Snoop Dogg's TV life

Jul 16, 2007, 12:50 GMT

Snoop Dogg performs during the \'Live Earth\' concert at Volkspark stadium in Hamburg, Germany, 07 July 2007. EPA/KAY NIETFELD

Snoop Dogg is to star in his own reality TV series.

The US rapper - real name Calvin Broadus Jr. - will be filmed both at home and at work for a series of half hour shows on E! Entertainment Television, scheduled to be shown towards the end of this year.

Ted Harbert, whose Comcast Entertainment Group operates the E! Channel, said: "It will be hilarious and heart-warming. The juggling act that Snoop faces day-in, day-out between career and family is certain to resonate with our viewers. Snoop is, without a doubt, one of the most charismatic and intriguing personalities in pop culture today.

"While he has captured a legion of fans as the king of hip-hop, what makes Snoop most interesting is the side of him that most people have never seen."

The hip-hop star will be seen at his Los Angeles home with his three children and will also be filmed carrying out community work such as helping to run the youth American football league he founded.

The cameras will follow Snoop, 35, as he carries out the 800-hour community service sentence he was given after pleading no contest to gun and drug charges in April. He was also sentenced to five years probation.

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