Rapper SNOOP DOGG fell out of favour with Australian immigration officials after he overstayed his visa in February (07). The hip-hop star, real name Calvin Broadus, has been refused entry into Australia this week (ends27Apr07), where he was expected to co-host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney on Sunday (29Apr07). The country's Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said the rapper's previous criminal convictions in his native America had contributed to their refusal to grant him a visa. Speaking on local radio Macquarie this morning (26Apr07), Andrews said, "The reality is in relation to this man, that he was given a warning the last time, he has a whole string of convictions, and, just two weeks ago I was told he was convicted on a number of charges again and sentenced to three years' imprisonment on two, and three years' imprisonment on another, with five years' probation and a suspended sentence." Andrews said Snoop Dogg was given an official warning during his last visit Down Under in February, when he overstayed his visa by two days. Snoop Dogg and pal Sean 'Diddy' Combs were forced to cancel their joint UK gigs last month (Mar07) after the country's Foreign And Commonwealth Office refused to grant him a Broadus recently (11Apr07) escaped a jail term after pleading no contest to charges of sale or transportation of marijuana and possession of a gun. But he already has a 1990 felony conviction for possession of drugs for sale.
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