We’ll give you a hint. It’s an animal name. It’s not a cat. It’s not a goldfish. And it’s certainly not a hippopotamus.
It’s a lion. Yes. Snoop Dogg is no longer. From now on, you can only refer to him as ‘Snoop Lion.’
Roar.
Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., says he’s done with rap and is moving on to reggae. This from News.com.au:
“I went to the temple, where the High Priest asked me what my name was, and I said, ‘Snoop Dogg’. And he looked me in my eyes and said, ‘No more. You are the light; you are the lion.’
“I have always said I was Bob Marley reincarnated. I feel I have always been a Rastafari. I just didn’t have my third eye open, but it’s wide open right now.
“When I make records I like to come from the heart. On this particular project, I had no plans on going to Jamaica, making a reggae record. The spirit called me. And, you know, anytime the spirit calls you, you gotta know that it’s serious.
“I basically let them know what I want. It’s not that I want to become Snoop Dogg in a reggae track … I want to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion.”
And speaking of celebs who have changed their names….
Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman
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He used to be known as Snoop Doggy Dog – so I thought he was going to become plain old snoop – what a wally! Don’t think it will catch on…
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Snoop W A N K E R or T O O L. Come on, these guys are only legends in their own lunch boxes, please, Mamamia readers are more sophisticated.
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Snoop’s been smoking too much shit again
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He can call himself Frank Sinatra for all I care.
I can’t stand this guy and however many times he changes his professional name, I won’t be buying his merchandise or going to his concerts.
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good grief. after all this time? he must have been snoop dogg for 30 years now! incidentally, how long was ‘prince’, ‘prince’, before he changed his name?
the worst name change was definitely ‘p-diddy’. i remember someone remarking that it was what a 2-year-old said when he needed to go to the toilet, and it’s stuck with me.
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Fo’ Shizzle, Mamamia. You shouldn’t knock a man’s religious beliefs… which is kind of what this post is doing.
Oh, and Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson (that was the first name on her birth certificate.) Baker was her mother’s name, and her mother changed Norma’s name soon after she was born, but she was born Mortenson.
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Snoop Lion was born 10 years before Bob Marley died, I don’t know how he could think he’s his reincarnation. Then again I’m not too familiar with the rules of reincarnation.
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