# Rapper Snoop Dogg now wishes to be known as Snoop Lion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043 "2012-08-01T09:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/21 "2012-08-01T14:52:21Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Is there legal standing for him to start receiving royalties from all of the downloads by college kids of Bob Marley’s Legend? Only if you include Marley’s ghost. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/22 "2012-08-01T15:41:52Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Google only shows up one hit for this phrase! Well, two, in a couple of minutes… I’m considering it for my new username. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/23 "2012-08-01T18:01:01Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Snoop Lion actually replaces Snoop Snow Leopard. I always confuse Snoop Snow Leopard with Snoop Lion in Winter. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/24 "2012-08-01T20:10:50Z")
Hey, the guy is trying for a little self-awareness. That’s OK in my book (and the [music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x__9qYCNMQ) isn’t bad, really.) ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/25 "2012-08-01T20:16:48Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > I see it more as an escalation. > > Snopp Dogg –\> Snoop Lion –\> Snoop Velociraptor –\> Snoop Tyrannosaurus –\> Snoop Godzilla. Put him up against Dr. MothDre and you’ve got yourself a Saturday afternoon on the SyFy channel! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/26 "2012-08-01T20:20:03Z")
I think Snoop spent about a month in Jamaica I’m trying to imagine how much weed he smoked during that time. If he’d come up with something much weirder than “the reincarnation of Bob Marley” I wouldn’t have been surprised. The song, meanwhile, is pretty decent. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/27 "2012-08-01T20:21:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Snoop Doggy Dogg was his “first” name when he showed up with Dr Dre on The Chronic (at least that’s where I first heard of him). > > I listened to la la la which I gather is his first reggae single. I didn’t really care for it but I’ll be interested to hear some others, I think he’s got the talent to put out some better stuff. Do we know who his producer is? He first showed up with Dre on the soundtrack to a movie - Homicide? Had Goldblum in it, IIRC. Snoop was featured on the song 187 (at least he say that Police code a lot during the song). He was nicknamed Snoopy as a kid and took Doggy Dogg off another rapper, Trent Doggy Dogg, again IIRC. He has a great flow - I am not sure how it will translate to reggae, but I will give it a listen. Snoop tends to do interesting stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/28 "2012-08-01T20:23:54Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Snoop Lion actually replaces Snoop Snow Leopard. He should know we’re all waiting for him to be Snoop Mountain Lion, shouldn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/29 "2012-08-01T20:25:19Z")
“Snoop Lion” sounds vaguely like a Jamaican person saying “snowblind.” He’s obviously turned to cocaine. It’s a cry for help, people. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/30 "2012-08-01T20:39:19Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > He first showed up with Dre on the soundtrack to a movie - Homicide? Deep Cover. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/31 "2012-08-01T20:53:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Deep Cover. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/32 "2012-08-01T21:54:34Z")
No love for Snoop Honey Badger? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/33 "2012-08-01T22:16:43Z")
Weird- now he’s going by Chris Gaines. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/34 "2012-08-01T22:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Also, he’s the reincarnation of Bob Marley. [/QUOTE] According to Wikipedia, Snoop was already nine years old when Marley died. Is it _legal_ to reincarnate as someone who’s already that old, or is Mr. Marley violating some sort of anti-possession statute here? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/35 "2012-08-02T01:39:58Z")
Does this mean that **woodstockbirdybird** has to change his name too? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/36 "2012-08-02T02:02:41Z")
Did you guys click on that link? He really looks like a child molester these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/37 "2012-08-02T02:10:01Z")
Snoop Liony Lion? Do they even have lions in Jamaica? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/38 "2012-08-02T02:15:24Z")
Iron Lion Zion! ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/39 "2012-08-02T02:21:48Z")
Wait - this new venture is [produced by Diplo](http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/08/01/snoop-dogg-reggae-career-baffled-dr-dre/)? Snoop is such an asshole, but I may have to give it a listen. In private. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-snoop-dogg-now-wishes-to-be-known-as-snoop-lion/630043/40 "2012-08-02T02:36:48Z")
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