{"id":15392,"date":"2025-01-02T18:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15392"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:51:25","slug":"snoop-doggs-grandkid-who-passed-away-lives-on-in-memory-meet-his-7-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15392","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg&#8217;s Grandkid Who Passed away Lives on in Memory \u2013 Meet His 7 Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6179-300x150.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6179-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6179-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6179-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6179.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSnoop Dogg may be an icon on stage, but his cherished role as a grandfather reveals his softer side, one defined by joy, loss, and an unwavering love for family.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., has built a career far beyond music, positioning himself as a dedicated family man. Married to Shante Broadus since 1997, Snoop is a father to four children: Corde, 30; Cordell, 27; Cori, 25; and Julian, 26, from a previous relationship.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-179x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-179x300.jpeg 179w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-613x1024.jpeg 613w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-768x1284.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-919x1536.jpeg 919w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180-1225x2048.jpeg 1225w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6180.jpeg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><br \/>\nOver the years, Snoop&#8217;s family has grown, and he is now a proud grandfather, with each grandchild holding a unique place in his life. He remains especially devoted to honoring the memory of one grandchild who passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg as a Family Man &#038; a Grandfather<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Snoop shared insights into his family values while promoting his reality show, &#8220;Snoop Dogg&#8217;s Father Hood,&#8221; aiming to highlight the often-unseen side of hip-hop artists as family men.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to &#8220;People,&#8221; Snoop emphasized, &#8220;I got kids, and I always play my music for them. I like to hear what they like. They think I&#8217;m old, but I think I&#8217;m young.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his journey as a father, he added, &#8220;Ninety percent of rappers grew up without fathers, but you see ninety percent of those rappers becoming fathers to their kids. We don&#8217;t ever get commended for that. We become real men when we get to this level we&#8217;re at right now.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6181-300x215.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6181-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6181.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe coach for Season 26 of &#8220;The Voice&#8221; has continued to be actively involved with his family as it has grown. In a 2015 interview with &#8220;Today,&#8221; he expressed humility about his parenting, rating himself as &#8220;about a 7-plus&#8221; as a father, with areas he wanted to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My relationship with my kids is more important than anything. It&#8217;s a friendship relationship &#8230; it&#8217;s based on me being a father, a mentor and a friend,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6182-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6182-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6182.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nWhen asked about his role as a grandfather, Snoop indicated he planned to take a lenient approach, describing himself as a &#8220;gullible, get-away-with-everything kind of grandpa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While talking about his first experience with grandparenting, he shared, &#8220;It&#8217;s just a spark of joy just to look in his eyes and to be able to hold him. I thank my oldest son for making me a grandfather.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6183-300x199.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6183-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6183.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe &#8220;Boss&#8217; Life&#8221; rapper&#8217;s extended family remains central to his life. In January 2024, he spoke about his grandkids on &#8220;The Jennifer Hudson Show,&#8221; explaining how each grandchild calls him &#8220;Papa Snoop,&#8221; a name that originated from a nickname his eldest grandson gave him as a young child.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6184-300x164.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6184-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6184.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSnoop said, &#8220;[My grandkids are] different ages, ranges, [and] sizes and I love them all the same way. Actually, my oldest [grandson&#8217;s] birthday is today so I&#8217;m on my way to his birthday party when I leave here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He recalled how his oldest grandchild initially called him &#8220;Papa Noop&#8221; due to difficulty pronouncing &#8220;Snoop&#8221; before eventually learning to say his name correctly. Following the expansion of Snoop&#8217;s family, he experienced the tragic loss of one grandchild, a loss that left an indelible mark on him and his family.<br \/>\nHow Did Snoop Dogg&#8217;s Little Grandson Pass Away?<\/p>\n<p>In September 2019, Snoop&#8217;s grandson, Kai Love, passed away at just 10 days old. Snoop shared a heartfelt message on social media, reposting a text focused on trusting God in difficult times.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185-191x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185-191x300.jpeg 191w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185-652x1024.jpeg 652w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185-768x1206.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185-978x1536.jpeg 978w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6185.jpeg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><br \/>\nThe post, which included a virtual heart reaction reflecting Snoop&#8217;s enduring faith amid his family&#8217;s deep sorrow, received an outpouring of support, with netizens leaving empathetic comments.<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote, &#8220;Soooo sorry for the loss of your grandbaby&#8230; Children are such a precious gift from God, but sometimes he takes them back\u2026 sweet precious little Kai RIP\u2026 God bless and comfort all who love him\u2026\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb&#8221; Another added, &#8220;Sorry for your [loss.] God Bless\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd.&#8221; A third user expressed, &#8220;Prayers for you and family.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6186-239x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6186-239x300.webp 239w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6186.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><br \/>\nKai&#8217;s parents, Snoop&#8217;s son Corde Broadus, and his wife, Soraya Love, were heartbroken by the loss of their son. On what would have been Kai&#8217;s fourth birthday, Soraya shared an emotional tribute on Instagram, expressing the depth of her grief and newfound purpose.<br \/>\nHappy heavenly birthday to my 1st son Kai Love who passed away 9-15-2019,&#8221; she wrote, continuing to explain the pain of losing a child due to a congenital heart defect. Soraya added, &#8220;&#8230;I know God used this painful time in our families life, knowing I will use that to help those in need of that knowledge of GOD and SELF [sic].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Soraya&#8217;s post also described how her son&#8217;s passing motivated her to lead a purposeful life dedicated to wellness, spirituality, and community support.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6187-240x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6187-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6187.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><br \/>\nShe explained, &#8220;The pain of losing a child you created in YOUR body is very traumatic feeling that never goes away\u2026since that moment God has guided my steps and shown me a deeper soul purpose for my kids and those around me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;To get close to God, improve your heart health through lifestyle choices, relationship standards, family dynamic, generational curse breaking; food choices, self-love, serving those in need of help mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally [sic].&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188-222x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188-756x1024.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188-768x1040.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188-1134x1536.jpeg 1134w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6188.jpeg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><br \/>\nKai&#8217;s legacy inspired Corde and Soraya to establish the &#8220;Kai Heart Foundation,&#8221; an organization focused on spreading love and healing through community support.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6189-300x225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6189-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6189.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><ins datetime=\"2025-01-02T18:41:45+00:00\"><strong><br \/>\nSoraya shared in a March 2024 post, &#8220;we would love to partner with any Organizations that help heal -educate -assist humans with LOVE \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffdthis is our soul purpose and want to keep giving back to community in any way we can \u2665\ufe0f[sic].&#8221;<br \/>\nIn another post from December 2022, Soraya elaborated on the foundation&#8217;s mission, explaining, &#8220;Started Kai Heart Foundation in 2019 after my son Kai passed away at 10 days from heart defect\u2026He inspired me to help other mothers, men, women; children in the world through acts of LOVE + healthy lifestyle [sic].&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6190-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6190-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6190-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6190.webp 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop Dogg may be an icon on stage, but his cherished role as a grandfather reveals his softer side, one defined by joy, loss, and an unwavering&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15406,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15392\/revisions\/15406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}