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Comparison and Constrast
Ricardo Arambula
Chema Guijarro Eng 09 (MWF) 9/5/2014
Comparison and Contrast Essay Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. is one artist who had an incredible change in his career and his personal life. Cordozar best known as Snoop Dogg claims that he is Bob Marley reincarnated. After he visited Jamaica he said that this island changed his mind and his life, he had a spiritual and artistic awakening. The 41 years old rapper believe that peace and love are better than drugs and guns, is hard to believe that one of the greatest and famous rappers in the world would change from one day to other. The dog became a lion, those lyrics that used to talk about money and drug dealing now talk about peace, love and forgiveness, the gangsta rapper that everybody know had change to a Rastafarian.
Snoop Dogg is on the top ten best rappers in history, well recognized by his hits and songs with other greatest rappers like Dr. Dree and 50 Cent. Nobody in the world would imagine that one of the greatest rappers will change from rap to reggae. In 2012 Snoop went to Jamaica to spend some vacation time, but that Snoop who went to the island never comes back again. When he was there, he went to a temple and had an experience that changed his life. “I didn’t know that until I went to the temple, where the High Priest asked me what ma a 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.” Snoop said that everything changed from that moment, said that he felt like if he was blind all those years, rapping about violence and stupid things that are creating chaos and creating violence on those minds who listen his rap. The spiritual development has revived Lion’s artistic energy and he is ready to start with a new message to his audience. The mind and spirit of this man are completely different, other ideas and intentions come from the mind of this artist. Snoop is other person when he became Lion. Now that he is Bob

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