Who Am I (What’s My Name)?

About this song

It is Snoop Dogg's debut single as a solo artist and is arguably his biggest hit to this day. NME ranked it 456 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

What it's about

The song is described as Snoop Dogg's search for identity.

Fun facts

• Samples “(Not Just) Knee Deep by Funkadelic” and “P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) by Parliament”.
• Sampled in 25 other songs, like “Champion by Buju Banton”.
• Covered once, including “Ice Froggy Frog by NWH”.
• Written by Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, David Spradley, Dr. Dre, Garry Shider and George Clinton.
• Produced by Chris “The Glove” Taylor, Dr. Dre and Emanuel Dean.