If you had asked anyone at the start of Snoop Doggs career if he should be nominated for an Icon Award, you would have been laughed out of existence! But a lot has changed since then and on the 26th of August 2011 at the BMI Urban Awards, Snoop Dogg will receive an honour reserved for few.
Snoop will join an elite group which, to date includes: George Clinton, Carlos Santana, The Jacksons, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Bee Gees and Snoops good friend Willie Nelson.
After twenty years in the game and with eleven studio albums under his belt, Snoop will get his well deserved award along with a star studded musical tribute, consisting of several artists performing renditions of his top hits such as “Gin and Juice” and “Drop It like It’s Hot”.
The DoggFather has managed to stay at the top of his game throughout his career, delivering flow after flow to critical acclaim. In a statement released by BMI he is described as:
“A fiercely imaginative songwriter, capable of cutting rhymes and wry wordplay”
Considering that Snoop started his career as one of the scariest men in the world, not helped by his involvement in a high-profile murder case, this is a testament to the man himself and the often overlooked potential of Hip Hop.
Our congratulations go out to Snoop Dogg… Keep doin ya thing!
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