You can check out their first single together, "Faden Away," below. He’s keeping the funk alive and I knew I had to get down with him." Fair enough, Snoopzilla. 'I want to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion,' he said at a press conference. Announcing his conversion to Rastafarianism on Monday (July 30), the rapper unveiled a new answer to that lyrical question. The artist formally known as Snoop Dogg will, sadly, no longer be the hip hop representative of the. (RNS) Snoop Dogg scored a huge hit with the hip-hop anthem 'What's My Name' back in 1993. I’ve had funk influences in my music my whole career. Snoop Dogg Changes His Name to Snoop Lion. According to Snoopzilla, "We’re the babies of the Mothership. The rapper, actor, gangster and stoner extraordinaire has reinvented himself as a reggae-singing messenger of hope. Later that year he announced that he was dropping Dogg from his name to become Snoop Lion.
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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. Snoop appears, as if by magic, in a puff of his own smoke. Changing His Name to Snoop Lion In early 2012, Snoop announced that he was working for the first time on an all-reggae album, called Reincarnated. This chameleon-like capability is reflected in his numerous name changes and. 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. Snoop Dogg has changed his name many times and he is a man who moves with the times and in many different environments. 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."
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The good news: He's not Snoop Lion anymore! The bad news: He's not back to Snoop Dogg either. Music videos featuring Snoop wearing King Ice jewelry include “Hangover” by Psy, “Wiggle” by Jason Derulo, “Redlight” by Eddie Murphy, “Karma” by the Outlawz, and several solo music videos by Snoop Dogg.If you were still having trouble referring to Snoop Dogg as Snoop Lion, I've got some good news and some bad news. Snoop has been spotted wearing King Ice jewelry in almost every project he’s done in the last two years. Snoop fell in love with the diamond covered lion pendants and has been an ambassador for the company ever since. The founders showed Snoop some of the latest King Ice pieces featuring Magnus the Lion, the company logo.
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In 2012, the King Ice founders met Snoop at a club in Hollywood. It was around this time when Snoop Lion and King Ice came together. Well I'm glad he's officially declared he is anti-White. In 2012, Snoop Dogg changed his stagename to Snoop Lion after converting to the Rastafarian movement. Re: Snoop Dogg finds rastafarianism, changes his name to Snoop Lion. Snoop Dogg has apparently changed his name the rapper now wants to be known as Snoop Lion. Snoop has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. The rapper reveals that he has taken a musical change of direction after recording new album in Jamaica. Snoop Dogg has been rapping, writing, and acting ever since. Angela Hunt), No Regrets, Harder Times, Tired Of Running, Remedy. Dre in 1992 on the platinum album The Chronic. SNOOP LION Lyrics - A selection of 17 Snoop Lion lyrics including Here Comes The King (Ft. Snoop Dogg has been in the game since bustin' onto the scene with Dr.