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Wtf! Snoop Dogg Changes His Name Again To Snoopzilla For Funk Album

From Dogg to Lion and now a Parliament-Funkadelic-inspired name, Snoop has changed his moniker once again.

The 41-year-old rapper's new identity, Snoopzilla, is in honor of his latest musical project, "7 Days of Funk," which is a collaboration with Dam-Funk, reports Rolling Stone.

"We're the babies of the Mothership," Snoopzilla said in a statement. "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."

The duo's first single, "Faden Away," debuted on iTunes Thursday ahead of its Dec. 10 album release.

"Snoop knew what I was thinking without me having to articulate it," Dam-Funk added in the statement. "That's how you know when you gel artistically with someone."

But this isn't the first time they've collaborated. In 2011, the Long Beach, Calif. native invited Dam-Funk onstage to rock out with him at the South by Southwest Music Festival.

The funk-inspired album will also reintroduce rappers Daz and Kurupt from Snoop's Tha Dogg Pound.

"These beats were made for him and he laid down some of the smoothest harmonies and melodies I've ever heard," Funk continued. "It's hip-hop, but you can also hear what we grew up on, from Zapp to Evelyn 'Champagne' King and Patrice Rushen."