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March 27, 2019. "Murder was the case." In 1993, Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop, aka The D-O-double G was charged with first-degree murder after a member of a rival gang was shot and killed by Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee, aka Malik, who fired the shot while in the then 21-year-old rapper's vehicle.
The Real Reason Snoop Dogg Was Acquitted Of Murder. Tinseltown/Shutterstock. By S. Flannagan / Jan. 24, 2022 1:00 pm EST. Snoop Dogg has dominated hip-hop and pop culture for almost three decades, amassing a fortune that Celebrity Net Worth believes to be in the region of $150 million, and emerged as the gangsta rap era's greatest survivor.
February 21, 1996 at 12:00 a.m. EST. LOS ANGELES, FEB. 20 -- A jury acquitted rap star Snoop Doggy Dogg and his former bodyguard McKinley Lee of murder and assault in the 1993 shooting of a gang ...
One of its songs, "Murder Was the Charge" was promoted heavily by his record label in a video that featured Snoop as a man who kills someone in self-defense, but is convicted of murder. The notoriety of Snoop Dogg's impending trial fed his celebrity and attracted the ire of critics who blamed "gangster rap" for glorifying the gang-related ...
Feb. 21, 1996 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Snoop Doggy Dogg, one of the nation’s preeminent rap artists, was acquitted along with his bodyguard Tuesday of first- and second-degree murder ...
According to prosecutors, it was murder she wrote. Per the Associated Press, Joseph and London initially told law enforcement that Woldemariam was unarmed. But they later recanted their claim, saying they removed their friend's gun to ensure that Snoop and his bodyguard got charged with murder. In 1996, a jury voted 9-3 in favor of acquittal.
In 1993, Snoop Dogg's bodyguard shot and killed Philip Woldemariam. Dogg and his bodyguard stood trial, and the rest is history. In 1993, Snoop Dogg, birth name Calvin Broadus, was taken to court ...
