Happy Birthday, Snoop Dogg!.br Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. br turns 48 years old today.br Here are five facts you may not have known about the rapper. .br 1. He was nicknamed br “Snoopy” as a child.br 2. Snoop Dogg is cousins with singers Brandy and Ray J.br 3. He founded the br Snoop Youth br Football League.br 4. After a visit to Jamaica, he changed his name to Snoop Lion.br 5. It is rumored br that Snoop has br an IQ of 147.