Snoop Dogg won't let his daughter date until she is 77.

The 36-year-old rapper is so protective of eight-year-old Cori - his only daughter with wife Shante Broadus - he insists she remains single until she is way into old age.

Snoop showed how strict he is as a parent by asking his daughter, "Cori, how old to you have to be before you can have a boyfriend?"

To which Cori quickly replied, "77."

Snoop - real name Cordozar Calvin Broadus - also revealed he believes in tough love when it comes to coaching his 10-year-old son Cordell's little-league soccer team.

He told US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, "I'm hard. I cuss 'em out. But my philosophy is, I pick on them, and then I pick them up. That's what I do, to let them know that I expect more out of them, because they're better than that."

The hip-hop star - who was recently sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to possession of a deadly weapon and was last year banned from flying with British Airways for life after a fracas in a London airport - also insists he sets a great example for his three children, Cori, Cordell and his eldest, 13-year-old Corde.

He said, "I'm like the best example for them to show them how someone can come out of a negative background and create a positive avenue for themselves."

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