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Snoop Dogg performed at President Donald Trump’s inauguration and comedian D.L. Hughley is “disappointed.”
In a Tuesday episode of his popular “The D.L. Hughley Show” podcast, Hughley dropped a response to the “Drop It Like Hot” rapper’s previous comments addressing criticism of his performance. Snoop Dogg said that “Black people are great at tearing each other down,” but Hughley doesn’t think fans are being haters.
“It isn’t anger or hate; it is honestly people being disappointed,” he said on the Urban One podcast. “But why is the most common refrain whenever somebody gets in a situation like that, you tell us we can’t stick together?”
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He continued, “It isn’t us you have a problem with you, it is you. The 2025 version of you is at odds with the 2017 version of you,” in reference to Snoop Dogg’s past criticism of Trump. “So it ain’t that ‘us’ got to get it together, it’s you. You need to have a conversation with the man in the mirror.”
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Hughley added that Snoop Dogg is facing “inner turmoil,” adding that “you don’t need to look at the (Black) community, look in the mirror.”
In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, the California rapper seemingly addressed those who criticized his involvement in the pro-Trump event.
“For all the hate, I’m going to answer it with love,” the rapper said. “Y’all can’t hate enough for me, I love too much.”
“We got to learn to pick each other up, instead of pulling each other down,” Snoop Dogg said, adding that “Black people are great at tearing each other down.”
Snoop Dogg’s Trump performance follows past criticism by rapper
Snoop Dogg performed at the Inaugural Crypto Ball in Washington, D.C., three days before Trump’s swearing-in. The event was intended “to honor the 60th Presidential Inauguration, America’s first ‘crypto president,’ President elect Donald J. Trump, his incoming cabinet and administration,” according to its website. While Trump wasn’t in attendance, the president’s crypto czar David Sacks served as emcee.
Fans were surprised Snoop Dogg chose to participate in the event after he said in 2017 that he would “roast” any artist who performed at Trump’s first inauguration. He previously spoke out against the president and even shot a clown dressed like Trump in a 2017 music video.
Snoop Dogg also said in a 2020 interview on Real 92.3 that he would vote in that year’s presidential election “because I can’t stand to see this punk in office one more year.” Since then, he appears to have had a change of heart. In a 2024 interview with The Sunday Times, he said, “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”
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