LOS ANGELES -- The Long Beach, Calif., rapper Snoop Dogg has several iconic traits -- a laid-back and menacing flow, evocatively violent lyrics and a deep affection for cannabis sativa among them.

First came Snoop Doggy Dogg, then Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion, and now Snoopzilla. The rapper and singer-songwriter (real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.) has changed up his moniker once again for a new ...

Drake, Rita Ora and Chris Brown are among the artists to feature on Snoop Lion's new album. The rapper will release his first reggae album Reincarnated on April 23, with Diplo and the Major Lazer ...

That Snoop Lion Reincarnated album was... interesting. While I watched the documentary and understood Snoop 's need and desire to hit Jamaica and reinvent himself as an older man, I just wasn't hugely ...

Snoop Dogg wants you to know he's tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about. Also, he's got a new name: Snoop Lion. The ...

Rapper Snoop Dogg's image makeover, including a name change to Snoop Lion and a reggae album already in the works, is the most recent of a number of image transformations in the world of entertainment ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg says he was "born again" during a visit to Jamaica in January, is changing his name to Snoop Lion and is ready to make music that his "kids and grandparents can listen to." ...