Snoop Dogg and his brother Bing Worthington.Photo:Snoop Dogg/Instagram
Snoop Dogg/Instagram
Snoop Dogg’s brotherBing Worthingtonhas died. He was 44.
Snoop (whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) firstshareda photo posing next to his late younger brother with the caption, “@badabing33 😢😔🕊️🙏🏾,” and later addressed his death in the caption of avideofeaturing footage of the siblings, their older brother Jerry Wesley Carter and others standing in a cemetery.
“@badabing33 always made us laugh 💙🙏🏾😢 u bac with moms,” Snoop wrote in the caption, referring to their late mother, Beverly Tate, whodied at age 70in October 2021.
The Grammy-nominated artist also shared a thoughtful tribute with aphotoof Worthington and Tate posing and smiling together. He wrote, “@badabing33 bac wit momma 😢🙏🏾💖😔. 🕊️.”
Reps for Snoop did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Worthington collaborated with his recording artist older brother throughout his career on various business projects and as his tour manager. He also co-founded the Canadian record labelDogg Records.
The entrepreneur briefly made music for a period in the hip-hop group Lifestyle. Their one and only albumLiquid Cocainewas released in 2003.
As Worthington revealed toVicein a 2016 interview, he also co-wrote the song “Be Thankful,” which appeared on the 2000 debut album for Snoop’s rap group The Eastsidaz.
According to Vice, Worthington began working with Snoop as a roadie, then went on to helm various ventures, such as Snoop Dogg Skateboards, before becoming his tour manager.
He told the outlet, “I’m glad I’m a mystery. That’s good."
Worthington added, “When I put the [Lifestyle] album out, I was putting everything in the music together. My guy was a great rapper and I was a great rapper, but I was like ‘why am I working on the music? I should be doing all the business side of this thing.’ I love meeting people, talking business, that got me going. That made me feel like another person.”
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The news of Worthington’s death comes a month after Snoop’s 24-year-old daughterCori Broadus, who he shares with wifeShante Broadus, suffereda “severe” strokein mid-January.
Shortly after the health scare, thefather of fourtold PEOPLE at the premiere for his filmThe Underdoggsthat Cori was “doing a little bit better.”
When asked if the incident put life into perspective for him, Snoop responded, “Yeah, yeah. Something like that.”
source: people.com
