Many people seem to think that rap sensation Calvin Broadus better known by his stage name SNOOP DOGG was seemingly high on chronic last Tuesday August 31st when he held a news conference announcing that he was changing his name to “SNOOP LION”.
There is a constant struggle finding spirituality within the Hip-Hop realm, as misogyny and murder is more so what the lyrical content possesses. Snoop claims that on his recent visit to Jamaica; he got an epiphany when he had visited a temple and had an encounter with a high priest that had told him that he bears the light of the lion and cannot be called Snoop DOGG, with such great association- as many of you know the lion within the Rastafari religion is symbolic for highness and power.
Snoop lion is currently recording a reggae album: “I want to bury Snoop Dogg and become ‘Snoop Lion’ he says. This is appears to be no publicity stunt but rather his way of acknowledging his spiritual growth, spreading peace and harmony with the exception of marijuana. How will his fan base receive this reinvention?
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