Snoop Dogg charged with weapon possesion

Rapper Snoop Dogg was today charged with possessing a lethal weapon after security officers at a California airport found a collapsible baton in the entertainer's hand luggage.

The rapper, real name Calvin Broadus, reported to authorities at the Orange County Jail and was expected to post $150,000 (€117,915) bail, said Susan Schroeder of the district attorney's office.