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The Independent
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
DL Hughley tells Snoop Dogg to look at 'the man in the mirror' after Trump inauguration backlash
DL Hughley has spoken out about Snoop Dogg 's response to the backlash he received after performing at the Crypto Ball, which celebrated the election of US President Donald Trump. The Original Kings of Comedy stand-up and actor, 61, suggested the rap icon needed to 'have a conversation with the man in the mirror.' On January 20, the rapper born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, 53, was filmed performing his classic hit 'Nuthin' But a G Thang' at a party hosted by David Sacks, former PayPal COO and newly appointed White House AI and crypto czar. Many of Snoop's fans were appalled at his decision to appear, accusing him of selling out and claiming they would no longer listen to his music. In the wake of the controversy, Snoop shared a video on Instagram in which he said: 'Y'all can't hate enough, I love too much. Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I'm cool, I'm together. Still a Black man. Still 100 percent Black.' Speaking on his podcast The DL Hughley Show, the comedian took issue with Snoop's position. 'We decided that this was a man who was bad for our community, we stuck together,' said Hughley of Trump. "We wouldn't try to tear each other apart. We tried to protect each other. And the very man who we knew would do the very things he's doing, you decided to entertain." He continued: "It isn't anger or hate, it is honestly people being disappointed. But why is the most common refrain whenever somebody gets to a situation like that, you tell us we can't stick together? "It isn't us that you have a problem with, it is you. The 2025 version of you is at odds with the 2017 version of you. So it ain't the us that gotta get it together, it's the you. You need to have a conversation with the man in the mirror. What is so different about the 2017 Snoop, and the 2025 Snoop? It ain't us. We ain't in it.' Hughley argued that Trump and his administration are targeting the Black community through their legislation. 'It is not us who are tearing down affirmative action,' said the comedian. 'It is not us who is tearing down DEI. It is not who are tearing families apart. It is not us who have decided that affirmative action and rollbacks that precedent for 50, 60 years are gone. It is not us that is doing it. It is the man you decided to perform for.'
The Independent
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Snoop Dogg addresses uproar over Trump Crypto Ball inauguration performance
Snoop Dogg appears to have responded to the backlash he received after performing at the Crypto Ball, which celebrated the election of US president Donald Trump. The rapper born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr was filmed performing his classic hit 'Nuthin' But a G Thang' at the party hosted by David Sacks, former PayPal COO and newly appointed White House AI and crypto czar. Many of Snoop's fans were appalled at his decision to appear, accusing him of selling out and claiming they would no longer listen to his music. Snoop, 53, had previously been a vocal critic of Trump but appeared to switch allegiances last year, offering him public praise and declaring he had 'only done great things' for him. In the wake of the controversy, Snoop shared a video to Instagram in which he was seen smoking and enjoying 'Ain't No Need to Worry' by US gospel group The Winans in his car. 'Y'all can't hate enough, I love too much,' he said. 'Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I'm cool, I'm together. Still a Black man. Still 100 per cent Black. All out, 'til you ball out, or 'til you fall out.' He added: 'I ain't going nowhere, I'm right here,' before telling his followers to 'get the crypto'. Organisers of the crypto ball reportedly hailed Trump as 'the first crypto president' on an invitation that circulated on social media. To rub shoulders with tech and cryptocurrency tycoons at the black-tie event, which was held in Washington DC, guests had to spend between $2,500 (£2,010) and $5,000 (£4,021) for tickets. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial (3 months for non-Prime members) Sign up Trump himself did not attend, but pitched himself as a pro-crypto currency candidate for his 2024 campaign despite having previously dismissed bitcoin as 'a scam against the dollar' during his first term as president. While fellow rappers Soulja Boy and Rick Ross also performed at the Crypto Ball, Snoop's attendance was particularly glaring as he had previously stoked controversy with his stance against Trump. In 2017, he sparked outrage by pretending to shoot a clown resembling the then-president in his remix of the BadBadNotGood song 'Lavender'. He referenced him again in his track 'MACA (Make America Crip Again)' that same year, rapping: 'The president say he want to Make America Great Again, f*** that s***.' In another video, posted in 2018, he said 'f*** the president' while smoking a blunt outside the White House. However, in a January 2024 interview, he stated that he had 'nothing but love and respect' for Trump after his pardoning of Michael Harris, the founder of Snoop's first label, Death Row Records, who was in prison for drug offences. Later on in the video, Snoop remarked: 'We gotta learn to big each other up instead of putting each other down. 'That's what we're great at as Black people, we great at tearing each other down… But I'm a strong Black man, I'm cut from a different cloth. You can't tear me down, I'm one of God's children.' Many of his followers seemed unimpressed, with some commenting 'sell out' or 'lost all respect'. 'Snoop you disappointed us,' another fan wrote. 'We been riding with you since we were kids. This one hurts for real.'
