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Snoop Dogg is taking a break from hip-hop, since he realized he is
Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae, as
Snoop Lion, instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.
The "Gin and Juice" singer, said at a news conference 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."
Snoop Lion 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,"
Snoop said 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.
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