Did snoop dogg change his name to snoop lion

'I know Obama wants me to come to the White House, but what the fuck can I perform? Seriously?'Р”Р„nd he's right, hip-hop doesn't have a grow-old plan. I've got rap songs that will never die,' he says in the film. Snoop has the drawl for reggae, the legendary appetite for weed and a practical need for a future endeavor. And he's gotten plenty of Rasta backlash-Bunny Wailer, who has a Yoda-like presence in the first half of the film, has accused Snoop of abusing the tenants of Rastafari for commercial gain. On the surface, this latest reinvention feels calculated-he did call a press conference to announce his new spiritual conversion after all. Does he run the most competitive Peewee football league in Compton? No doubt, it's an E! reality show. Are there benefits to being hailed 'America's Most Loveable Pimp' on the cover of Rolling Stone? Absolutely.

He's been a Crips banger, a Death Row gansta rapper, a highly decorated pimp, a Farrakhan-devotee, a Pee Wee football coach, a Bar Mitzvah guest, sober (not for too long), a Katy Perry-collaborator and even a cooking companion to Martha Stewart (they made mashed potatoes he poured cognac in his).Р”Р„nd as each phase morphs into the next, Snoop rolls on, an unpretentious hip-hop Madonna cherry-picking the best of each incarnation, all the while making public declarations about his growth, his family, his faith. Snoop isn't the first rapper to change his name (think ODB, P.Diddy) or the first musician to find grace in a spiritual quest (George Harrison, Bob Dylan), but he has set some kind of record for personal transformations. Is he serious? Is this a stunt? Whatever it is, the erstwhile Snoop has gone reggae, and this film, premiering March 14 at South By Southwest, follows him as he embraces, inhales and envelops Rastafarian culture in Jamaica. The first credit: 'Snoop Dogg.' After a few dozen other names comes the last: 'Snoop Lion,' punctuating a transformation that has been met with many a raised eyebrow. As the documentary Reincarnated draws to a close, the cast list scrolls in the order of appearance.

Did snoop dogg change his name to snoop lion