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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."

[news.com.au]

Because in spite of the massive exposure that Tupac and Biggie still attract, we all know who REALLY created hip-hop.

Don't forget the grammar!

When they're together, they're a Jay-Z song. When she's by herself, she's an N.W.A. song. GENIUS.

The song for Nicki Minaj's new music video isn't as awful as her last one, but couldn't she have just skipped the song and gone straight to the video?

Lil Wayne announced today that he'd be taking an indefinite hiatus from rapping to dedicate himself to a pursuit that will (hopefully) give him much less overexposure: skateboarding. Oh yeah, and that thing with the Mars landing happened, too.

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.

With all the feel-good family movies Ice Cube's been making lately, they might as well go back and paste pun-friendly clip art over his face in the old N.W.A. videos, Lucas-style.

Of course, this is just the opinion of a conscious rap fan.

...you DID see the poster on the wall behind him, right?

What have you done with Bill Cosby and why are you wearing his sweaters?

FREE VARG.

Oh, he's free already?

Well, uh, uh, I mean ...

FREE VARG.