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Snoop Dogg, who has now changed his name to Snoop Lion, has said that he is Bob Marley reincarnated. The former gangster rapper also sad that he is tired of hip-hop and is now embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about. The artist said at a news conference on Monday in New York that he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to”. The 40-year-old is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated” in the fall. He said that in Jamaica , he connected with Bob Marley’s spirit and is now “Bob Marley reincarnated”. Bob Marley’s son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing. “I feel like I’ve always been Rastafarian,” Fox News quoted Snoop as saying of the spiritual Jamaican movement. While there, he said, he visited a temple, was renamed Snoop Lion and was also given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning “light of the world”. 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. Snoop Dogg said that although he’s not completely retiring from hip-hop, he is “tired” of the genre because it is no longer challenging. “Reggae was calling ... it’s a breath of fresh air,” he said. “Rap isn’t challenging; it’s not appealing,” Snoop added. A coffee table book about his rebirth is also in the works. “It feels like I’m 19 or 20 years old again,” he added.

Snoop Dogg changes name to Snoop Lion