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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...