Snoop Dogg is creating a sequel to his classic 1993 debut album, Doggystyle. The new LP, which will be titled Doggystyle 2: The Doggumentary, will reportedly drop later this year and feature the West Coast MC rapping over a few of Swizz Beatz’ productions.

Footage of the two working together landed online recently and Snoop said that so far they have cooked up 18 songs for the project.

“[Swizz] just laced my boots up for my new record,” saidSnoop. “Motherf*cker gave me some gangsta sh*t, some Crips sh*t, some R&B sh*t, some hip-hop sh*t, some hard sh*t, mean sh*t…The album is Doggystyle 2: The Doggumentary…Be on the lookout for it.”

The LP will also serve as a follow-up to his 2009 effort, Malice N Wonderland. The album, which featured collaborations withTeddy Riley, Nottz, The-Dream, R. Kelly and Soulja Boy, has sold over 100,000 units to date.

Doggystyle debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over 800,000 copies in its first week, spawning the hit singles Gin and Juice, Doggy Dogg World, and Who Am I (What’s My Name). In all, it has sold over four million records to date, making it Snoop’s best-selling album.

Snoop Dogg was guest of ABC’s talk show The View most recently, where, along with his wife Shante and his daughter Cori, he opened up about the challenges his family has been through due to Cori’s suffering from Lupus. When the West Coast rapper and his wife found out their daughter was ill, he and Shante were in the middle of a divorce. However, in order to help Cori, they got back together and they are not afraid to admit that this situation is what saved their marriage.

Snoop Dogg, when asked how he dealt with the news of his daughter’s illness, stated that: “I didn’t know what to do. People look to me for their savior at times. I’ve done a lot of ‘Make A Wish’ and I’ve saved a lot of kid. Now to have this happen to me it was like, what could I wish for except to find a cure to help my daughter to get better.  No money could fix it, no nothing could fix it.”

As for Shante, she has been helping to raise money in order to find a cure for people suffering from Lupus. She is a board member of Lupus L.A. and she organizes fund-raising events for research.

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Snoop’s Rich & Infamousclothing line shut down its online store and website recently after nearly two years in business. The line launched back during the Summer of 2008 with the help of the Robert Thorn Company, the business behind the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen brand, but in light of recent economic troubles the company was having trouble staying afloat.

Talking about the line during an interview withHollyscoop.com last year, Snoop said: “The recession is affecting everybody. We’re trying to keep it one hundred percent and do what we’re doing and try to keep the prices a little lower. [We’re] trying to keep it cost sufficient for what [we’re] doing.”

No one from Snoop’s camp or Robert Thorn has commented on the discontinuation of the line as of yet.

In other news, the California rapper recently linked up with Landy Cognac. Snoop will promote the brand at some upcoming events and is expected to help the company target their expanding urban market.

“Snoop Dogg epitomizes confidence, innovation and is known to be the life of the pary, making him the ideal choice to partner with Landy Cognac — a brand that mirrors these characteristics,” said Stephen Lewin, the senior VP and general manager of spirits at W.J. Deutsch & Sons.

“Snoop leads the hip, fashionable and smooth lifestyle that Landy Cognac represents, and is sure to resonate with the strong urban following that Landy is rapidly growing.”

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It all began five years ago when they noticed a light spot on the face of Cori, then 6 years old. Weeks later, the daughter of Snoop Dogg and wife Shanté Broadus was losing drastic amounts of weight and her hair was falling out.

Despite visiting countless doctors, no one was able to offer the rapper and his family a diagnosis for little Cori. “I felt helpless,” Snoop told PEOPLE while fighting back tears. “No power, no friends.”

His wife Shanté adds, “No one could tell me what was wrong. They drew tons of blood and said she has old-person cells. They gave her all kinds of [medication]. But she went downhill.”

Months later, after getting the heartbreaking diagnosis of lupus, Snoop Dogg and his family began their journey to understand the autoimmune disease, which ultimately brought his family closer together.

“She’s the toughest little thing I’ve ever met,” the rapper says of his daughter. “She’s on the honor roll, playing volleyball and softball, living life. She has all this joy. In the beginning lupus was winning. But now Cori is.”

For much more on Snoop Dogg and his family’s united front against lupus, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday

To learn more about the disease, visit LupusLA.org

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The legendary West Coast rapper was looking to “rent” the Staten Island sized nation of Liechtenstein. While the location would have been quite impressive, time constrains and the country’s disapproval downplayed any chance of it happening. According to the New York Post, the nation’s government found the proposal even ridiculous.

“There is no ‘For Rent’ sign on our country,” said ambassador Claudia Fritsche. “No part of any government agency is involved in this.”

The property manager of the small country, Karl Schwaerzler, stated the West Coast rapper wanted to rent all 61 square miles of the area.

“We’ve had requests for places and villages but never one to hire the whole country before,” he said. “It would have been possible, but Snoop Dogg’s management did not give us enough time.”

The country’s ambassador to the U.S. seemed greatly amused by the whole situation. No comments have been issued from Snoop Dogg or his management.

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West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg may have just gotten cleared to begin touring throughout the UKfollowing a nearly four year ban, but apparently that invitation did not include the Netherlands.

Snoop was scheduled to perform at a free concert during the Parkpop Festival at The Hague on June 27th but a coalition made up of some of the country’s political leaders requested that the organizers remove him from the list of performers.

“This is all very annoying that the headliner is being removed from the program 10 days before the event,” said a spokeswoman for the organizer, Ducos Producers to Reuters.

According to the Mayor of the Dutch city of Hague, who is a member of the group protesting Snoop’s presence, they don’t want him to come because they want to make sure the atmosphere at the festival remains “open and friendly.”

In other news, Snoop recently linked up with watchmaker, Banneker, Inc. to kick off his program Seniors Who Graduate. Together the two will gift jewelry to graduating seniors from areas where the dropout rates are high. The Gin and Juicerapper started off the campaign last Friday (June 11) at his alma mater, Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he graduated in 1993.

Hip-Hop and Comedy will unite as legendary West Coast rapperSnoop Dogg and comedianMike Epps take the stage on their tour entitled Imagine That!

The duo will put on a show with a story about two nightclub performers who were arrested and have to find their way back to freedom.

“This is an incredible opportunity to combine our similar, but different worlds of entertainment together on stage for the first time,” Epps told AllHipHop.com in a statement.

The tour will kick-off on April 27 at the Harrah’s Rincon Casino in San Diego, CA and continue by hitting the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, CA.

“We’ve worked together in the past on some projects and knew that our audiences would love to see us bring Hip-Hop music and Hip-Hop comedy together on stage,” Snoop Doggadded.

In related news, Mike Epps will be back on the big screen August 20, 2010 in the movie Lottery Ticket which is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Eric White. Epps will co-star with Ice Cube, Bow Wow and Brandon T. Jackson.

Snoop’s upcoming release entitled More Malice Deluxe, which will hit stores on March 23, is a premium re-release of his album Malice N Wonderland that will include a never-before-seen mini-movie and previously unheard tracks.

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Snoop and Shante watched the Lakers lose to the Cavaliers on Christmas.  Brian McKnight and his date hit up the game as well as Khloe rooting her man on from the sidelines.

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The boss lady

Snoop Dogg stopped by The View and gave Tiger Woods some good advice and I agree with him, but I don’t know if he’s given up the ho’s totally.

Congrats are in order for Jill Scott!  She and her fiance Lil John welcomed their brand new baby boy into the world yesterday.  Jill’s mother says baby “Jack” and his mom are doing well.  And Jill went through 2 days of labor!

Jill’s little bundle of joy was born on the west coast at 4:20 PM yesterday.  He’s 7 lbs 8 oz, 20 inches long and I’m sure pictures will come out soon I know he’s a little cutie pie. 

Snoop’s wax statue was revealed at Madame Tussauds in Vegas yesterday.  They even outfitted him in his own clothing line. This wax man looks just like his daddy woo, I can’t wait to get to Vega’s so I can go to see all those fake people.