It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.Ī coffee table book about Snoop’s rebirth is also in the works. It features Snoop making music and will include some personal elements of his life, a producer of the film said. The album will be followed with a documentary of the same name, also produced by Vice. Snoop Dogg has apparently changed his name the rapper now wants to be known as Snoop Lion. The album was produced by Diplo and will feature Snoop singing. The rapper reveals that he has taken a musical change of direction after recording new album in Jamaica. “Rap isn’t challenging it’s not appealing.” “Reggae was calling … it’s a breath of fresh air,” he said. Snoop Dogg said he’s not completely retiring from hip-hop but is “tired” of the genre because it is no longer challenging. “As a 40-year-old man … I’ve got to give them something,” he said. He added that he’s excited to perform music that his family and children can listen to. He said that in Jamaica, where he stayed for 35 days, he grew closer to his wife, who saw his transition. 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. “It’s so tragic that people are doing stupid things with guns,” he said.
#SNOOP DOGG CHANGED HIS NAME TO SNOOP LION FREE#
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.” 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. 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.” “I feel like I’ve always been Rastafarian,” Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement. He said that in Jamaica, he connected with Bob Marley’s spirit and is now “Bob Marley reincarnated.”īob Marley’s son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing. The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated” in the fall. 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.” You can check out their first single together, "Faden Away," below.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. He’s keeping the funk alive and I knew I had to get down with him." Fair enough, Snoopzilla. I’ve had funk influences in my music my whole career. According to Snoopzilla, "We’re the babies of the Mothership.
If he wants to be named after a gigantic dinosaur, then so be it.Īnyway, on to the project: "7 Days of Funk" is a collaboration project with Dâm-Funk, and should be released some time in December.
You can tell at this point that Snoop literally gives absolutely no shits about anything, because he's rich, has built a career on the fact that he can get away with smoking copious, ridiculous amounts of weed, and he made millions off a song where he literally just says "drop it like it's hot" a bunch of times over and over. Putting aside the news of a new album for a moment though - Snoopzilla? This is kind of amazing. Instead, Snoop Dogg would now like to be referred to as Snoopzilla, just in time to announce his new album with Dam-Funk, titled "7 Days of Funk." The good news: He's not Snoop Lion anymore! The bad news: He's not back to Snoop Dogg either. If you were still having trouble referring to Snoop Dogg as Snoop Lion, I've got some good news and some bad news.
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