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- 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 member today, but continued to deliberate manslaughter charges in the death of 20-year-old Philip Woldemariam.
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Mar 27, 2019 · 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.
Jan 24, 2022 · Snoop Dogg used to rap about murder all the time, but he actually once stood trial for murder. Here's the story of the incident, and his acquittal.
Nov 3, 2023 · Snoop was behind the wheel and Malik was rolling with him. What happened next was a matter of legal debate. According to Snoop and Malik, Woldemariam reached for a gun but Malik was quicker on the draw, and that was all she wrote. According to prosecutors, it was murder she wrote.
Feb 21, 1996 · 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 member today, but continued to...
Dec 19, 2021 · Snoop Dogg's 1993 Murder Trial Is Getting a True Crime Miniseries. By Molly Keisman. Published Dec 19, 2021. The second season of the Starz series A Moment in Time is set to focus on Snoop Dogg's 1993 trial where he was charged with first-degree murder.
Nov 25, 2023 · Snoop Dogg faced a year of reckoning in 1996 when he was acquitted of murder, three years after he and his bodyguard were charged in connection with the death of rival gang member Philip...
Date of Trial: November 27, 1995-February 21, 1996. Verdict: Not guilty of murder, assault, and accessory charges; mistrial on voluntary manslaughter charges. SIGNIFICANCE: The arrest of Calvin Broadus a.k.a. Snoop Doggy Dogg for murder coincided with his ascendancy as the most popular rap music star in the United States.
