The SoCal chicken and waffle joint became a sensation with locals, expanding to multiple locations across L.A. In 1975, a Harlem native named Herb Hudson opened a restaurant in the city offering a double bill of chicken and waffles - a bizarre-sounding combination to neophytes, but a duo with a lot of American history behind it, as both a soul food dish and a separate version of Pennsylvania Dutch origin. The Long Beach of the 1970s also yielded an icon of the culinary sort. Since then, Snoop Dogg has perhaps become Long Beach's most iconic celebrity, a unique public figure known for his music, acting, avid marijuana use, and single-handed contributions to American slang. Dre, who featured Snoop on his first two albums and helped steer his solo career.

213's output caught the attention of former N.W.A member, Dr. Snoop, along with his cousin Nate Dogg and their friend Warren G, formed a crew called 213, named for the city's area code. Snoopy showed a talent for music at a young age, playing piano and singing in his local Baptist church.Īs a teenager, Calvin turned to the emerging genre of rap music and after graduating from Long Beach's renowned Polytechnic High School, he braved a few brushes with the law before turning to focus on a hiphop career under the nickname Snoop Doggy Dogg, later shortened to Snoop Dogg. Thinking her little boy bore a resemblance to a Peanuts character, her mother (sic) gave him the nickname Snoopy. of Long Beach, California welcomed their son Calvin Jr. On October 20, 1971, Beverly Broadus and Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr.

How will this Long Beach native restaurant fare? Plus, a new mystery drink in an edition of The Wiger Challenge. 9 Photos (via and improviser Carl Tart ( Comedy Bang! Bang!, Party Over Here) sits down with the 'boys to discuss a chain famous for its chicken and waffles: Roscoe's.

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