“I wanted to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion, but I didn’t know that until I went to the temple and received the name Snoop Lion from the Nyabingi priest,” said Snoop.

Goodbye Snoop Dogg, Hello Snoop Lion: Rapper to Release Reggae Album Under New Name ... Snoop Lion & the Jungle will perform live for the first time at Toronto's Caribana 2012 on Aug. 3.

Now Snoop Lion, the rapper says he underwent a spiritual and artistic transformation in Jamaica Ladies and gentlemen, meet Snoop Lion. Yes, the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg has renamed ...

In the music video for Snoop Doggy Dogg’s 1993 debut single, the magic of special effects allowed us to watch the Long Beach, Calif., rapper morph into a Doberman pinscher. The dog and the Dogg ...

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.

I’m Snoop Doggy Dogg, then I’m Snoop Dogg, then I’m Snoop Lion. But it’s all the same. Q : In interviews since the film was made, Bunny has been skeptical of you.

Snoop Dogg went to Jamaica, smoked some real sh*t down there, and had a transformative experience -- so much so that he’s now reinventing himself as a reggae artist named "Snoop Lion." ...

Snoop Dogg -- who long ago traded in his real name, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. -- has decided to go by Snoop Lion from now on. Oh no -- another ridiculous celebrity nickname has been born.

Watch the trailer for Reincarnated for your first glimpse of Snoop Dogg — or rather, Snoop Lion, his newly minted reggae identity — leaving hip-hop behind to sing and smoke up a storm in his ...

On Friday, Snoop Dogg unleashed his alter-ego, Snoop Lion, in effort to introduce his upcoming album Reincarnated.. “La La La,” the album’s first single, is not a typical Snoop track though ...

Rapper Snoop Dogg recently announced that he's now calling himself Snoop Lion and releasing a reggae album. But what do the leading lights of reggae make of his musical and cultural reinvention?