Snoop Dogg’s AFL Grand Last efficiency is drawing intense criticism after a participant’s suspension for homophobic feedback.
Snoop Dogg is about to headline Australia’s greatest sporting occasion subsequent 12 months, however his upcoming AFL Grand Last efficiency has ignited controversy following Adelaide Crows participant Izak Rankine’s suspension for utilizing a homophobic slur.
The announcement of the Hip-Hop icon’s look on the 2025 AFL Grand Last drew sharp criticism from LGBTQI+ advocates and a few within the public, who questioned the league’s resolution to characteristic an artist with a historical past of misogynistic lyrics and previous homophobic remarks.
The backlash intensified after Rankine was handed a four-game ban on Thursday for utilizing a slur throughout a match.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon addressed the rising criticism, defending the league’s selection and promising the efficiency can be appropriate for all ages.
“We can not vouch for each lyric in each tune ever written or carried out by any artist who has appeared on our stage — Australian or worldwide,” Dillon stated.
“What I can say is that our pre-match leisure on AFL Grand Last day might be family-friendly and in line with the viewers on the MCG and people watching the printed.”
Dillon emphasised that the choice to e book Snoop Dogg was primarily based on who he’s now, not who he was.
“It is usually vital to keep in mind that we engaged Snoop Dogg in 2025 because the individual he’s right now,” he stated. “He has spoken publicly about his previous, he has modified, and right now he’s a grandfather, philanthropist, he helps rehabilitate youth and is a world entertainer who has carried out at each the Tremendous Bowl and the Olympic Closing Ceremony to audiences of greater than 100 million folks.”
Snoop Dogg will take the stage on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on September 27, 2025, because the headline act for the Telstra Pre-Recreation Leisure.
It will likely be his first dwell efficiency on the MCG and is predicted to attract a crowd of 100,000 attendees and tens of millions extra watching on tv.
Snoop Dogg was beforehand banned from coming into Australia in 2007 resulting from his legal report, however was later granted a visa and allowed to carry out after 2008.
