Snoop documentary Reincarnated has SXSW premiere
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Snoop Lion poses for a portrait at the Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Expectations were high when the rapper born Calvin Broadus, who rose to fame in the gangsta rap 1990s as Snoop Doggy Dogg, emerged on Thursday for the premiere of his new movie, album and identity. -- FILE PHOTO: JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In hip-hop terms, using three names in four decades qualifies as a sign of remarkable consistency.
So expectations were high when Snoop Lion, the rapper born Calvin Broadus who rose to fame in the gangsta rap 1990s as Snoop Doggy Dogg, emerged on Thursday for the premiere of his new movie, album and identity.
For Reincarnated, the documentary that made its domestic debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival, film-makers followed Snoop to Jamaica, where he marinated in Rastafari culture. He emerged with the new name, plus a reggae album and a political agenda.
Some of his views marked more of a departure than others. In the song No Guns Allowed, for example, he renounces gunplay.
