It appears Snoop Dogg...or, rather, Snoop Lion is catching a lot of heat in the Rasta world for turning to a Rastafarian overnight. Last year, after a short visit to Jamaica, Snoop caught the holy ghost. And in line of becoming a Rastafarian, he changed his name to Snoop Lion. Former Bob Marley band-mate, Bunny Wailer and some other known Rasta men are not too happy with Snoop's decision, and claim that he is just doing this for publicity.
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Snoop Lion, nee Snoop Dogg, has done the seemingly impossible -- pissed off a bunch of ganja smoking Rastafarians -- who claim he lied about becoming a Rasta just to make a movie and sell records ... and now they're threatening to sue.Bunny Wailer -- an original member of Bob Marley and the Wailers -- tells TMZ he's heated about the docu-film "Reincarnated" ... which documented Snoop's immersion in the Rasta culture as he recorded his first reggae album in Jamaica last year.
Wailer claims Snoop has engaged in "outright fraudulent use of Rastafari Community's personalities and symbolism" -- and has failed to meet "contractual, moral and verbal commitments."
And it's not just Bunny who feels burned -- leaders of something called the Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council (aka Rastafari Millennium Council) -- fired off a 7-page demand letter to Snoop.
In the docs they claim to have made it clear to Snoop that "smoking weed and loving Bob Marley and reggae music is not what defines the Rastafari Indigenous Culture!"
Bottom line ... they want Snoop to stop using the name "Lion" ... pay up the "financial and moral support" they claim he committed, and issue a public apology (tmz.com)
Bunny Wailer should be thanking Snoop Lion for trying to stay relevant. Wasnt he the background singer for Bob Marley?
ReplyDeleteYea, he was. But this is a different issue. He takes the rasta thing as a culture...or even more like a religion. So, he feels snoop shouldn't just come along, and make a mockery of it.
ReplyDeleteOn the contrary Bunny Wailer is the only one making a mockery of Rasta. Rasta is about peace and love and upliftment. Bunny Wailer preaches one thing and does another. Look at all his blogs about Bob Marley and Bob Marley family all venomous
ReplyDeletehmm! I didn't know that much about him. Thanks for this input.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter what wailer does.. Snoop lion is a degenarate fraud.. He will use whatever means available to make a buck.. His music has and always will be garbage, adding a reggae beat won't change that.. First he was a crip, then he converted to Islam, now the rasta movement.. What's next?? The last black samurai when he goes to Japan for a visit? Or maybe a "Santeria priest" when he visits Cuba to make his debut mambo album?? He's a joke..
ReplyDeletethen why is Buddy in Snoops documentary REINCARNATION? this is bullshit lies to get people to read this garbage.
ReplyDeletewhy was he in Snoops documentary about this if he is against him? why did he do vocals on the album? this is garbage.
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