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Snoop Lion attends GBK and DirecTV Celebrity Beach Bowl Thank You Lounge at DTV SuperFan Stadium at Mardi Gras World on February 2, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images For DirecTV)

Snoop Lion aims for the White House with ‘Reincarnated’

Courtney Garcia
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Lion, has shifted from the grim realities of hip hop to the positive vibrations of reggae with his new album and documentary film, 'Reincarnated'...
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Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician. The late singer is seen here wearing a more untamed version of dreadlocks.

21 things you didn't know about Bob Marley

John Shore
theGRIO REPORT - On what would have been Bob Marley's 67th birthday, author John Shore offers some insights into the Marley you probably didn't know...
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Bob Marley’s granddaughter Donisha Prendergast, right, dances to reggae music during the celebration of Marley's 68th birthday at the yard of his Kingston home, in Jamaica, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Marley's relatives and old friends were joined by hundreds of tourists to dance and chant to the pounding of drums to honor the late reggae icon who died of cancer in 1981 at age 36. (AP Photo/ David McFadden)

Fans mark Marley's b'day in Jamaica

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hundreds of tourists have joined Rastafarian priests and reggae musicians at Bob Marley's old house in Jamaica to mark the 68th anniversary of the late reggae icon's birth...
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Snoop Dogg, now known as Snoop Lion, gets approval from Rohan Marley.

'Snoop Lion' gets the blessing of Bob Marley's son

Hassan Washington
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Snoop Dogg is now known as Snoop Lion, since his conversion to Rastafarianism on July 30, 2012...
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Buju Banton awaits ruling in mistrial request

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TAMPA, Florida (AP) - A Florida juror who voted to convict Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton on drug charges has denied improperly researching the case during the trial..
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Buju Banton asks judge to reconsider drug sentence

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Buju Banton's new attorney has asked a federal judge in Tampa to reconsider the 10-year prison sentence the Jamaican reggae singer is serving on two drug charges...
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Late reggae icon Peter Tosh receives Jamaica honor

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Jamaica's government is honoring firebrand reggae star Peter Tosh 25 years after his murder...
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Judge rejects Buju Banton plea for new US trial

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TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A federal judge has denied reggae singer Buju Banton's request for a new trial, saying there's no need because of a previous appeals court ruling...
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Jamaican DJ Ranking Trevor dies in road crash

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60...
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LA names day in honor of Bob Marley

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's Bob Marley Day in Los Angeles...
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