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As of today… July 31, 2012 Snoop Dogg is no longer “Snoop Dogg.” He’s done a “Diddy” and has created him a new name!
I don’t know if it’s all the weed talking, but apparently Snoop wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop and is claiming that he is Bob Marley reincarnated.
Now he’s taking on reggae instead of rap and has renamed himself “Snoop Lion”.
Yeah… whatever you’re thinking, I thought that too.
Snoop Dogg Lion held a news conference earlier today in NYC and says that he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica last February.
The former gangster rapper says that now he’s giving up rap and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.”
Snoop also says that he’s spiritually connected to Bob Marley and now claims to be “Bob Marley reincarnated” so now he plans to release a reggae album called “Reincarnated” in the fall.
[Sidebar: Bob Marley’s son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing.]
“I feel like I’ve always been Rastafarian,” Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement.
While there, he said, he visited a temple, was renamed Snoop Lion and was also given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning “light of the world.”
Snoop didn’t explain why he was switching from “Dogg” to “Lion,” but it’s likely a reference to the Lion of Judah, a religious symbol popular in Rastafarian and Ethiopian culture. (source)
Snoop reportedly spent 35 days in Jamaica, where he says he grew closer to his wife, who also witnessed his transition. He added that he’s excited to perform music that his family and children can listen to.
“As a 40-year-old man … I’ve got to give them something,” he said.
“That’s what you do when you’re wise.”
During the press event, Snoop Dogg Lion payed a song called”No Guns Allowed” that features his daughter and includes the lyrics, “No guns allowed in here tonight, we’re going to have a free for all”.
Snoop Dogg Lion admits said he’s not completely retiring from hip-hop but is “tired” of the genre because it is no longer challenging.
“Reggae was calling … it’s a breath of fresh air,” he said. “Rap isn’t challenging; it’s not appealing.”
The album was produced by Diplo and will feature Snoop singing. It will be followed by a documentary of the same name, which will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Snoop Dogg Lion, who says “it feels like I’m 19 or 20 years old again,” also plans a coffee table book about his rebirth.
I guess there’s big business in “reincarnation” huh?
Anyway… with a rap legend like Snoop Dogg Lion making making comments like this about, could this be the beginning of the end of the rap genre?
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LMAO THIS IS WAY TOO FUNNY HAHAHA ""Snoop Lion"…..okay
He smoked that shyt from and lost his damn mind! lol! Those Rasta’s know they’re wrong for that.
Luuuvs ya Snoop Lion. He keeps getting better with time.
Damn people, please lay off the bath salts!
Naw I’m just playing, whatever spiritual enlightenment that he feel he’s received I hope he’s blessed by it. Good for him if he wants to put his family first and project things into the world that he would want to reflect on them.
Whatever he smoked over their, make sure it never EVA, EVA crosses over.
Sorry it already has…
I don’t know what it is about him but I could never stand the sight of him. He irritates me for some reason.
Thanx Snoop For Making The Change.. This Truly Is A blessing..Rap Music Is Too Filthy for Anyone To Listen TOO..Make A Change For Our Children TODAY THANK YOU…
Lol.. Yep, he done messed around and smoked the wrong Jamaican Tree! Should’ve just dropped the D O double G, because aint NOBODY calling you that(some damn Lion)N*gga please!!
Lmao @snooplion he a clown for that
Jah Rastafari Bless Up Bredren Berhane, I’m not Rasta but I send blessings to the movement… Peace
THIS IS FUNNY, BUT I AM FEELING SNOOP LION. THIS IS A PART OF HIS EVOLUTION, AND YOU GOTTA RESPECT THAT. STAMP ON ANOTHER NOTE, SOMEBODY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO THE BROTHER WHAT REINCARNATION IS IN DEPTH. BOB MARLEY DIED IN THE EARLY 80’S AND I AM ALMOST SURE SNOOP ASS WAS ALIVE, SO THEREFORE YOU ARE NOT THE REICARNATION OF BOB MARLEY BABES….JS
lmao
Snoop Lion?.. Oh god, i can’t. My stomach hurts from laughing but i’m glad he’s working on being a better husband and father. Those Marleys aren’t shit themselves so i don’t see much good coming out of this.
Oh!Okay, Snoop Lion? You feel like you are 19 or twenty years of age?Rastafarian?Do you really know what they believe in?You are accepting of that lifestyle,tradition and belief system?Okay, then.(insert side eye here..)
Good for him. It’s interesting that he is FINALLY starting to show his age. For years he never aged.
I was thinking the same thing, its like overnight he aged.
I don’t know what he smoked over there. But that must be some powerful weed…
Snoop looks so old!My parents are both 46 which is not old but he looks older than them!
He has lost his damn mind smoking that shizznick! He is just going through his mid-life crisis right now. The haze that he is in will fade soon and he’ll snap out of it…maybe.
Look like he’s in his 60’s. He need to get off that foolishness and cut his hair.
I love snoop, and good for him, but I gotta ask, is it just me or does he favor Willie Nelson now…lol.
This too shall pass. Once the high wears off, he will be back to being a Dogg.
All that fast living has caught up to him- he looks like he is in this 50’s or 60’s.
he is so ugly, always has been ! yuck! lol
Rohan gave Snoop that same shit he gave to Lauryn Hill to make her lose her motherfuckin’ mind!!! RUN SNOOP RUNNNNNNN!!!!!
Snoop,PLEASE LEAVE THAT STUFF ALONE!!
Not I!
This is too much now Snoop…for real! Smh
well it sounds like he’s not smoking weed no more… UM CRACK ANYONE? LOL SNOOP IS JUST BORED THATS ALL! & FOR THE RECORD, I HOPE NIPSEY HUSSEL & WIZ KHALIFA TURNS OUT TO BE SNOOP SONS, BCUZ I CANT STAND HIS WIFE SHANTE! DAT BIJ JUST ERKS ME!
I’m more sad about him aging badly than I am about the name change
Nothing but sun worship. Snoop (Lyin) Lion knows the end is nearing and he scared to pay the piper. Snoop is trying to decieve/mislead the Rastas so that their souls could be damned like his is ..because he sees they’re a spiritual and diciplined people. At the same time he want that reggae money too.