2. 70s snoop dogg
Snoop dogg starting off as a artists in the 70s wasn’t very well off, he
grew up in a hood and a lot like most American rappers didn’t have
much to start with. As in the picture shown below his style is very
simple, plain colored clothes with a very thin neck chain to represent
some type of expense in his life. At this time in life snoop dogg was
starting up in the rap game so his audience wasn’t very large, mainly
family and friends around his area just helping him pursue his career.
At this time snoop was not radio played and was just a small timer
doing rap battles in his area to get his name around its only in the
80’s when his career really bloomed. His style is a lot like the
stereotypical gangster look with hoddies and hats, this helps portray
his image of a hard hitting rapper.
3. 80s snoop dogg
It was the 80s when snoops career really look off, after he started
working with his close friend dr dre who already had a name in the
rap game. Snoops appearance still doesn’t change much as he
only just starts making money at this point of his career. You can
tell snoop is slowly changing as before he looked like a scruffy
gangster, were as now he is sticking to his roots but trying to make
it more stylish. After snoop came up in the 80s he was a strong hit
for young kids who had the same background as him, the
gangster way become a style more then a crime and slowly more
listeners wanted to be like snoop. At this time snoops main
audience were ghetto kids around America, mainly boys who liked
violence and money as this was the main topics of his lyrics.
4. 90s to early 2000 snoop
dogg
At this time in life snoop was at his greatest, with Grammys
under his name for best rapper he had a massive audience
who either could relate to his gangster topics or wanted to be
apart of it. As you can tell in snoops appearance he is wearing
brighter colors now and also high-street brands indicating he is
doing better for himself. As a roll model for a lot of youngsters
he is most likely to be sponsored by adidas to wear there
clothes as kids would want what he has. His main style and
idea of life is aimed at boys as it gives them the hard hitting
idea of life they expect. You can tell snoops image is changing
a lot through the years as he is trying to keep it gangster with
the street clothes, he is now representing brands that he
couldn’t when he wasn’t making money from music.
5. mid 2000 snoop dogg
This is the time snoops expenses hits sky high, with one of the largest fan bases
in the rap genre snoops appearance changes largely as he goes from a street
gangster look to a sophisticated business look. Snoop calls this look the pimp, its
smart but flashy with expensive brands and strong colors like purple, snoop
shows originality in a different way. In this time of snoops career he has an open
audience who not only like rap but even pop genres as he done a lot of features
with pop artists and also appeared on teens TV shows. Snoop has totally changed
his appearance and style to fit what the people want to see, as it brings him more
money, snoop slowly started forgetting his genre and was more interested in the
money, where snoop had a strong fan base of different consumers, he became to
big for his own shoes. Slowly moving on from the rap genre more into pop as it
attracted more listeners, snoop did what ever he could to be the top rapper,
changing his lyrical content so it will be aimed at girls to listen to as well as boys.
6. Present snoop dogg
Snoop dogg this present day as changed his name to snoop lion as he as
become Rasta. His career has taken a major detour as he's been taking a lot
of marijuana, his lyrics have been influenced only by smoking and off the topic
of gangster life. Snoops appearance has totally changed as he try's being
more Rasta with dreadlocks and a Rasta hat. Snoops style of music has
totally changed along with his appearance as he try's make more bashment
music then rap now. With a totally different style of audience, snoop has
slowly lost his old audience as they believe he sold the genre out. Snoops
new idea of a Jamaican life is changing his career in a large way as he is not
being accepted by bashment music due to his lack of talent and he's lost his
rap routes, so snoop is living off his history and fame. This shows that the
fame has got to snoop and he thinks he can do what he likes and still make
hits but his career has slowly drawn to a close due to his lack of originality.
