Activist Kevin Powell slammed Snoop Dogg for his look at an inauguration live performance for President Donald Trump, citing his “lack of values.”
The presence of Snoop Dogg at a live performance throughout President Donald Trump’s inauguration weekend infuriated many, together with activist and journalist Kevin Powell. Powell expressed his disappointment in a latest interview, citing Snoop Dogg’s prolonged profession. The “Drop It Like Its Sizzling” rapper carried out on the Crypto Ball in Washington, D.C., final Friday (Jan. 17) together with Rick Ross,and Soulja Boy. “I interviewed Snoop for Quincy Jones’ [VIBE] journal, and he has a protracted historical past in relationship to group,” Powell started earlier than noting that his efficiency meant he would abandon that relationship “for a bag of cash.”
“I by no means thought I’d see Snoop Dogg, overlook the opposite rappers as a result of others have talked about them, however Snoop Dogg particularly,” Powell added. “That is somebody who’s an iconic determine identical to Carrie Underwood is, and when of us like which might be siding with somebody who’s spreading these sorts of messages, it’s a stab within the again to all of us who’ve purchased their music and supported them by means of their careers.” Snoop Dogg famously criticized Trump closely as he started his first presidential time period in 2017.
“I’m ready. I’m gonna roast the f— outta you,” he stated in a video submit on the time, calling anybody seeking to carry out throughout that inauguration weekend “Uncle Toms.” The video has gone viral once more, as Snoop Dogg hasn’t responded to any requests for remark about his efficiency. When requested by TMZ’s Harvey Levin if it was a mirrored image of a rising pattern within the Hip-Hop group, Powell replied, “I believe there’s a sea change of an absence of values throughout America, interval.”
Nelly, who carried out on the Liberty Ball Monday (Jan. 20), defended his look in an interview with podcast host and Hip-Hop veteran Willie D. “I’m right here to carry out for the workplace,” he stated, earlier than remarking that he hadn’t seen something suggesting that Trump was a white supremacist. Soulja Boy, finest recognized for his 2007 hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” launched a video response to these important of his presence. “They paid me a bag,” he stated earlier than including, “Obama ain’t by no means put no cash in my f—g pockets, n—a. Kamala ain’t by no means put no cash in my f—g pockets, n—a. Trump put cash in my pockets, n—a.”
