Rapper was filmed performing at the ‘Crypto Ball’ in Washington D.C. on Friday
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.
It's interesting how the past few months have made it super easy to tell who is an indefensible piece of shit. Lots of previously unassuming-to-"cool" personalities suddenly going whole-hog for fascism in the US.
Stallone is one I never thought about in a political sense and now I know he’s a piece of shit, and I don’t want you watch him anymore. Gibson was a guy who everyone knew was trash but he just keeps doubling down, Jon voight as well, plus he bit Kramer’a arm that time
I’m someone who for years has been downvoted for saying so and for pointing out his past gang ties and profiteering off crime, I also get downvoted when I point out Tyson is a rapist piece of shit and to this day wants to cause harm to the woman he raped.
trump is a rapist, are you as active about your proselytizing about that? Seems your focus may have been exclusively on black people that are bad dudes, maybe that was part of what people were picking up on and down voting.
Based on personal believes I wouldn't like perform for Trump if I was in Snoops position. But there's no denying that Trump is legitimately the president starting this evening and by your logic anyone that works for trump directly or indirectly as part of the government legitimizes or serves Trump as president in one way or another
No, that's not how my logic works. Bureaucrats, technocrats, and representatives are serving the Constitution and the American people. They are not serving Trump. Snoop doesn't have to perform at the inauguration. He chose to work for Trump.
Trump is a traitor, rapist, authoritarian, un-American, anti-democratic, an oligarch, a wannabe gangster, conman, antichrist, and an all around piece of shit.
Anyone who tolerates him is also a piece of shit and an enemy of all free people.
I'm sure this 100% about Snoop's crypto interests with Captain "money laundering" Trump about to put someone in charge of picking what the whole crypto scene looks like.
Snoop Dogg has been active in the non-fungible token (NFT) space, mostly in 2021 when he purchased a handful of NFTs. Snoop Dogg spent 4,185.5 Ethereum (ETH) tokens in 2021 on five NFTs:
"Right-click and Save As Guy" for 1,600 ETH in December 2021
"Some Asshole" for 1,300 ETH in September 2021
"CryptoPunk #3831" for 850 ETH in July 2021
"Destiny" for 225 ETH in October 2021
"Fidenza #351" for 210.5 ETH in September 2021
Snoop Dogg likely spent around $15 million to acquire the NFTs. The collection is currently worth between $5 million and $10 million.
Snoop Dogg created his own NFT project in 2022. Called "Snoop's Stash Box," the project sold around 9,000 NFTs for $5,000 each, allowing the rapper to bring in $45 million in less than a week.
Also makes me wonder if he got any $TRUMP meme coins for his appearance. Oh and of course Mrs. Trump got in on the grift with a $MELANIA meme coin also.
It’s been pretty clear for a while now that Snoop is a poser, just like Ice T. They play a part, but they don’t actually stand for anything. It’s a shame that, as they’ve aged, these assholes have undermined the merit of their earlier work.
I can see why you'd say that but they still seem like distinctly separate situations. I also dont think people are generally confused on where he stands on a given topic.
It's not like he even needs the money, like he was in a desperate situation and it was this gig or lose the farm. Just did it because he doesn't care and is greedy. Disgusting and disappointing.
He might very well "need" the money. People generally evolve spending habits that meet or exceed their incomes, even when those incomes seem impossibly huge by us normal people's standards.
I lost respect for him a while ago, actually I don’t think I ever respected him and more enjoyed his music.
He’s a fence sitter and it’s hard to know what he believes in. Look at the KDot thing where he was sharing a Drake song and when KDot called it out was like yeah my bad I was high.
Lol Snoop Dogg has been a doggie dog sellout for a very long doggie dog time. The dude that rapped on Deep Cover, the Chronic, and Doggystyle might as well be a completely different dude altogether from the asshat pushing cell phones and making TV appearances with Martha Stewart. The same applies for Ice Cube.
Snoop has always been a second rate sell out who has to make up words to be able to rhyme. He can fuck right off this planet. He's worn out his welcome
I'm just saying millionaire celebrities are not something to pin one's hopes on for any sort of integrity. There are many that have performed for other dictators. This is just one more to add to that list...
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.
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.
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.