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Originally Posted by Severian
Wow, Snoop Puddy Tatt Is really gonna run his mouth about a music legend like that? I'm disappointed, but not at all surprised.
All that shit about being a star. That's how diva bitches talk. Bunny has always been on the relative belly side of fame; a cult artist from a genre that has never really been popularized. Still, people know who the fuck He is, and when he plays music, people listen.
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EXACTLY. Plus, Bunny is a man of principle, he had some lawsuits in 2004 with some shady promoters who dissed him and didn't pay what they signed, so he cancelled the shows, and the promoters tried to smear him. He responded from his website like he did on his facebook with a lengthy (several pages) letter explaining the crooked set up and why he had to back out of those shows. This situation is similar. It seems Bunny and a promoter in Jamaica had an arrangement with Snoop for a show in Jamaica, but then Snoop reneged on the signed aspects of the deal, so Bunny got in his ear. When Snoop didn't readjust, Bunny felt that Snoop was just purely exploiting Rastafari with this whole Snoop Lion thing. The fact the Snoop is now close with Rita Marley, who has had many legal issues with Bunny in the past, probably all the more fueled the fire. Bunny Wailer is quiet, peaceful, yet calculated man. If he speaks out, its for good reason. Me? I think Snoop is genuine in trying to become a Rasta, but he will always be Snoop, and Snoop is a commodity, so his Snoop Lion will inherently become a commodity too. Plus, I've known a lot of long-time Rastas whose attitude was about as shitty and condescending as Snoop ever could be, so these set a bad example for Snoop in his process of conversion. If he is hanging out with bad-attitude Rastas, he will not reform his old gangsta ways. HOWEVER, and again, the quotes I posted were from a website that put them a bit out of context, when you read the ENTIRETY of that Rolling Stone interview, Snoop comes across a bit less of an asshole. He comes across more like a low-life gangsta kind of muthafucker that is trying to reform, but old habits, ways of speaking and reacting die slow.