wouldn’t kill to include the rest of his ethnic makeup.
@Phaedra
Just what is a plainly AA?. Secondly, I have no problem with bring up the euro/na ancestry. If you look above, you’ll see his ancestry was broken down. My issue was with him saying (he isn’t just African-American). AA is just a recent cultural name for a group of people(everybody has one). As was stated, there are no fixed bloodlines. Their probably some of the most mixed people you’ll run into. Therefore you’ll have no just (Plainly AA’s). So just like you say you know Assyrians, and get all defensive about them, I’m that way about AA’s
Yep, this is very true. I agree with this and that’s how I view AA people. (I’m of Caribbean descent myself).
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Looking at his hair texture it’s evident plus his nose
R and B singer, Lloyd looks like a black/Native American mix too, same heavy, wavy, course mongoloid /African hair. Other features, he is dark chocolate skinned too. As stated skin tone is the lease determinant of admixture.
http://chocolatepeoplehairstyles.tumblr.com/post/110273153907/the-singer-lloyd-and-his-many-hairstyles
There are blacks mixed with other types of Indian that have this similar look, in particular East Indian from India. In Harlem a number of male immigrants from Bangledesh married African American women. The blacks of the Carribean are familiar and can recognize these appearances. What creates this look, West African combined with India or native American/Amerindian. NOT European and black.