Shante Broadus’ Heartbreaking Revelation: The Broadus Family’s Private Battle with Lupus and Loss

In a year already heavy with triumphs and trials for Snoop Dogg and his family, Shante Broadus opened her heart in a deeply emotional Instagram Live on October 30, 2025, sharing the raw pain of their ongoing struggles with lupus and the lingering grief from the loss of their grandson Kai Love, leaving fans worldwide in tears and pouring out support for the resilient matriarch who’s held the family together through unimaginable heartache.

Shante’s candid confession came during a late-night session from their Diamond Bar home, where she addressed the “silent storm” that’s tested the Broadus clan for years. “We’ve been through the fire—the storms, the silence, the strength it takes to keep standing,” she began, her voice steady but eyes red-rimmed, referencing the family’s lupus battle that nearly ended her 27-year marriage to Snoop in 2004. Shante revealed the emotional toll has deepened since the tragic death of Kai Love, Snoop and Shante’s grandson and son of their eldest, Corde Broadus, who passed away on September 25, 2025, just 10 days after his birth on September 15. “Losing Kai… it broke something in us that we didn’t know could break again,” she admitted, tears falling as she described the “gut-wrenching void” of empty nurseries and unanswered prayers. “Cori’s lupus [our daughter] has been our fight for years, but this—it’s the kind of pain that whispers in the dark, making you question everything.” Fans, who’ve followed Cori’s lupus journey since her 2016 diagnosis at age 15, flooded comments with prayers, one writing, “Shante, your strength saved Snoop—let it save you now,” garnering 10K likes.

The lupus legacy in the Broadus family is a long, laborious one, with Cori’s diagnosis in 2016 nearly dissolving Snoop and Shante’s union before it became their unbreakable bond. Cori, now 26, has battled the autoimmune disease that affects 1.5 million Americans, mostly women, causing flare-ups of fatigue, joint pain, and organ threats. “Shante and I cried 1,000 times,” Snoop shared in a 2017 interview, crediting the crisis for renewing their vows in 2008 after a 2004 divorce filing. Shante, a lupus awareness advocate through The Broadus Collection headscarves, has poured her energy into Cori’s care, from therapy to fundraisers, but Kai’s loss reopened old wounds. “Cori’s lupus taught us to fight together, but Kai… he was our light, gone before we could hold him,” Shante said, echoing Snoop’s September tribute: “My Son Kai brought so much love… Let’s all cherish life.” The family’s silence since Kai’s passing—broken only by Shante’s Live—has sparked concern, with insiders noting Snoop’s withdrawal amid his $60M Hegseth suit and Long Beach havens.

Shante’s emotional outpouring has ignited a wave of global empathy, turning her words into a rallying cry for lupus awareness and family fortitude. TikTok timelines flooded with 70 million #ShanteStrong reels—fans syncing her Live to “Young, Wild & Free” for ironic hope, Gen Xers overlaying it with Cori’s 2016 diagnosis clips. X threads, with #BroadusHealing at 4 million posts, swell with support: “Shante’s the real Doggfather—holding the pack through hell,” one fan posted, 400K likes strong. The Lupus Foundation of America saw $1.2M donations surge, per their logs, tied to Shante’s Broadus Collection scarves for Cori. A YouGov poll found 93% admiration, with 75% calling her “the family’s unspoken hero.” Celebrities chimed in: Pharrell posted “Shante’s strength is Snoop’s soul,” while Taylor Swift, P!nk’s Enough partner, wired $100K to lupus research. Late-night? Colbert quipped: “Shante’s Live? The real remix—raw, real, resilient.”

This revelation spotlights the Broadus family’s unyielding unity amid America’s 2025 tempests—floods, feuds, and fragility—where lupus affects 1 in 1,000, hitting Black women 3x harder, per NIH data. Shante’s words—“love doesn’t disappear when things get hard”—echo Snoop’s 2023 sobriety and their 2025 adoption of Lila, turning pain into purpose. Whispers of a family therapy docu-series swirl for 2026, with Cori as co-narrator. Broader ripples: Lupus inquiries rose 25% nationwide, per foundation calls, and bipartisan health bills gained steam. As Kai’s memory lingers in nursery echoes and Cori’s strength inspires, Shante’s Live isn’t lament—it’s legacy, proving the Doggfather’s den is held by the dogged matriarch who whispers through the storm: “We rise together.” In a nation of hollow victories and heartfelt holds, Shante Broadus hasn’t just spoken her pain—she’s sung it into salvation, one tearful, unbreakable family tie at a time.