Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. was born October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California, to Vernell Varnado and Beverly Tate. He was nicknamed "Snoopy" due to his mother's love and likeness of Pe Pe Peanuts. Broadus' debut studio album, Doggystyle (1993), was released by Death Row Records and debuted atop the Billboard 200. In 2012, Broadus converted to Rastafari and adopted the alias Snoop Lion, under which he released a reggae album, Reincarnated (2013)