‘Proud granddad!’: Rapper Snoop Dogg, 43, welcomes his first grandson, Zion, via Instagram
By LAUREL BROWN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 05:20, 15 January2020 | UPDATED: 10:14, 15 January2020
Rapper Snoop Dogg has become a grandfather and shared the happy news via Instagram on Wednesday.
The 43-year-old artist’s eldest son, Corde Broadus, and wife Jessica Kyzer had a son they called Zion.
Baby Zion is the first grandchild born to the Next Episode rapper.
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Baby: Snoop Dogg welcomed his first grandchild, a boy named Zion, with Instagram photos posted on Wednesday
‘Zion. U have a lot of love WAitn on u grandson!!’ Snoop Dogg wrote in an Instagram post accompanied by a montage of various family members – most of them looking fondly at the newborn.
The rapper himself was out of town at the time, making his Instagram posts a major way of showing affection to the newest member of the family.
A second photo showed Snoop Dogg’s wife, Shante Taylor, holding the baby, captioned as ‘Proud grandma @bosslady.’
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‘Proud’: Photos of Snoop Dogg’s various family members with the baby – like his wife, Shante Taylor – proved that the baby was very welcome
Snoop didn’t stop with photos though, adding in a short video of his baby grandson doing the adorable nothing displayed by newborns.
‘Proud granddad. My son spank n grandson Zion !! Jah bless,’ the rapper wrote as a caption.
The baby joins Snoop Dogg’s three children – 20-year-old Corde, 17-year-old Cordell, and 15-year-old Cori – in the family.
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Family man: Son Corde, 20, was the father of Zion, while Snoop Dogg’s docuseries with younger son, Cordell, premiered on ESPN the same night as the baby’s introduction
It has been a busy year for both family and business in Snoop Dogg’s life.
His latest TV venture, for example, combined both of those things into Snoop & Son, a docuseries about Cordell’s hopes of playing high-level college football next year.
The first episode of Snoop & Son premiered on ESPN on Wednesday, the same day that little Zion was introduced to the world.
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