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Props go out to my cuz, Snoop Dogg. All over the internet, word is Snoop and family will have their own "reality show" on the E! network. Here's the write up.

Snoop Dogg, Actor. No, Really!

"In case you haven't heard, E!'s got the one and only big dog, S-N-double-O-P, in the family now. The living legend will have his own reality show on our network starting later this year.

With the news of Snoop Dogg's arrival sweeping through our offices like a cloud of, uh, smoke, it's time to take a look at Snoop's film career. Let's skip over, say, Soul Plane, his porn-producing years and the remake of The Wash with Dr. Dre, and get right to the highlights:

5. Half Baked (1998): Calvin Broadus made his big-screen debut in this high-larious comedy. Big Snoop didn't play himself, exactly, but a character billed as Scavenger Smoker. Now, that's the guy who always pops up right when you're about to light up—or so I'm told.

4. Baby Boy (2001): After a few wack hood movies, Snoop gave a tremendous performance as Rodney, a terrifying just-out-of-jail ex-boyfriend. Go back and watch the dogfather in director John Singleton's movie, and there's no chance you won't appreciate Snoop's acting chops. I recently interviewed Taraji Henson, his costar in that film, and she told me that nobody was nicer and more professional on set than Snoop.

3. Arthur and the Invisibles (2006): Known best for his distinct sound on the mike, the transition to voice-over work came naturally. Snoop lent his likeness to director Luc Besson's half-animated fantasy, for which I interviewed him. Snoop told me that once he heard Besson was involved in the project, he signed up. Plus, now he can say he's been in a movie with Robert De Niro—even if it is a cartoon!

2. Training Day (2001): Snoop is a big dude. Six-five. Most leading men in Hollywood are shorter in person than you might expect (Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Mark Wahlberg, etc.). Snoop is the opposite, one tall glass of gin and juice. In one of his best roles to date, the Long Beach O.G. plays a wheelchair-bound crack dealer in Antoine Fuqua's acclaimed film. Snoop holds his own opposite Denzel Washington, who got the Oscar for that very movie. Seeing Snoop slide down the streets of downtown L.A. in a wheelchair with crack rocks in his mouth, rocking a Rocawear tee, is one of my all-time favorite movie moments.

1. The Tenants (2006): Nobody except for Snoop and me probably saw this movie, but I thought he was incredible as the writer Willie Spearmint opposite Dylan McDermott. The two play novelists trying to construct their masterpieces while living in the same apartment building. I hope Snoops seeks out more roles like this and plays against type more often. A brave choice for the rapper who has now officially earned the title of actor as well.

So, when the new Snoop show drops this fall on E!, be sure to check out some of these Doggy Dogg movie moments—and don't forget his frat-party scene in Old School. Welcome to the family, big homey. Chuuuuuuuurch!"

THIS STORY WAS TAKEN FROM E! ONLINE