Summary
Snoop Dogg faced backlash from fans after performing at the “Crypto Ball,” a black-tie event celebrating Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.
Snoop, who once criticized Trump in his music and public statements, praised him in 2024 and performed his hit “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” at the $2,500-$5,000 per ticket event hosted by tech moguls.
Fans labeled the performance “embarrassing” and “disrespectful,” citing his past anti-Trump sentiments, including a music video and song that mocked Trump during his first term.
As my wife pointed out - has Snoop ever said “you want to pay me? No, I’m not interested”…I see nothing wrong with a performer pulling a paycheck. Could he say no and earn nothing, sure - why would he? I, personally, think that having Snoop in the suck-circle might get weed on the radar as something that needs to be normalized.
Never seen “Nothing wrong with selling out” said so patronizingly.
Perhaps the message should have been that Snoop was never really in “our” corner. His interests have probably not been in looking out for other people, and so maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that he makes a decision that benefits him while (what most expect) harms most of the rest of us.
Maybe the take away is that we shouldn’t assume that any celebrities, even if they have voiced support for marginalized people in the past, will take action that isn’t in their self interest. I won’t echo the sentiment that there is “nothing wrong” with this, but expecting people to act against their self interest may be a bit like trying to shame Sam Jackson’s character from Django Unchained.
That much I agree with. Still holding him responsible for backing fascism.
As Trump had proved - there is no bad publicity, there is only publicity.
Who pays you matters.
I would never accept money from Trump. Or rather, I would and very publicly donate it to some cause that makes Trump mad.
You have the safety in your life apparently to decide that your moral high ground is more important than your income. I can not speak for Snoop but for myself I need any work I can get if it pays.
Snoop is worth ~160M he could definitely have turned down this gig
People really out here defending the poor poor millionaires living paycheck to paycheck.
Is he? Those things about celebs are often very wrong.
There’s a fat orange fascist with a dumb platinum combover in Florida who desperately needs his ass kicked. I bet you could get a lot of people to pay you to do that.
He bought $15M in NFTs three years ago. Chaps not hurting for scratch.
Perhaps it’s everything mentioned in the article which includes a list of anti-Trump lyrics he wrote in the past
You know he doesn’t smoke or smoke as much anymore.