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snoop doggdaughter Corey Broadus Her baby girl, Codi, spent 10 months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and died just 20 days after being discharged.
“I lost the love of my life on Monday. My Cody,” Broadus wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, January 31, along with a black and white photo of the mother holding her baby girl in the hospital.
In a subsequent post shared via her Instagram Stories, Broadus reposted an Instagram post she made less than a month ago celebrating her daughter’s release from the NICU.
“20 days later? OMG I’m sick,” she wrote.
In the original post, Broadus is one of the three children of famed rapper Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadusthanked fans and followers for their thoughts and prayers during their daughter’s months-long hospitalization. Codi was born in February 2025, three months before Broadus was due. (Snoop Dogg also has a son from a previous relationship.)
Snoop Dogg’s daughter Cori Broadus has welcomed her first child with fiancé Wayne Deuce, announcing she was born three months early. On Friday, February 28, Broadus, 25, joined forces with Deuce to post on Instagram the unexpected news that their daughter had been born prematurely. “Princess was only 6 months old when she was born 🥹👶🏽🎀,” Broadus wrote alongside (…)
according to mayo clinicBabies born before 28 weeks of gestation are considered extremely premature and may suffer from a variety of health problems, including breathing problems, feeding problems and difficulty regulating body temperature.
“She’s home,” the mother wrote on Instagram on January 6, along with photos and videos of the two cuddling in bed 10 months after the baby was hospitalized. “Thank you for every prayer, every message, every ounce of love. God hears it.”
Six months after his daughter was born, Broadus exclusively spoke to US Weekly about what Life is like a NICU mom. (Cody is Broadus’ first child with her fiancé Wayne Douce.)
Snoop Dogg and his daughter Corey Broaddus
Getty Images“That girl is so active,” she said us then. “That’s a bubbly girl. She’s very resilient and strong. She has a lot of personality. The doctors and nurses always told me, ‘Your baby has a mind of her own. She’s smart. She’s alert. She knows what’s going on. She can hear. She can see. Yes, it’s not what you think it is, but it could be worse.’ That girl was just a sweet little firecracker.”
She continued, “The NICU is a different type of experience, and like you have to know to know, it’s not an easy place, but the support is amazing. Sometimes I walk in (the NICU) and I can’t stop crying and I’ll apologize. They’ll say, ‘What are you (apologizing for)? That’s normal. If you didn’t cry, we’d be worried. We would be worried, so just try to stay close and stay hopeful.”
56 studies of more than 6,000 parents Research has found that about 40%-50% of children in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) have parents with higher rates of anxiety, depression and acute stress, with mothers experiencing higher rates than fathers.
Snoop Dogg’s daughter Cori Broadus has a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks, including the birth of her first child with fiancé Wayne Deuce. Broadus spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about her pregnancy at the Choc Factory Cosmetics launch event at Lucid Studios in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 15. (…)
“I had a moment this morning because this baby who came there after I gave birth went home today and I broke down,” Broadus shared in September 2025 of her stay in the NICU. “I’m definitely happy. I’m ecstatic[for them]but it’s like, ‘Damn! You guys can go home. Our kids are still here.’ But then it comes back to my faith. You have to trust God and trust His plan. Everybody’s plan looks a little different. She’s coming home. Our journey home looks a little different than the next kid and so on.”
Broadus herself experienced a stroke at age 24 and was diagnosed with lupus at age 6, she told us us She relies on her faith to keep her spirits high and her fears low through every challenge life faces.
“What really brought me closer to God was after I had my stroke,” she recalls us. “I told him, ‘God, if you let me get out of here, I’m going to tell the world about you, tell the world that you’re real.'” And he did. He got me through it. “
