Snoop Dogg has despatched like to his daughter, Cori Broadus, following her announcement that her child Codi died three weeks after the toddler’s launch from a 10-month keep in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
The rapper, 54, (actual title Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) shared a household photograph — which included Cori — on Saturday, January 31, and captioned the Instagram put up with “glowing coronary heart” and “prayer fingers” emojis. Followers supported the grieving Broadus household with condolence messagess in Snoop’s Instagram feedback part.
“I’m so sorry very sorry for her and her husband loss Of their youngster .That is very devastating information,” one fan replied. “I really like me some Cory❤️II pray for his or her consolation, therapeutic and a peace of thoughts. Child lady is with the Lord now and she or he has no extra struggling.🙏🏾 I’m actually unhappy about this.”
One other commenter added, “Deepest condolences, prayers for the fam.”
Snoop Canine’s son, Cordell C. Broadus, included an encouraging message for Cori whereas posting the identical household photograph by way of his Instagram Story on Saturday.
“Lil sis, we received you endlessly,” Cordell, 28, added.
Earlier within the day, Cori, 26, made the devastating announcement alongside sharing a black-and-white photograph of herself cradling her toddler daughter. (Codi was Broadus’ first youngster with fiancé Wayne Deuce.)
“Monday, I misplaced the love of my life. My Codi,” she confirmed by way of her Instagram Story.
In a subsequent put up, Cori grappled with the tragic loss occurring lower than a month after Codi was launched from an prolonged keep in intensive care.
“20 days later? Dawg I’m sick,” she wrote.
Jonathan Daviss, Snoop Dogg and Cori Broadus in June 2025. Emma McIntyre/Getty Photographs
Deuce mourned his daughter together with his personal poignant Instagram Story, which learn: “I’ve been the saddest because you left me Codi Dreaux. However I do know you [are] at peace. Daddy will all the time love you.”
Cori beforehand shared on January 6 that she was lastly allowed to deliver Codi “residence.” The newborn had a 10-month keep within the NICU attributable to being born three months untimely in February 2025.
“Thanks for each prayer, each message, each ounce of affection. God heard all of them,” Cori wrote to her Instagram followers earlier this month.
The Mayo Clinic classifies a child born earlier than 28 weeks of gestation as extraordinarily preterm. Issues akin to respiratory points, feeding issues and issue regulating physique temperature can come up for infants born so prematurely.
Cori documented her life as a NICU mother by way of her social media over the previous 10 months. She spoke with Us Weekly in September 2025 about her daughter’s resiliency throughout her unexpectedly lengthy hospital keep.
“That lady is so feisty. That’s a feisty lady. She’s so resilient and robust,” Cori informed Us on the launch of Choc Manufacturing unit at 13 Lune in Los Angeles. “She simply has a lot character. The medical doctors and nurses all the time inform me, ‘Your child received her thoughts. She’s sensible. She’s alert. She is aware of what’s occurring. She will be able to hear. She will be able to see. Yeah, the circumstances usually are not what you thought they might be, nevertheless it may very well be worse.’ That lady is only a candy little firecracker.”
Throughout that very same September 2025 interview, Cori defined to Us that she was counting on hope and religion to get each her and Codi via such a tough time.
“This morning, I had a second as a result of this child who received there after I had my child, she went residence immediately, and I broke down,” Broadus mentioned. “After all I’m completely satisfied. I’m ecstatic [for them] nevertheless it’s like, ‘Rattling! You guys get to go residence. Our child remains to be right here.’ However then it goes again into my religion. You bought to belief in God and belief His plan. Everyone’s plan appears just a little totally different. She’s gonna get residence. Our journey residence simply appears just a little totally different than the subsequent child and so forth.”
Cori skilled two very severe well being points over time. She was recognized with lupus at age 6 and later had a stroke on the age of 24 in January 2024.
“What actually received me shut with God is after I had my stroke,” she informed Us final September. “I informed him, ‘God, should you get me out of right here, I’m gonna inform the world about y’all and inform the world you’re actual.’ And He did precisely that. And He will get me via.”
Snoop Dogg shares three kids together with his spouse, Shante Broadus: sons Corde, 31, and Cordell, and daughter Cori. The hip-hop icon additionally shares a son, Julian Corrie Broadus, 27, with Laurie Helmond.
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