NewsOctober, 16 Dogg turns Snoopzilla for albumSnoop Dogg has changed his name once again - to become Snoopzilla. The Californian rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr, has picked the moniker for a new collaborative self-titled funk project with Dam-Funk, titled 7 Days Of Funk, reported Consequence Of Sound. The 41-year-old is reportedly paying a tribute to funk bassist Bootsy Collins, who referred to himself as Bootzilla. "We're the babies of the Mothership," Snoop said in a press release. "I've had funk influences in my music my whole career. Dam-Funk is cold. He's keeping the funk alive and I knew I had to get down with him." He added: "We thought it would be great if we did something together. So what we did was we made it happen. It's a matter of respecting each other's crafts. He opened his door for me to do my thing... It was too big to be a song, it had to be a movement - a movement on 7 Days Of Funk." The debut album from the pair is expected to be released in the US on December 10. Snoop swapped his canine affiliations for a more feline affections, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion in 2012. The move came after he converted to Rastafarianism and reinvented himself as a reggae artist for his reggae-influenced album Reincarnated. The hip-hop star is now working on his last solo studio album under his rap moniker Snoop Dogg.
Source: music.uk.msn.com
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