The recent name change of the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg inspired a few spins on his newfound identity.

If P. Diddy can change his name and Willie Nelson can release a reggae album, why can't Snoop Dogg do both? The 40-year-old rapper formally announced today that he would be changing his name to Snoop Lion and abandoning rap to focus on reggae.

At a recent press conference, the newly-christened Snoop Lion described his life-changing visit to a Rastafarian temple while in Jamaica recording for his new album:

"I didn't know that until I went to the temple, where the High Priest asked me what my name was, and I said, 'Snoop Dogg.' And he looked me in my eyes and said, 'No more. You are the light; you are the lion.' From that moment on, it's like I had started to understand why I was there."

Snoop Dogg Lion is currently working on a reggae album titled "Reincarnated," which will be released alongside a documentary of the same name that will cover Snoop's recent career shift.

[news.com.au]

The sublime effect of this pairing is more transcendent without context, but if you REALLY want to know where this picture came from, it was from some event sponsoring a Star Wars-themed Adidas shoe.

"Ruh roh, Rocky!"

We also would have accepted, in place of Kid Rock's face, the face of Shaggy of "It Wasn't Me" fame. Shaggy for Shaggy.

Truly a masterpiece worthy of Salvador Dalí. An insightful commentary on our modern-day culture of reappropriation and its inevitable distortion and perversion of the original cultural artifact. 10/10.