Snoop Lion, nee Snoop Dogg, has done the seemingly impossible -- pissed off a bunch of ganja smoking Rastafarians -- who claim he lied about becoming a Rasta just to make a movie and sell records ... and now they're threatening to sue.

Bunny Wailer -- an original member of Bob Marley and the Wailers -- tells TMZ he's heated about the docu-film "Reincarnated" ... which documented Snoop's immersion in the Rasta culture as he recorded his first reggae album in Jamaica last year.

Wailer claims Snoop has engaged in "outright fraudulent use of Rastafari Community's personalities and symbolism" -- and has failed to meet "contractual, moral and verbal commitments."

And it's not just Bunny who feels burned -- leaders of something called the Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council (aka Rastafari Millennium Council) -- fired off a 7-page demand letter to Snoop.

In the docs they claim to have made it clear to Snoop that "smoking weed and loving Bob Marley and reggae music is not what defines the Rastafari Indigenous Culture!"

Bottom line ... they want Snoop to stop using the name "Lion" ... pay up the "financial and moral support" they claim he committed, and issue a public apology.

If Snoop refuses -- FIRE WILL BUN FI HIM!! Or in layman's terms ... they're gonna sue his ass.

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"smoking weed and loving Bob Marley and reggae music is not what defines the Rastafari Indigenous Culture!"

GOOD LORD TELL THEM AGAIN

I know a bunch and i mean a BUNCH of mother fuckers that think they are either part of Rastafarian culture or are actually celebrating the religion.

People think if you smoke weed, listen to Bob Marley or Peter Tosh and wear the Rastafarian hats you are part of the culture

It's even worse for those who listen to underground reggae they really think there part of the culture cause their hipster Rastafarians

Meh, Bunny's always suing somebody 'bout something!

Shocking..............

Please. Bunny didn't even have to remind me how fake Snoop is.

I don't like Snoop Whatever and his new image, still I hope Uncle Bunny won't pull a "Leslie Kong" on him, that would be too much of a punishment.

has failed to meet "contractual, moral and verbal commitments."

Seems a little strong. Better go after everyone wearing a cross that doesn't adhere to everything in the bible, too.

question, pardon my ignorance on the rastifarian religion? but isn't one of the tenets of rastifarian to be vegetarian/vegan?

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Rococo said:

question, pardon my ignorance on the rastifarian religion? but isn't one of the tenets of rastifarian to be vegetarian/vegan?

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Yep.

Snoop just wants an excuse to smoke weed when the government tries to take it away from him

aardvark15 said:

Snoop just wants an excuse to smoke weed when the government tries to take it away from him

Yeah that's all that was about. He wasn't serious about being Rasta. Hell he tried to pass off being a Muslim a while ago!

The rapper formerly known as relevant

2020 said:

The rapper formerly known as relevant

Pretty much.