LARMGUY

They taught me in grade school every time you learned a fact a small crease was created in your brain. I felt another small one today.

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. better known as Snoop Dogg, AKA Snoop Doggie Dogg is changing his name to Snoop Lion.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was "born again" during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his "kids and grandparents can listen to."

The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called "Reincarnated" in the fall. He said that in Jamaica, he connected with Bob Marley's spirit and is now "Bob Marley reincarnated."
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.

Later, he played five songs for a small crowd, including one called "No Guns Allowed." It features his daughter and includes the lyrics, "No guns allowed in here tonight, we're going to have a free for all, no fights."
"It's so tragic that people are doing stupid things with guns," he said.
Snoop, best known for hits like "Gin and Juice" and "Drop It Like It's Hot," is an avid supporter of marijuana rights and has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount last month.

He said that in Jamaica, where he stayed for 35 days, he grew closer to his wife, who saw 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."

Snoop Dogg 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 released on Vice Records.
The album will be followed with a documentary of the same name, also produced by Vice. It features Snoop making music and will include some personal elements of his life, a producer of the film said. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
A coffee table book about Snoop's rebirth is also in the works.
"It feels like I'm 19 or 20 years old again," he said.
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer

He got one thing right. Rap isn't challenging nor appealing.

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Shockdoc

With my mind on my money and my money on my mind.....

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90Deg.bend

Is this the gangsta answer to Prince? your career is faultering so reinvent yourself as a Rastafarian and change your name? It doesn't matter I still won't listen to his music and I like reggae!

niteshift

(sarcasm intended)
Come on guys, it's the celeb thing to do now a days.
Re invent yourself, just look at any news source, your bound to find one of them in the news for sake of being in the news. Then when needed they come out with a new theme/identity. Keeps it fresh.
Same person.
Same free advertisement.

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90Deg.bend

Yeah but Prince did it best!
I mean Symbol. really? top that Mr. Lion!

Big John

I'd have a lot more respect for him if he went back to calling himself Calvin.

-John

BuzzKill

He DID endorse Ron Paul!

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B4T

I have no use for him or his music..

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Shockdoc

Bones.

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oldtimer

MUSIC ?????????

More like C rap.

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Lep

Did his kid ever become a good quarterback?

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JDJ

Prince did that as a smart way to get out of a contract that was stifling him.

retiredsparktech

That's considered to be music!

BBQ

Guys, just pull your polyester pants with a wide white belt up to your tits and start telling the kids in your neighborhood to 'Get off your lawn'?


What a bunch of geezers.

erics37

Snoop's a badass.

I don't care what he calls himself.

acro

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chicken steve

the mid life epithanies of washed up has beens rate about what gets stuck on my boot bottom in the chickenhouse

~CS~

LARMGUY

Great role model huh?
I'll take my life any day over his ill gotten gains. Just another rich rapper with all the money and no class.

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Zog

Yep, he was just banned from Amsterdam for 2 years! How is that possible.

You guys know who Snoops best buddy is? Willie Nelson.

B4T

So this "noise" does it for you??

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