Snoop Dogg's Daughter Cori Broadus Says Lupus 'Snatched' Her Childhood Away

Snoop Dogg's daughter, Cori Broadus, has opened up about her battle with lupus, which she said "snatched" her childhood away.

On Thursday (October 2), Broadus, who welcomed her first child in March, appeared as a guest on Reginae Carter's Heir Time podcast, where she detailed the chronic autoimmune disease, which she was diagnosed with at six years old.

"I feel like a lot of people still don't genuinely know what lupus is, but from my understanding, it's a chronic illness where your organs that are supposed to be helping each other and working together, they're actually going against each other and attacking each other," the R&B singer and entrepreneur explained.

Broadus called the battle a "hell of a journey." "I feel like God doesn't give us things that we can't handle," she continued. "And I kind of just learned [that] this is what it is. And you blessed to even be able to tell your story, be able to work and do what you want to do. Take advantage of that."

The Journals to Johnny singer also described how lupus robbed her of a childhood. "I always say it kind of snatched my childhood away from me, you know, 'cause I was so young and I never had energy," Broadus said. "I was always tired. I was always in pain. I was taking millions of medications. And at six years old, you can't swallow pills. So that's syringe after syringe."

Broadus also spoke on the "side effects" taking a toll on her mental health, calling it a "temporary band-aid for whatever you're dealing with."

"So I feel like it took that childhood experience away from me because I was always in the hospital. I was always going to the doctors," she recalled. "Like, I don't even know what a jungle gym is, 'cause I never got to do that type of stuff. But it could always be worse, and it could always be better."

Elsewhere in the interview, Broadus recalled that journaling as a child helped her sort out her feelings about lupus, which she now shares in her vlog.