Shante Broadus and Snoop Dogg. Courtesy of Shante Monique Broadus/Instagram
Snoop Dogg and Shante Broadus’ secret to a long, lasting marriage may just be as simple as a three-letter word.
“Keep it fun,” Broadus, 53, exclusively shared with Us Weekly at the Choc Factory Cosmetics launch event on Saturday, February 15. “Keep it fun to where, you know, he’s going on the road a lot, so we do have time to miss each other, but just keep it fun and business.”
The couple met as teenagers when they both attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California. They went to prom together in 1989 and tied the knot eight years later.
During their marriage, Snoop, 53, and Broadus welcomed three kids together: sons Cordé, 30, and Cordell, 27, and daughter Cori, 25. The Voice coach also has a son named Julian, 26, with Laurie Helmond.
Even after more than 27 years of marriage, Broadus said the pair are still pulling off romantic gestures. Recently, Snoop gifted his wife a brand-new watch while Broadus got some presents from Louis Vuitton just in time for Valentine’s Day.
If there’s one thing Broadus hopes her kids take away from her love story, it’s to persevere during the highs and the lows.
“Just hold each other down,” she told Us at Lucid Studios in Beverly Hills. “That’s what it’s all about. Just stick it out and be there together. You may have ups and downs, but we gotta stick it through. We family, you know?”
Cori has been admiring her parents’ relationship for many years. As she prepares to finalize a wedding and welcome her first baby with fiancé Wayne Deuce, the businesswoman says she’s remembering some key advice from her mom.
Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, has found her partner in Wayne Duece. In 2018, Broadus approached Duece at a party Following the bash, the pair connected on social media and became friends. “We really started to connect and build and create a friendship,” Broadus said in a February 2023 interview with Teen Vogue. “I feel […]
“No matter what happens, stick together, have each other’s back,” Cori told Us. “It’s not gonna always be ice cream and cake. There’s gonna be problems. There’s going to be bumps in the road, but as long as you guys can get through it, that’s all that matters.”
Currently, Cori and Deuce are working together to launch their new self-care line named Choc Factory Cosmetics. From lip glosses to lip masks, the items help women of all backgrounds embrace their natural beauty.
“I think this brand, to make it short and sweet, is really just a brand where we make people feel comfortable and feel like they have a space to fit in,” Cori told Us at her launch event featuring ilios lighting. “I feel like with society and their beauty standards, it’s very high and I feel like it’s very unrealistic. We’re giving them a realistic space to be [their] natural self.”
