
How long would you say that trip to Jamaica was in the works, before you actually went? Was that something you were thinking about for a long time, to just take a month or two off and head down there?

It was, 'Lion! Snoop Lion!' It was just a natural way of conversation in the Jamaican lingo.
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The way we cut the movie up, it looked like Bunny was the first one to say it, but, in actuality, it was being said all through my visit to Jamaica. Snoop Lion: Well, actually, I was hearing it all while I was in Jamaica. Can you talk about what your thoughts were, when (reggae legend) Bunny Wailer first called you that in the film? I remember last year when it was first announced that you were going to be called Snoop Lion, and it was really cool to see the inception of that in this film.

I recently had the chance to speak with Snoop Lion over the phone about the documentary, and his reggae album, also entitled Reincarnated, which will be released on April 23. This fascinating journey lead to the musician changing his name to Snoop Lion, and gives fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at his life in and out of the recording studio. to Jamaica, where he makes his first all reggae album and shares stories about his time coming up through Death Row Records in the 1990s.

After selling more than 30 million records, the 41-year-old musician takes his fans along for the ride as he embarks on a new phase of his career in the documentary Reincarnated, currently playing in limited release. Snoop Lion discusses his journey to Jamaica in the new documentary ReincarnatedĢ0 years ago, a young rapper named Snoop Dogg burst onto the music scene with his first solo album "Doggystyle," and immediately, a star was born.
