Snoop Dogg Humanitarian Award

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I believe that Snoop Dogg should be awarded the Humanitarian award for all he as done not only in the rap game, but his non-musical contributions to society. Snoop Dogg was one of the best rappers around in the 90's and still is very relevant in the music world today. Ever sence he released "Doggystyle", which is one of the most classic hip hop albums of all time, People have loved Snoop, his music and his lifestyle. Not only was he a rapper though, he is a businessman and he is a very generous man in general. He has his own youth football league for troubled and underprivileged youth. He has donated to many causes like: Adoption, AIDS, Disadvantaged youth, Cancer, Disaster relief, Homelessness, etc. Just recently in May 2016, he hosted Hoop

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