"With so much drama in the LBC..."
Being a man of letters, Snoop was involved in a little-known debate with the LBC'
s board of trustees over the misspelling of "Dog" in his pseudonym in 2000. The LBC felt that it led admiring fans to accept poor English, but upon Snoop'
s election to the LBC board in 2001, the subject has been dropped, especially in light of Snoop'
s 2004 publication, "It'
s an
ABC Thang: The use of variant language as a viable alternative in urban expression", available from the Berkley Press.