Snoop Dogg’s decision to perform at the Crypto Ball during Donald Trump’s inauguration weekend was a controversial one. Now, months later, he’s addressing the backlash and defending the performance. Snoop Dogg spoke about his Crypto Ball DJ set during an appearance on The Breakfast Club.
His decision to perform during Trump’s inauguration weekend was baffling to some fans given that the rapper had previously called out other musicians for doing the same thing. In 2020, he called people who voted for Trump “stupid motherf—–s.” Per the New York Post, Snoop Dogg reportedly lost more than 500,000 Instagram followers after performing during inauguration weekend.
During his Breakfast Club appearance, the rapper emphasized that his DJ set was just about 30 minutes long. He said he refers to it as “30 for 30,” meaning that he’s challenging people to consider what’s more important: his 30-minute DJ set or what he’s done over the past 30 years?
“I DJ’d at the Crypto Ball for 30 minutes, made a whole bunch of money, made a lot of relationships to help out the inner-city and the community to teach financial literacy and crypto in a space where it don’t exist. That’s 30 minutes,” he said. “30 years, Snoop Dogg been doing great things for the community, building, showing up, standing up for the people, making it happen, being all I can be. So which one is it? 30 for 30. 30 minutes or 30 years?”
He didn’t describe himself as a Trump supporter — but at the same time, he said that he should be able to do what he wants.
“Even if I would have done it for [Trump] and hung out with him and took a picture with him, can’t none of you mother——s tell me what I can and can’t do,” he said. “But I’m not a politician. I don’t represent the Republican Party. I don’t represent the Democratic Party. I represent the motherf—ing Gangster Party period point blank, and G s— we don’t explain shit so that’s why I didn’t explain.”
The backlash reportedly provided inspiration for his new album, Iz It a Crime? During a private event in New York City, he explained, “I felt like there was a lot of unanswered questions over the past six months. And I just wanted to answer them through my music.”
