“Dating Her is Like Wearing Hot Lava.”: These Wild Facts About Celebrities Left Us Speechless

Snoop Dogg has become such a relaxed, funny, familiar pop-culture figure that it can be easy to forget how serious one chapter of his early fame really was. Long before cooking shows, commercials, and family-friendly appearances, he was facing a murder trial connected to a 1993 shooting. That is a very different image from the Snoop most people know today.

In 1996, Snoop and his bodyguard were acquitted, allowing him to move forward with his life and career. Still, the case remains a startling part of his backstory. Before he became everyone’s favorite laid-back celebrity guest, he had survived one of the most intense legal battles imaginable.