Snoop Dogg announces MTV deal

Snoop Dogg has announced a global deal with MTV covering music, television and computer games.

The rapper will appear on variety talk show Dogg After Dark and release his forthcoming album Malice In Wonderland through the MTV entertainment group.

He will also make tracks available through the Rock Band console game.

Snoop said: "As the world of entertainment keeps changing, we felt it was the right time to let Snoop Dogg back on MTV so we could continue to run thangs with music, movies, DVDs and bring hip-hop to Rock Band.

"So screw ya wigz on tight and tune in on Tuesday nights for the first step to the next level of Snoop D-O-double-G."

Snoop recently announced that he had parted company with record label Interscope after ten years.