He even performed the song at the 1993 MTV Awards before his arrest. Snoop, real name, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., stood trial at age 24 for first and second-degree murder charges in 1996.

In 1993, Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard were accused of killing a 20-year-old alleged gang member who’d earlier been involved in a confrontation with one of the rapper’s friends in Los Angeles.

In 1993, Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard were accused of killing a 20-year-old alleged gang member who’d earlier been involved in a confrontation with one of the rapper’s friends in Los Angeles.

Snoop Dogg ’s mugshot, 1993. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) With files from the case now under wraps, this means details aren’t accessible to the general public nor will they appear in ...