Snoop Dogg will be inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame along with several other iconic artists The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its 2023 inductees Wednesday at the 52nd Annual Induction and Awards Gala.
Sade, Teddy Riley, Gloria Estefan, Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne and Taylor Swift co-writer Liz Rose all round out the class. Snoop will be the 5th hip hop act or artist inducted Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Missy Elliot and The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were previously honoured and Tha Doggfather celebrated his distinction with a series of emojis on IG, speaking to his rapping skills Songwriter’s HOF Chairman Nile Rodgers saluted all the inductees in a statement, “The music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first.
Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch nothing, it all starts with the song and the songwriter.
