‘Snoop Gotta Stop: Snoop Dogg Leaves His ‘Other Half’ Shante Speechless with Heartfelt Words as Fans Zero In on His Past Infidelity

West Coast pioneer Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante (Taylor) Broadus have spent much of a lifetime together, holding each other down through his platinum-selling recording career, rumors of infidelity and the rapper’s emergence as one of the most popular personalities in hip-hop culture ever. Their relationship is storied, as they were high school sweethearts, before marrying in June 1997, months after Snoop dropped his sophomore album, “Doggfather.” But if the “Gin & Juice” rapper is the official O.G. for California rap, getting respect from his wife is the person he says he actually bows down to. (Photo: @snoopdogg/Instagram) During a recent visit to “Today with Hoda and Jenna,” Snoop talked about how loyal the woman he affectionately calls “Boss Lady,” has been to him, calling her his “backbone.” “My wife has been my best friend for a couple of reasons,” she shared with the hosts. “One is that she always understood who I was and who I needed to become. The second reason is her being my backbone, my foundation, my support, my reality, my other half in parenting, showing me how to be a better father, a better husband, and a better grandfather,” the recent Olympics host explained....