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What's your pick: Snoop Lion or Snoop Dogg?
As US artist Snoop Lion performs for thousands of fans around SA, we asked concert goers what the name change means to them.
Snoop Dogg Kindly Asks to 'Take Yo Panties Off' for 'This Is the End' Soundtrack
Snoop Dogg's latest album, the reggae-heavy Reincarnated , was recently slapped with a Worst New Music label from SPIN.
Hologram rap stars to appear at Rock the Bells hip hop festival
Deceased rapper Tupac Shakur's hologram appearance alongside Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg at the Cochella music festival in 2012 made headlines, and now late rappers Eazy-E and Ol' Dirty Bastard will follow in his holographic footsteps.
Q&A: Buzz Aldrin on Going to Mars
In his newest book, "Mission to Mars," Aldrin lays out a comprehensive plan that would lead to permanent human settlements on Mars in the next 25 years.
Just days 'til Snoop roars into SA
With so much drama in the L-B-C, it's kind of hard being Snoop D-O-Double-G. Hmm.
[News] Eve "Lip Lock" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Album Stream
UPDATE #2: Eve enlists Snoop Loon, Missy Elliott, Juicy J and Pusha T for her fourth solo LP, "Lip Lock." According to Rap-Up.com , Ruff Ryders' First Lady will drop her first album in 11 years on May 14.
Snoop Lion roars his way to SA
The last time Snoop was in South Africa he went by the name Snoop Dogg. He has since changed his AKA and now experiences life as Snoop Lion.
Even the toughest among us are mommas' boys at heart. As proof, we offer seven musical odes to mom by some of the world's greatest rappers.
Snoop Dogg -- $546,000 Tax Lien Dropped ... Like It's Hot
Snoop Dogg could have bought 153,000 Big Macs ... 289,000 Chalupas ... or 500,000 bags of Cheetos ... but instead he chose to pay off his tax bill, all $546,000 of it!!! TMZ broke the story ... the IRS slapped Snoop -- real name Calvin Broadus -- with a massive tax lien back in February, claiming he still owed back taxes for the years 2009 and ... (more)
Democrats and Republicans Agree: Justin Bieber Sucks
It's the rare cause or event that unites Republicans and Democrats these days, but according to a music survey by Public Policy Polling , members of both parties can agree: Justin Bieber totally sucks.
Snoop Lion Talks Pimp Past: "It Was Never About the Money"
"As a kid I dreamed of being a pimp, I dreamed of having cars and clothes and bitches to match," the reggae artist formerly known as rapper Snoop Dogg says in the latest issue of Rolling Stone .
Rapper Snoop Dogg says he no longer drinks when out at clubs, and hits the gym to keep his energy levels up for performances.
Album Review - Snoop Lion: Reincarnated
"There's so much misunderstanding in musica we're losing so many great musicians and we don't love them while they're here," says rapper Calvin Broadus in song "Rebel Way" on album Reincarnated .
Enter the lobby of Serenity West Recording on Hollywood Boulevard and one is engulfed with the smell of marijuana.
LL Cool J eclectic in 'Authentic'
On his 13th studio album, "Authentic," he delivers an eclectic mix of songs with a variety of guest singers that elevate the material to a worthy listening experience.
[News] DubCNN & DJ R-Tistic Present "The Timeline" Download & Mixtape Stream
Longtime West Coast Hip Hop website DubCNN.com and Los Angeles, California mixmaster DJ R-Tistic have partnered to release a 79 minute mixtape that tells the story of the music both love, I have to honestly say this might be the most comprehensive and well put together history lesson on West Coast Hip-Hop that I have ever heard.
Many celebrities are lending their voice in support of gun control, and now Snoop Dogg explains why he is rapping to end gun violence in a new song.
New Music from LL Cool J, Kenny Chesney, Iggy Pop & more
Review: LL Cool J delivers eclectic 13th album Christina Jaleru, Associated Press LL Cool J, "Authentic" LL Cool J knows how to play well with others.
This isna t genre-bending, ita s culture co-opting
I don't mind when artists step outside of their genres. I loved Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak.
[News] Snoop Lion Says Some Gangsta Rap Today Is "Not Real"
The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg says artists had to prove their backgrounds in the past and that Hip Hop has changed.