The Informer: Before he was ‘Snoop on a Stoop,’ rapper had record in LC - American Press

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The Informer: Before he was ‘Snoop on a Stoop,’ rapper had record in LC - American Press

The headline read “Rapper Snoop ends up in doghouse.” That’s what greeted American Press readers at the breakfast table when they picked up the Dec. 22, 1994, morning edition. The then 23-year-old rapper, who was in Lake Charles to perform a concert at the Civic Center, had been arrested the night before on misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Also arrested with the rapper — whose real name is Calv…