Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he's tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about. Also, he's got a new name: Snoop Lion. full story ![]()

The hip-hop star's 'Reincarnation' documentary about his revelatory Jamaica trip is out, with the reggae album set for April. He says the change is legit.Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion.
chicagotribune.com (1 month and 23 days ago)

Snoop Dogg – known as Snoop Lion these days – will take center stage in a new video "Way of the Dogg" will be a combination of musical rhythm and fighting games described as a "rhythm-action beat-matching combat experience" Snoop looked to kung-fu and blaxploitation films for inspiration and though...
rollingstone.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

What’s my mutherf***in’ name?” drawled Snoop Doggy Dogg in the debut single from his debut album Doggystyle in 1993. The question is as pertinent as ever. Having previously truncated his moniker to Snoop Dogg, the world’s most recognisable gangsta rapper upgraded to Snoop Lion to reflect his surprising conversion to the ideology of Rastafarianism. But he kept the Snoop...
independent.co.uk (29 days ago)
Snoop Dogg-who has started trying to go by the moniker "Snoop Lion," but no one's interested-spoke to Rolling Stone for a Q&A in their upcoming issue.
philly.com (9 days ago)
Snoop Dogg had a little trouble celebrating his favorite day of the year. The rapper held his annual Snoop Lion 420 Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he invited...
eonline.com (26 days ago)
Snoop Lion won't fire back at critics who say his backing of the Rastafari movement is simply another gimmick from one of hip-hop's savviest self-marketers. But Snoop Dogg will.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 6 days ago)

Snoop Dogg turns into Snoop Lion for his new album, while Will.i.am’s latest record tends toward dance.
nytimes.com (24 days ago)

Snoop Dogg – aka the recently reincarnated rasta Snoop Lion – teamed up with Mashable yesterday for #SnoopChat which allowed fans to ask the hip-hop hero anything they liked Topics covered included Snoop's recent transformation his favorite artists to collaborate with which artist's hologram he'd want to perform with next...
rollingstone.com (9 days ago)
First he was Snoop Doggy Dogg, then simply Snoop Dogg. Now, 20 years after the release of his debut single as a solo artist - the still-vibrant "Who Am I (What's My Name?)" - the laid-back rapper from Long Beach, Calif., has altered his identity once again. And this time he's changed his sound too: Next month, Snoop Lion is to release a full-on reggae album called...
miamiherald.com (2 months and 5 days ago)

Snoop Lion won't fire back at critics who say his backing of the Rastafari movement simply is another gimmick from one of hip-hop's savviest self-marketers. But Snoop Dogg will.
thonline.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
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