Rapper Snoop Dogg Gets Probation For Airport Bust

Rapper Snoop Dogg was sentenced to three years´ informal probation and 160 hours of community service.

Rapper Snoop Dogg was sentenced to three years' informal probation and 160 hours of community service Thursday, after pleading guilty to possessing a collapsible baton in his carry-on bag at a California airport.

The 35-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., must also donate $10,000 to a children's charity under the terms of the deal hammered out at Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, California, about 34 miles south of Los Angeles.

He was arrested with the baton at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana in September 2006.

Snoop Dogg's lawyer, Donald Etra, said the baton had been used by his client in a musical sketch. Etra had advised him to plead not guilty, but said his client wanted to resolve the issue.

Snoop Dogg, who was acquitted of murder in 1993, was arrested on two other occasions in 2006 for marijuana and gun possession. He has since been denied entry to Australia and Britain.

E! reality show to track Snoop Dogg's life

Rapper Snoop Dogg is all set to give fans a flavor of the Dogg family.

The multiplatinum-selling rapper has signed on to star in a new E! reality series, which intends to portray a bit of his family life.

The so far untitled half-hour show, slated for a late 2007 launch, will follow Snoop and his family in order to depict their everyday lifestyle.

"Snoop Dogg is, without a doubt, one of the most charismatic and intriguing personalities in pop culture today," the New York Daily News quoted Ted Harbert, president of the Comcast Entertainment Group, as saying.

Harbert also added that the show will track how the hip-hop star juggles between his daily business and family life.

“While he has captured a legion of fans as the king of hip hop, what makes Snoop most interesting is the side of him people have never seen. The juggling act that Snoop faces day-in, day-out between career and family is certain to resonate with our viewers,” he said.