Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, revealed she is struggling to cope with the devastating loss of her 11-month-old, Codi Dreaux.
“I want to join you badly,” Cori wrote alongside a photo including her baby girl via Instagram Stories on Sunday, February 1, adding a sad face emoji over her little one’s face. (Broadus is one of Snoop’s three children he shares with wife Shante Broadus.)
Codi had only been home for 20 days after she was released from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) following a 10-month stay.
In addition to her heartbreaking confession, Cori shared a recent portrait of her bundle of joy’s tiny arm with a gold bracelet on as she laid down in a pink onesie next to a nursing pillow.
“You were supposed to [bury] me… not me [bury] you Codi,” she captioned another video.
A third post showed a tender mother-daughter moment shared between the two prior to Codi’s tragic death. “Waiting for someone to tell me to wake up and this is just a bad dream,” Cori wrote next to a video in which she held her precious angel.
Codi was born three months prematurely in late February 2025, and was the first child that Cori welcomed with her fiancé, photographer Wayne Deuce.
Deuce also took to social media with his own loving post about their baby girl, which included a sweet portrait of himself gazing down at Codi with adoration.
“I been the saddest since u left me Codi Dreaux,” he wrote. “But I know u at peace. Daddy will always love you,” adding the hashtag #LongLiveCodiDreaux.
Cori previously thanked fans for their prayers and kind messages, revealing that she gave Codi “one last bath” without knowing she was “getting her ready for Heaven.”
In February 2025, Cori delivered her baby girl via C-section after doctors told her she was developing HELLP syndrome, which is a life-threatening pregnancy complication and severe form of preeclampsia.
The effects of HELLP syndrome on your baby can vary depending on your baby’s gestational age, their weight at delivery, and any complications that may arise, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation.
Cori opened up to Us Weekly about being a NICU mom last September. “She’s so resilient and strong. She just has so much character,” the proud mother told Us exclusively at the time. “The doctors and nurses always tell me, ‘Your baby got her mind. She’s smart. She’s alert. She knows what’s going on. She can hear. She can see. Yeah, the circumstances are not what you thought they would be, but it could be worse.’ That girl is just a sweet little firecracker.”
During her interview, she also spoke about her faith and how it was strengthened by her own health battle.
“What really got me close with God is after I had my stroke,” Cori recalled to Us. “I told him, ‘God, if you get me out of here, I’m gonna tell the world about y’all and tell the world you’re real.’ And He did exactly that. And He gets me through.”
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