Snoop Dogg Influence On Religion

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The person who I chose to research more information on is, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. but he identifies himself as aka: ‘Snoop Dogg’. American Rapper/Record producer and Actor, Entrepreneur. He was raised as a Baptist, then he converted to Mormonism, then to Islam and now currently his religion is Rastafari religion
• Aka: Snoop Dogg was born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California, US.
• He was raised Baptist, starting his musical career by playing the piano at the local Baptist church.
• He converted from Baptist to the Mormonism religion
• Arrested in 1993 and charged for being a murder accomplice
• His third time of changing religion was to Islam.
• Currently reported he traveled to Jamaica and exchanging Islam religion to Rastafari.
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He has become famous and rich in his career. Nevertheless, in Snoop Dogg short life, he has changed his religion four times. His first religion was of his parents’ choice to raise him Baptist. He claims that his religion is his liberty to choose. However, his second choice of religion was Mormonism, some rumors went around saying he changed his religion due to a tactic to achieve approval from a Utah judge who pressed has charges against him for breaking his probation. After watching a movie starring Louis Farrakhan he again converted to another religion this time it was Islam. Snoop Dogg, wasn’t ready to give up his gin and smoke, so less than a year later, he found a new religion to follow. That was short lived also, he traveled to Jamaica and he found himself now practicing the Rastafari religion. He vows now that he is leaving his past errors, behind and encouraging his fans to follow the right path of living. He is now going by the new name of Snoop

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