SNOOP LION PLAYS HIS FIRST REGGAE GIG

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Everyone knows who Snoop Dogg is but on Friday night the 40-year-old rapper made history when he performed his first show under his new reggae persona Snoop Lion in Toronto and it’s a spectacle that we hope makes its way Stateside soon.

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Admittedly songs like “P.I.M.P.” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot” don’t sound like lost Bob Marley tunes but it’s clear that Snoop’s new persona is no publicity stunt (he was given his new moniker by a Rastafarian priest in Jamaica) and during the concert he explained, “I always wanted to perform for kids, and for my grandma; this reggae music is a music of love.”
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In addition to new twists on Snoop hits he also included covers of reggae classics like Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It” and Marley’s “Iron, Lion Zion” as he was accompanied by a full band that was hidden to the right side of the stage, preferring to hold court on his own with a stage which was decorated like a jungle with huge stuffed animals… if, you know, jungles had dancing girls in booty shorts.
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So what do you think of Snoop Lion and do you hope that we’ll see more of him soon? Let us know in the comments section below as you listen to some Snoop Dogg Radio!