Snoop Dogg to release new reggae album as ‘Snoop Lion’

by Similoluwa Ojurongbe |
HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 17: Snoop Dogg attends the Premiere of Magnolia Pictures' 'Marley' at the ArcLight Hollywood on April 17, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 17: Snoop Dogg attends the Premiere of Magnolia Pictures' 'Marley' at the ArcLight Hollywood on April 17, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Snoop Dogg is transforming his image at the ripe age of 40. The rapper/actor will is taking on the new persona of ‘Snoop Lion’. His new reggae band The Jungle have released “La La La” their new single on the album titled Reincarnated.

Major Lazer is credited as executive producer and the single features the former gangster rapper performing with a sort of Bob Marley accent and a very relaxed guitar in the background. Snoop Lion is set to perform for the first time at Toronto’s Caribana festival.

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