What’s a reggae song without the lingo? What’s a lion without a roar ... gold and red hues of rasta -- and, conveniently, still gets to smoke the same high-quality ganja.

One Love Snoop. Reggae Snoop. On TBS’ late-night talk show “Conan” last Monday, the MC introduced himself to America’s viewing public as Snoop Lion — a spinoff persona that the rapper ...

By Steve Bloom Call him Rasta Dogg. Rap superstar Snoop Dogg recently donned a tam and recorded a reggae album in Jamaica, under the name “Berhane,” or Snoop Lion. “This awakening was ...

Snoop Lion, his newly minted reggae identity — leaving hip-hop behind to sing and smoke up a storm in his new rasta life. The doc, a co-production of Vice Films and Snoop's own Snoopadelic Films ...

Oh, yeah, and he was “rechristened Snoop Lion by Rastafarian priests.” Snoop made the announcement at a press conference last night. Wearing a Rasta knit cap, sunglasses and a Kobe Bryant ...

I just didn’t have my third eye open, but it’s wide open right now.” Lion recently released his first reggae single, “La La La” on iTunes and Amazon. A full album, Reincarnated ...

The lion was the symbol of Solomon's Tribe of Judah (Christians see Jesus as the lion of Judah). Bob Marley, the reggae star and most famous Rasta, sang often of the "lion of Zion," referring to ...

The California rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr, is set to release his first reggae LP in February ... priest; the Lion of Judah is an important Rasta symbol, rooted in Ethiopian ...

This is not irie. Snoop Lion is being threatened with a lawsuit by Bunny Wailer. The Reggae legend is accusing the Long Beach rapper recently turned Rasta of perpetrating a fraud to sell records ...

Reggae pioneer Bunny Wailer is the most notable skeptic. Wailer bestowed the Lion name on Snoop, but has since repeatedly questioned the 41-year-old rapper's intentions and commitment to Rasta ...

Reggae star Alpha Blondy is probably the most famous Ivorian after Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba. The Ivorian Rasta village was established by local artists and musicians in 1999 and currently ...

For many international visitors to Notting Hill Carnival – dreadlocked Italians, Japanese in Rasta bonnets ... Vendor's roaring lion logo, the most recognisable symbol in British reggae, might ...