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Question of the Week: Would You, Like Snoop Dogg (er, Lion), Change Your Name?

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By Velvet Roper staff 8/15/12 10:00am

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This week we asked actors, actresses, directors and Miss USA (!), what they thought of the name news: the rapper Snoop Dogg recently announced, after a trip to Jamaica, that he now wants to be referred to as Snoop Lion. He calls the moniker shift “an evolution”–we call it a risk! Is there a stronger branded name in rap? (Other than, perhaps, his old partner and producer Dr. Dre, he of the Dr. Pepper commericals and omnipresent headphones.)

In any case, everyone had an opinion: Vivica Fox, Kick Kennedy, Chaske Spencer, and more. So we collected their thoughts and answers to the question: Do you think “Snoop Lion” is an improvement on “Snoop Dogg”? Would you change your name, given the chance?
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The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg
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Vivica Fox

"Snoop Dog changed his name to Snoop Lion! I have only one thing to say: OMG. I wouldn't change my name—I'm already a fox!"
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Sami Gayle

"I'd go by 'Sam and Cheese.' It's what one of the producers, Bingo Gubelmann, used to call me on the set of Detachment."
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Lee Toland Krieger, director of Celeste and Jesse Forever

"I think he should take a cue from Prince. Prince tried to change his name to 'The Artist', and no one calls him that, so good luck. I don't think I'm cool enough to get away with something like that, but good luck to Snoop."
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Chaske Spencer

"I don't think I could change my name. I'm pretty used to it."
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Olivia Culpo, Miss USA

"I would be Captain USA, instead of Miss USA"
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Kick Kennedy

"Change my last name? Why would I do that?"