Snoop Dogg Called Out by John Rich: “Man. Snoop had me f00led”

ountry music singer John Rich has criticized Snoop Dogg after the rapper performed at an event celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration over the weekend.

Snoop Dogg, whose given name is Calvin Broadus Jr., was a featured performer at the first-ever “Crypto Ball” on Friday night. The event, which was hosted by incoming White House AI and “Crypto Czar” David Sacks, took place at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

His appearance at the event marked a turnaround for the hip-hop star, who criticized Black artists who would perform for Trump during his first inaugural celebrations in January 2017. In March 2017, Snoop Dogg released a music video showing a mock assassination of a Trump-inspired clown called Ronald Klump.

Condemning the video at the time, Trump wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President [Barack] Obama? Jail time!”

Snoop Dogg, John Rich
Snoop Dogg (left) on April 11, 2022, in Universal City, California, and John Rich on January 11, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. Rich has criticized Snoop Dogg after the rapper performed at an event celebrating Donald…  Phillip Faraone/WireImage;/Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Rich, who is known to be an avowed Trump supporter, took to X on Sunday to condemn Snoop Dogg as he weighed in on rapper Nelly defending his own decision to perform at one of three official balls following Monday’s inauguration.

During a recent podcast appearance, Nelly said that he was not performing “for money,” adding that he was “doing this cause it’s an honor. I respect the office.”

“Good for Nelly,” Rich wrote on the social media platform in response. “I’ve known him for a very long time, and he shoots straight. Unlike Snoop, Nelly didn’t do a music video depicting a mock assassination on DJT. NELLY > snoop.”

Newsweek has contacted representatives of Snoop Dogg via email for comment.

Despite his past criticism, Snoop Dogg’s stance on Trump has changed over the years. In an interview with The Sunday Times published in January 2024, the star said that Trump “ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris. So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”

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