Music : No More Snoop Dogg?

Snoop Dogg has now changed his name to Snoop Lion...

Snoop Lion

It's official, Snoop Doggy Dogg, the rapper that we've all come to know and love has changed his name to Snoop Lion.  On Tuesday at a press release in New York Snoop broke the news to reporters and industry reps that he was losing the Dog and adding the Lion.  

So why the change?  It was a bit of a spiritual experience one might say.  On a trip to Jamaica Snoop said he had an epiphany and came to the realization that he was bored with rap and that it was time to start making music that his grandparents and grandkids could listen to.

While on his journey in Jamaica Snoop took a visit to one of the holiest Rastafarian temples where he was blessed with the title of Lion.  Unlike dogs, Lions hold a place of pride in the Rasta theology and Rastafarians would indicate you calling yourself a dog as having a lack of self knowledge.  The symbolism of the Lion runs deep in Rastarfarian theology being that it's a symbol for Solomon's tribe of Judah (Christians see Christ as the Lion of Judah).  The most famous Rastafarian of all time, Bob Marley often sang about the "Lion of Zion".

So what does this mean for all the Snopp fans across the globe?  Well the Lion sees himself as a reincarnation of the late Bob Marley and wishes to keep the fire of his spirit burning.  In the late fall we can expect to see Snoop's first reggae album released.

At the end of the conference Snoop told reporters "I feel like I've always been Rastafari, I just didn't have my third eye open".