![]() Check out "So Long," "Lighters Up," and "Fruit Juice. Recorded in Jamaica in conjunction with a documentary film, it features an intriguing guest list (pop stars Miley Cyrus and Drake, plus dancehall favorites Mr. Snoop Dogg converted to Rastafarianism and changed his name to Snoop Lion. On Reincarnated, he ditches the rapping altogether, changing his name, enlisting new producers (including Diplo, Major Lazer, and Dre Skull), and dropping a straight-up reggae album. Album cover for Snoop Lion's Reincarnated (2012) Snoop eventually began smoking weed again and in 2012 he officially changed his stage name for the first time in 14 years. While he's definitely not the menace he was in his youth, he continues to put out new music all the time and is unafraid to collaborate with anybody, from The Pussycat Dolls to Willie Nelson. In the two decades since, he's lived large on Death Row Records, faded away some during the No Limit years, and then blown up bigger than ever, doing the reality-TV thing, coaching youth football, starring in movies, and palling around with other celebrity fixtures like Martha Stewart and Donald Trump. He was an instant superstar when he first hit the scene, becoming the face/voice of crossover gangsta rap music, beating a murder case as his debut solo album topped the charts. Over his career of 20+ years, Snoop Dogg has gone through many changes.
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