Doggy Style Records (formerly known as Dogghouse Records) is an American

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founded by the rapper

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in 1995. It is named after Snoop Dogg's debut album, '' Doggystyle'' (1993). The record label started out as a subsidiary of

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History

On July 6, 1995, Doggy Style Records, Inc. was registered with the

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as business entity number C1923139. After Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder charges on February 20, 1996, he, his wife, their son and their kennel of 20 pit bulls moved into a home in the hills of

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and by August 1996, Doggy Style Records, a subsidiary of

, signed

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's Charlie Wilson as one of the record label's first artists.

Roster

Current artists

Former artists

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

References

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