The comedian and actor said on the Jan. 28 episode of his podcast that the rapper’s fans are “disappointed” in him for taking the stage at the Crypto Ball

Comedian and actor D.L. Hughley (left) and rapper Snoop Dogg.Credit : 

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D.L. Hughley doesn’t think Snoop Dogg handled the backlash surrounding his 2025 inauguration performance properly.

“We decided that this was a man who was bad for our community, we stuck together,” Hughley, 61, said on the Jan. 28 episode of The D.L. Hughley Show podcast.

“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?”

Snoop, 53, as well as rappers Soulja Boy and Rick Ross, performed at the Crypto Ball in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17 as part of inauguration weekend. President Donald J. Trump and his incoming cabinet and administration attended the ball, which earned the first family “billions” of dollars, according to CNBC.

Snoop lost over 571,000 Instagram followers and 20,000 X followers after the performance. The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper responded to the controversy in an Instagram video on Jan. 26, saying, “Y’all can’t hate enough on me for me, I love too much. Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I’m cool, I’m together. Still a Black man. Still a hundred percent Black. I ain’t going nowhere, cuh! I’m right here.”

Snoop Dogg performing a surprise concert in New York City on Nov. 1, 2024.James Devaney/GC

He expressed a similar sentiment on the R&B Money Podcast on Saturday, Jan. 25.

“You ‘gon deal with hate when you get to the top, no matter who you are … Me, personally, I answer it with success and love,” he said. “That’s my answer to any hate and negativity that comes my way, ’cause it’s the strongest force that can beat it.”

Hughley did not agree with that response, suggesting on his podcast that Snoop is dealing with “an inner turmoil” after denouncing any Black artist who would perform for Trump in 2017.

“It isn’t us that you have a problem with, it is you,” Hughley said. “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.”

The actor and comedian said he believes Trump and his administration have been the ones coming after the Black community with their legislation.

“It is not us who are tearing down affirmative action. 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,” Hughley said. “It is not us that is doing it. It is the man you decided to perform for.”

Comedian D.L. Hughley performs at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, Calif. on Feb. 29, 2020.Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images

Hughley suggested fans feel “disappointed because they saw you a specific way,” regarding Snoop.

“You performed for a guy they knew would do what he’s doing,” he continued. “But it’s us that has the problem? It’s us that are wrong? It is us that can’t sick together?”

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The Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip star pointed out that 86% of Black voters voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, so Snoop should’ve known the majority of the Black community would not support Trump.

“Every time somebody gets into a situation of their own doing, it is always ‘a communal attack’ or ‘a community’s attack.’ I mean, no,” Hughley said. “People love you, but they dislike what you did. And there’s nothing more loving than that.”